Grilled Chicken with Warm Potato Salad

The Challenge

Whipping together a complete dinner of complementary components: dressed greens, a flavorful chicken entrée, and a savory side of potatoes.

The Convention

Preparing each meal component separately—juggling three recipes and coordinating multiple ingredient lists in the kitchen—and reuniting the foods only at the end.

The Quickie

Devising a highly versatile flavor-ingredient combination that would pull triple-duty on all components at once: chicken marinade, salad dressing, and the platter’s final drizzled flourish.

HOW THIS QUICKIE WORKS

• The magic combination of oil, garlic, thyme, and lemon juice is the holy grail to give a fresh, fragrant boost of flavor to all of the dish’s components
• We mellow the garlic’s harshness by first microwaving the garlic with the oil
• After a quick dip in the marinade, the thin-cut chicken cutlets take mere minutes on a hot grill to cook