Recipes

7/31/2024 | By Carolyn Malcoun

You can enjoy this delicious super-fast grilled peach and brie smothered chicken dish within 20 minutes. Don’t worry if your peach is not perfectly ripe, grilling helps intensify the fruit’s natural sweetness.

Grilled Peach and Brie Smothered Chicken

Serves 4

Active Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Chicken breasts on a fire grill looking good.

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound chicken cutlets
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper, divided
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt plus 1/8 teaspoon, divided
  • 1 firm ripe peach, halved
  • 4 ounces Brie cheese, sliced
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons fresh tarragon leaves, plus more for garnish
  • 1 (5-ounce) package baby arugula

Directions:

  1. Preheat grill to medium-high.
  2. Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon each pepper and salt.
  3. Oil the grill rack. Grill peach halves, cut-side down, until lightly charred, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and slice. Grill the chicken until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part registers 160 F, 3 to 5 minutes. Flip and top the chicken with the peach slices and cheese. Grill until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part registers 165 F and the cheese is melted, 1 to 2 minutes more.
  4. Whisk oil, vinegar, tarragon and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Add arugula and toss to coat. Serve the chicken on top of the arugula. Garnish with more tarragon, if desired.

Recipe nutrition per serving: 342 Calories, Total Fat: 20 g, Saturated Fat: 6 g, Cholesterol: 93 mg, Carbohydrates: 7 g, Fiber: 1 g, Total Sugars: 5 g, Protein: 33 g, Sodium: 481 mg, Potassium: 263 mg, Iron: 2 mg, Folate: 54 mcg, Calcium: 118 mg, Vitamin A: 1151 IU, Vitamin C: 8 mg.

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Carolyn Malcoun

As EatingWell magazine's food editor, Carolyn Malcoun searches for cool farmers, chefs, and other food stories. She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin and a culinary arts degree from New England Culinary Institute. Her culinary interest is rooted in her childhood: baking thousands of Christmas cookies every year with her mom (her favorite: pecan tartlets), picking leaves off bunches of parsley to make tabbouleh with her Lebanese dad, and churning out beef bourguignon and French silk pie at age 10.