Roz from Roz's Scrumptious Recipes shared with us her Basil Lemon Salad Dressing and Marinade. Taste great on chicken and a real food enhancer. Try it at one of your summer grilling parties! Roz used the flowering parts of her basil plant. They added a floral quality. You can also make this just with leaves if your plant is not flowering.
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Ingredients
Serves: three
2 Tb basil flowers and/or leaves
juice of one large lemon: 2 Tb
1 Tb water
3 Tb garlic-infused olive oil
sprinkle of salt to taste- about 1/8 tsp.
Directions
Blend together and pour over green garden salad. I made my salad with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, avocado, artichoke hearts canned in water, and carrots. I added sliced baked chicken breast, and the basil dressing worked well on that too.
Use as a chicken marinade as well. Double the basil, lemon juice and oil to 1/4 cup each. Increase the salt to 1 tsp. I added a ripe tomato to the blender and it made the chicken breast juicy and tender after a couple of hours marinade time. Remember to make several cuts on each side of the breast to allow the marinade to penetrate. Great on the grill!
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