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Grilled Chicken with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce

Basting glaze and dipping sauce prepared from plain low-fat yogurt, thinly sliced green onion, snipped mint, ground cumin, coarse salt and fresh ground black pepper. Chicken breasts grilled over medium heat until cooked through are basted with sauce. Reserved sauce is combined with chopped seedless cucumber and served with chicken as dipping sauce.

Ingredients -

1 (6 ounces) carton Plain Low Fat Yogurt
1/4 cup Thinly Sliced Green Onion
2 teaspoons Snipped Mint or 1/2 teaspoon Dried Mint, crushed
1/2 teaspoon Cumin
1/4 teaspoon Coarse Salt

1/4 teaspoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper
4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Halves
1 cup Chopped Seeded Cucumber

Preparation:

1. Mix together the first 5 ingredients plus 1/8 teaspoon black pepper in a bowl.

2. Divide the mixture into two equal bowls.

3. Stir the cucumber into 1 bowl and set aside.

4. Sprinkle the chicken breasts with the remaining pepper.

5. Place the chicken on a grill and grill until no longer pink, which takes about 15 minutes, turning halfway through.

6. Brush the chicken with the reserved yogurt during the last half of cooking.

7. Discard the basting yogurt.

8. Serve the grilled chicken with the cucumber yogurt mixture, garnished with cucumber slices.

Chicken Breast Recipe Tip
Gas and Charcoal Grills

	Owning more than one grill is a luxury for most. Gas grills provide the convenience of grilling sooner, as the wait for the grill to heat up is usually sooner. Gas grills usually require less clean up. Charcoal grills offer true grilling over hot coals, especially when real hardwood charcoal is used. Real wood provides the best smoky flavor. Charcoal grills offer the ability to cook foods slower for long periods of time, as the chef can add a few charcoals every so often to keep the heat source steady.

Chicken Breast Recipe Tip
Yogurt

	Yogurt is milk that has been heated to kill undesirable bacteria and then cooled. A bacteria is introduced and the fermentation of these bacteria creates the texture and taste associated with yogurt. Yogurt comes in plain and low-fat varieties as well as dozens of flavors.

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