Grilled Chicken Paillard With Shaved Fennel Salad Recipes

Steps:

• For the salad: In a medium bowl, whisk together the garlic, shallot, salt, lemon zest and juice, and the orange zest and juice. Fold in the shaved fennel, fennel fronds and dill. Toss to coat. Add the orange segments, a few grindings of black pepper, coriander, olive oil and watercress. Toss gently.
• For the chicken: Put a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add the olive oil to the hot pan. Season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper. Arrange 4 pieces of chicken in the pan and cook until golden brown, about 3 to 5 minutes. Flip and cook until light golden brown, about 3 to 5 minutes.
• Put the chicken on plates, top with the salad, spoon additional dressing over each portion and serve.

Steps:

• To make the chicken, split the breasts if they are joined in the center so that you have 4 pieces. Slice each piece in half horizontally to create 8 flat paillards. Place each paillard between layers of wax paper and pound them lightly so that they are of even thickness and no more than 1/4-inch thick. Place them in a large zip-lock plastic bag or a nonreactive bowl and set aside. Whisk together the oil, garlic, lemon juice, rosemary, salt and pepper. Pour the mixture over the chicken, seal or cover and refrigerate for at least an hour and up to 4 hours.
• Heat 2 large nonstick skillets over high heat (or work in 2 batches if using 1 skillet). When the pans are hot, add the breasts and cook them just until nicely browned, 1 to 2 minutes for each side. Transfer them to a platter and keep warm.
• To make the warm salad, add the tablespoon of olive oil to one of the skillets used to cook the chicken and place over medium heat. Add the garlic and fennel and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the wine, bell pepper, apricots, olives and anchovy and cook until the fennel is tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve over the paillards.

Steps:

• Place chicken breasts on a gel board and halve horizontally but not all the way through, then open like a book and evenly pound to 1/8 inch thick. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Combine fennel pollen, granulated garlic, granulated onion and zest and use to season both sides of chicken.
• Pour 3 turns of the pan of EVOO into a large skillet.
• Fill a medium-sized mixing bowl with ice water. Use a vegetable peeler to thinly slice the asparagus lengthwise; place in ice water.
• Place the arugula in bowl. Drain asparagus. Top the greens with asparagus, fennel and red onion. Use a vegetable peeler to shave and curl the Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and add to bowl. Add the celery stalks and leaves.
• Heat the EVOO in skillet over medium-high heat and have a transfer tray or platter on hand. Add 2 paillards at a time. Cook over medium-high heat for 6 to 7 minutes per batch, turning occasionally.
• Dress the salad with lemon juice and 2 to 3 tablespoons EVOO and season with salt. Serve the paillards on platters topped with a pile of the citrusy, peppery salad. Garnish with fennel fronds.