What can you do with Garlic Scapes? These Garlic Scape, Lemon Grilled Chicken Tenders are about 5 minutes prep and 10 to cook on grill! What could be easier than that?
If you follow me on Instagram, you saw my recent post about garlic scapes! I picked a 5 gallon bucket full of scapes from a friend down the road. One to help him out and two, because I really wanted them! Mine aren’t ready yet, so I’ll have two batches this year! Fine by me! Garlic scapes are so good! I am trying to come up with new and different ways to use them!
Here are my scapes! Cool huh? Check out my recipe for Garlic Scape Compound Butter and Garlic Scape Pesto!
How to Make Garlic Scape, Lemon Grilled Chicken tenders
It couldn’t be easier to make this quick, weeknight dinner. Just grind up the garlic scapes in the food processor and mix the scapes with lemon juice and olive oil. Just salt and pepper both sides of the chicken then baste with the garlic scape mixture on both sides as it grills. If you have the time you can marinate the chicken in the garlic scape mixture for an hour, for added flavor. They are good even without the marinade, though.
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Other Delicious Recipes that use Garlic Scapes on Binky’s Culinary Carnival
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Garlic Scape, Lemon Grilled Chicken Tenders
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast tenders
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp garlic scapes, run through food processor until fine
- 3 tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 tsp lemon juice, fresh or bottled
Instructions
- Salt and pepper chicken pieces on both sides.
- Mix remaining ingredients together and baste chicken pieces.
- Heat grill to medium high. Place chicken on grill and let it brown on the first side. Baste and turn to the second side. Depending on the size of your tenders, they should take approximately 10 minutes. Internal temperature should be 165°F
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Laura
I love this recipe, now I need to find enough garlic scape to last for the summer. What a great idea to use them
Binky
Thanks so much, Laura! Do they have any for sale at the markets over there? A lot of our farmers don’t realize people are looking for them. We need to educate the farmers! They just throw them in the compost pile!
Chef Markus Mueller
I love garlic scapes! Glad to see I’m not the only one cooking with them! I have a few garlic scape recipes on my blog as well, and am actually just working on a beer steamed mussels with garlic scapes and lemon recipe!! Talk about YUM! I should have enough left over to make this for supper tomorrow!!
Binky
Oh yum! Those mussels sound amazing! Thank you Chef Markus! I appreciate your comment!
Jere Cassidy
Garlic scrapes, who knew!!! Always good to have a recipe for chicken tenders. J
Binky
Garlic scapes are super tasty! See if you can find some! Thanks, Jere!
Christine at Happy Veggie Kitchen
Oh this looks incredible! I just love garlic scapes and grilling them sounds like a fantastic idea. Thanks for the inspiration!
Binky
No problem, Christine! Glad to help! 🙂 Thanks for your comment!
Dahn
Oh yummy! I just saw some garlic scapes in the farmers market yesterday!! Gotta go back and get some now. This looks amazing.
Binky
Thanks so much Dahn! I’m glad you saw them at the farmer’s market! Maybe farmers are finally getting the idea that they are a usable ingredient!
SHANIKA GRAHAM-WHITE
I love chicken tenders! And i love the fact that these are grilled and are garlic-lemon! Yum!
Binky
They are sooo good! Thank you Shanika!
Melissa Griffiths
Looks delicious! I love grilled chicken and this would be such a delicious variation!
Binky
Thanks so much Melissa! I really appreciate your comment!
Elaine
I want garlic scapes! I don’t think I’ve ever had them unless someone cooked with them without me knowing! This looks delicious and super easy! And your photos are outstanding!
Binky
Thank you so much my friend! You’re the best! Come drive over, it’s only 6 hours. I’ll set you up with scapes and corned venison!