Sesame-Chili Chicken with Gingered Watermelon Salsa

Serves 4

For Chicken:
2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
1 to 2 tablespoons chili sauce with garlic**
1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

For Salsa:
2 cups diced seeded watermelon
1/4 cup diced yellow bell pepper
2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onions
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
1 teaspoon grated peeled fresh ginger
2 teaspoons mirin (sweet rice wine)**
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced

Remaining ingredients:
1/4 teaspoon salt
Cooking spray
Cilantro sprigs (optional)
Lime wedges (optional)

**note: you can find the chili sauce and mirin in the Asian section of the grocery store.

1. To prepare chicken, combine first 3 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic bag. Add chicken to bag; seal and marinate in refrigerator for 1 hour, turning bag occasionally.

2. Prepare grill.

3. To prepare salsa, combine watermelon and next 8 ingredients (through jalapeño); cover and chill until ready to serve.

4. Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade. Sprinkle chicken evenly with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Place chicken on a grill rack coated with cooking spray. Grill 6 minutes on each side or until done. Remove chicken from grill; let stand 5 minutes. Cut chicken diagonally across grain into thin slices; serve with salsa. Garnish with cilantro sprigs and serve with lime wedges, if desired.

Served with basmati rice.

Results: Don't let the crazy name of this recipe fool you. This was easy to make, and De-freaking-licious! I did not take a picture of this one, put wish I had, because it was a beautiful dish. Perfect for summer and for dinner guests, which we had.

For the kids, I didn't marinade their chicken, because I wasn't sure how spicy the chili sauce was. For ours, the chicken had just the right amount of kick to it. (I used 2 tablespoons chili sauce.) The salsa was incredible, and can be made ahead of time. For the kids, I just served theirs with watermelon slices. You know who only ate his rice, but only because our dinner guest told him he couldn't have the cookies she brought unless he ate his rice.

I'll definitely make this one again and again.