Pistachio-Pomegranate Chicken with Mint and The POM Wonderful Featured Blogger Contest ($5000)
Hello Everyone!
I just wanted to post this lovely dish I made last year to celebrate the Winter Solstice. It was so good, I decided it was worth entering in the POM Wonderful Featured Blogger Contest going on this month. If you have not heard about it, food bloggers can submit an original recipe featuring pomegranates and have a chance to win $5000 from Pom Wonderful!
Now that is what I call wonderful! 🙂
As an incentive to Foodie Blogroll members, in conjunction with the lovely POM folks, we are giving away cases of POM Wonderful products for the next 2 weeks, while the contest is going on. For more details on how you can enter to win either of these contests, please check out the Foodie Blogroll/ Leftover Queen Forum!
Now onto my recipe! This chicken dish was prepared in a cast iron skillet, first browned over high heat and then finished off in the oven. The chicken breasts were so juicy and tender coupled with the tartness of the pomegranates that explode in your mouth after being heated up, mixed with the salty pistachios and green mint was a wonderful unexpected flavor combination! This dish is simple to prepare, yet so elegant. This is also a great dish for the season, that is sure to impress at any holiday gathering.
INGREDIENTS:
2 TBS olive oil
2 organic, free range chicken breasts
1 fresh POM Wonderful Fresh Pomegranate
1/4 cup red wine, like shiraz
1/2 cup pistachios, shelled and toasted
1/4 cup fresh mint
METHOD:
Heat up a cast iron (or oven proof) skillet over medium-high heat. Pour in 2 TBS olive oil. Place chicken breasts in pan and cook over medium heat, searing each side.
Preheat oven to 425 F.
While chicken is cooking, cut open pomegranate and remove the seeds.
Add wine, pomegranate seeds and pistachios to the pan. Cook for about 2-3 minutes. Place 1/2 the mint into the pan and stir. Transfer pan to the oven. Cook for about 15- 20 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. To serve sprinkle with remaining mint. I served this with some rice pilaf. Enjoy!
kat - November 19, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Woah that does look wonderful. I love the addition of pistachios.
Judy - November 19, 2008 at 2:37 pm
What a great recipe! Love the pistachios in it!
Rosa - November 19, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Wow, a great recipe! That chicken dish must taste really good! Refined…
Cheers,
Rosa
Patsyk - November 19, 2008 at 3:17 pm
That looks incredible! I better get started on my recipe – it will be hard to compete with that one though!
Lisa - November 19, 2008 at 3:24 pm
That is a dish that will WOW!
Sylvia - November 19, 2008 at 3:33 pm
That looks delicious I love pomegranate , but is hard to find here , just juice , That I love all the year
How to Party with an Infant - November 19, 2008 at 4:58 pm
It’s such a good-looking dish!
Sabrina&Luca - November 19, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Great dish, we are really breathless!!!! We are going to cook something special but we think your creation is matchless!
Have a good evening!
Sabrina&Luca
joan nova - November 19, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Looks like a winner to me…winner, winner…chicken dinner! I don’t know where the hell that phrase came from but it’s been the theme of Dancing with the Celebrities this season and it certainly fits here!
Peter G - November 19, 2008 at 6:57 pm
You’ve won me with the pistachios and pomegranates in this Jenn…stunning and mouth watering!
Deborah - November 19, 2008 at 7:40 pm
This dish sounds delicious!!
Teresa - November 19, 2008 at 8:02 pm
OK, Jenn, I’m drooling! Forget the fact that it sounds healthy, it looks scrumptious. Love it. Thanks for the great recipe.
Deborah Dowd - November 19, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Jenn- you are a genius! What a great set of flavor combinations!! I read about this contest but have not come up with anything nearly this inspired! Good Luck!
Navita - November 19, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Thank you JennDZ…I adore the place you live in…esp. the Clear water Beach. Our first ever date was there.;-p
Thanks for the lovely words.
Arlene - November 20, 2008 at 8:56 am
I must confess I’ve never cooked or baked with pomegranates. This dish sounds very tasty–hope you win. It was as cold in St. Augustine yesterday as it was in upstate NY, where I live!
Bellini Valli - November 20, 2008 at 10:23 am
This is a winning dish in my books Jenn. Good luck in the competition!!!!
lo - November 20, 2008 at 11:34 am
Gotta say, Jen – That chicken looks remarkable. I have a pomegranite sitting in the fridge right now that nees to be bopped with some of that inspiration 🙂
Happy Cook - November 20, 2008 at 12:54 pm
WOw the chicken sihe looks beautiful and delicius.
Good luch with the competition.
grace - November 20, 2008 at 2:34 pm
well, whaddya know–a fancy and elegant dish that i could actually make myself. i love it. 🙂
pam - November 20, 2008 at 5:08 pm
That chicken looks (and sounds) amazing!
Sue - November 20, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Jenn,
Your pictures have been really lovely lately. This one is great and the stuffed acorn squash picture is a thing of beauty. I don’t know if it they’re yours or Roberto’s, but what a fantastic job!
ValleyWriter - November 20, 2008 at 9:38 pm
OMG – this looks incredible! And the ingredients are so simple! I’ve never cooked with pomegranates before – but this sounds like a great way to start!
Laurie - November 21, 2008 at 1:43 am
Awesome. Simply awesome. This recipe is definitely contest worthy! I have two pomegranites on my counter right now and am debating whether to try my entry recipe or just enjoy yours!
Aggie - November 21, 2008 at 9:00 am
That looks and sounds fantastic! Such simple flavors, what a great combination!
Tracy - November 21, 2008 at 9:40 am
What a wonderful sounding recipe, the chicken looks wonderful, good luck in the contest.
nina - November 21, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Heated pomegranates, that is a new to me, but this dish looks so delicious that I am trying this for sure!
PeterMarcus - November 21, 2008 at 3:39 pm
What a pretty dish, and I bet it tasted as good as it looks! Good luck!
Pam - November 21, 2008 at 4:43 pm
What a beautiful recipe Jenn. This looks outstanding – the flavor and colors are wonderful. Looking forward to trying this one.
Peter - November 21, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Jenn, great use of the pan and finishing off in the oven, always gets me great results too!
That pic is a larger than life chicken and the POM gig is a good one…congrats.
History of Greek Food - November 22, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Chicken, pomegranate and pistachios! I am looking forward to trying it.
maybelles mom (feeding maybelle) - November 23, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Oh, so nice. That picture looks so rich and sumptuous; makes me want to cook with pomegranates.
Bren - November 23, 2008 at 6:35 pm
imma smack u good for this recipe. i’m all over it! mint? what? get it girl! i’m making it for my mom whom loves pomegranate. hope ur well! 🙂
B-
_ts of [eatingclub] vancouver - November 24, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Forgive the lack of eloquence: but this just looks sooooo good! =D
Dragon - November 25, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Now that’s a work of art. YUM!
Heather - November 30, 2008 at 5:19 am
What a great entry! I still haven’t gotten around to this one. I might use my first Joust entry, if I’m strapped for time (and ideas). 😛
Kim da Cook - December 4, 2008 at 5:56 am
That looks like a wonderful dish always wanted to know that else I could use Pomegranate’s in besides ice cream a fruit salad.
Kim Cooking - December 4, 2008 at 5:58 am
My mouth is watering just looking at that!!!!! Yummy