Adapted from Epicurious, recipe from Fiddle Heads Restaurant, Buffalo, N.Y. Delicious served with Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes.
Whisk marinade ingredients. Place chicken breasts in a glass dish and pour marinade over, toss chicken so both pieces are coated. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate up to 4 hours.
Bring chicken to room temperature an hour before cooking.
Pre heat oven to 400 and start to heat a cast iron frying pan on a stove burner.
Remove chicken from the dish, and sprinkle with salt. Sear chicken in hot cast iron frying pan for about 3 minutes, until golden on both sides.
Place cast iron frying pan in the oven and bake until chicken is done, about 20 - 25 minutes. Remove chicken from the oven. and let rest on serving platter for 5 minutes.
Serve family style with the chicken draped over the Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes or let everyone dish up measured amounts.
*We’ve also barbecued the chicken breasts and they are just as good.