Lemon Marinade And Sauce For Poultry Recipes

Steps:

• In a food processor, thoroughly blend together the butter, rosemary, garlic, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Pour 1/3 of blended mixture into a small bowl for marinade. Cover remaining mixture, and set aside.
• Lightly season chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Rub chicken breasts with the marinade mixture. Place chicken breasts on a platter, cover, and refrigerate 3 hours.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat and lightly oil grate. Pour half of the reserved rosemary and lemon mixture into a bowl for basting. Cover remaining mixture, and set aside for topping cooked chicken.
• Grill chicken breasts 4 minutes on each side, basting with rosemary and lemon basting mixture. Remove chicken breasts from grill, and top with small scoops of the remaining topping mixture.

Steps:

• Heat lemon juice in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add sugar, paprika, mustard powder, cumin, and cayenne pepper. Cook and stir until mixture begins to get bubbly and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Mix cold water and cornstarch together in a small bowl until there are no lumps. Pour into the saucepan and stir. Heat mixture until hot, then reduce heat to low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until thick, about 3 minutes.

Steps:

• Mix the cornstarch and brown sugar in a small saucepan.
• Stir in the remaining ingredients except the onions.
• Blend well and heat to boiling.
• Add the onions and immediately turn heat down.
• Stir constantly until sauce is thickened and bubbling.
• Use this sauce to baste poultry during last few minutes of grilling.
• You can also use this sauce as a marinade. Put sauce in a heavy plastic bag along with 2 to 3 pounds of chicken pieces and marinate for from 2 hours to overnight, turning bag to coat all sides of meat. Use the leftover sauce to brush on chicken while grilling.
• This recipe doubles nicely.