Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese Chicken

Rustic lavender-scented goat cheese and caramelized onion-topped chicken. Goes great with some classic Nicoise-style roasted vegetables and rice pilaf.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 55 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 338 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• cooking spray
• 4 (6 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• kosher salt and cracked black pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon honey, or to taste
• 1 cup thinly sliced Spanish onion
• ½ (4 ounce) log crumbled goat cheese
• ½ teaspoon lavender flowers

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 2

Preheat a grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate. Spray chicken breasts with cooking spray and season with salt and pepper. Grill chicken until grill marks appear on the outsides, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to the lined baking sheet.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Remove chicken, set aside, and increase oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 4

Heat a flat-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat. Add vegetable oil and onion. Cook, stirring often, until onion begins to brown, 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and continue cooking and stirring until onion is very tender and dark brown, about 25 minutes more.

Step 5

Season onion with salt and add vinegar; cook until vinegar absorbed, about 3 minutes. Top chicken with the onions. Crumble goat cheese on top and sprinkle with lemon zest and lavender. Drizzle honey on top.

Step 6

Return chicken to the oven and bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the chicken reads 165 F (74 degrees C) and goat cheese is lightly toasted, 8 to 10 minutes more.