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Buttermilk Fried Chicken - Wine Choice

HONEY LIME CHICKEN

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (approx. 1 1/2lbs)
1/2 cup honey mustard                3 tbsp lime juice
1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce                   2 cloves garlic, minced
 

Mix all ingredients until well blended.  Reserve 1/2 cup of the mixture for serving over cooked chicken.

Grill or broil 15 minutes or until cooked to your likeness, turning and brushing several times with mustard mixture.

Serve with the remainder of the mustard mixture.

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WINE CHOICE

Now this is a food choice that might seem hard to match.  Honey-lime?  What would I put with that?

I knew better, though.  Karen put this out here with side dishes, and that generally means she plans on serving it with whatever comes to hand.  She also said grilled or broiled, which probably means out on the back deck with me tending the meat on the barbecue while she sits back, everything all done as far as she is concerned.  In short, she will be sipping while I am sweating.

That might be a perfect weekend evening, either by ourselves or with a few friends.  Times like that are not for pretentious wines, nor even for serious ones.  They are intended for those food-friendly wines that snuggle in like good friends, helping out without intruding.  So here we need to think more of the occasion than the food.

So I thought.  Days like that mean the usual casual party atmosphere.  Chardonnay, perhaps, but not one of those big, buttery, toasted-oak numbers.  We like those fine, but seem to have had enough after one big glass.  Maybe a lighter one, done more in steel barrels.  I am in an Anything-But-Chardonnay mood this week, however, so I moved on.

I was also thinking value here.  This looked like a meal that might be thrown together quickly, with a varying number of people.  People might show up with dishes of their own to contribute.  More than one bottle might be required, and varying tastes might need to be met.  When I think of a multi-purpose white for such an occasion, I usually think of Sauvignon Blanc.

So I went out and shopped.  I came up with the Carmenet Cellar Selection Sauvignon Blanc, which is this month's Wine of the Month here at the Weekend Winery.  Priced under $10, you can lay a few bottles in for surprise visitors and meals like this.  If you need more than one, fine; if you want to put out a Chardonnay or a light red to meet other preferences, you can.

Honey-Lime Chicken -  Wine Choice

 Last modified: August 07, 2007