Intro
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It seems perfectly fitting to end our Summer Grilling Series (check out the first two recipes: Grilled Rib-Eye, Salmon Burgers) on our official last day of summer. Tomorrow the kids head back to school.
I thought I was prepared for it. Mentally I mean, I’m not prepared in the least for school lunches, clothes, supplies, etc. I thought I was ready for quiet, for cooler weather and for a house to myself during the day. Then last night I laid in bed afraid of the quiet as I thought back on our summer days; lazy, loud, filled with probably far too much screen time, easy and relaxed.
It’s good though, to wander in to the next season while still lamenting the last. And just because school is almost in session doesn’t necessarily mean summer is done. We still have the warm evenings, the long weekend days and the grill hasn’t been tucked into storage yet.
In this final grilling video I’m smoking chicken on a gas grill. This technique can be used for any meat or vegetable. Here I’m using Airline chicken breasts which have the skin on and include the little drumstick so you get more flavor from the bone and a bit of dark meat. After having tried these they are the only chicken breasts I want to cook with as they stay so tender and have incredible flavor which seems rare in a chicken breast.
If you have already put away the grill you could still make the Panzanella and call it a meal. It is hearty yet still fresh as it is loaded with tomatoes and fresh herbs. The perfect sort of meal to gracefully exit one season while eagerly expecting the next.
The kind folks at Porter & York (the sponsors of this series) have put together a Not Without Salt box so you can get all of the meat featured in the video series. I got so giddy at the idea I decided to buy a box for one of you. So if you’re interested in receiving a box filled with quality meat right to your front door just leave a comment below. I’ll pick a winner on Friday (September 5) and have it shipped to you shortly after.
Thanks again to Porter & York for sponsoring these posts.
Smoked Chicken & Chorizo Panzanella
This will be the summer known as the one I discovered smoking on a gas grill. It’s so easy and gives food that classic bbq flavor. It should be noted that in the video I say the chicken took an hour – which it did but I recommend you start checking after 30 minutes. The chicken can be a touch under done when you take it out of the smoke as you give it one final sear for a bit of char.
Serves 6-8
6 airline chicken breasts (buy them at Porter & York)
1 tablespoon kosher salt
2 teaspoons smoked paprika
4 cups wood chips (like hickory), soaked for at least 30 minutes in an aluminum tray
Chorizo Panzanella
8 cups rustic bread, cut into 1-inch cubes bread
6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon fresh ground pepper
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil, divided
3 tablespoons sherry vinegar
2 large tomatoes, chopped
½ large spanish onion, diced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
½ pound dried chorizo, chopped in ½ -inch pieces
¾ cup roughly chopped pitted green olives
1 cup cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
1 cup basil leaves, roughly chopped
1 cup arugula
For the chicken:
Remove the grate on the left side of the grill and add the wood chips. Replace the grate.
Turn on all the burners on high and let heat for 15 – 20 minutes. Then set up the grill for indirect grilling by turning off the middle burners
Place the chicken on the middle burner, where the heat is off, then smoke for 30-45 minutes or until just cooked through.
Remove the chicken and the wood chips, turn up the grill on high then sear the chicken just until nice charred grill marks appear, about 1 minute per side.
Set aside to rest while you assemble the panzanella.
For the Panzanella:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, toss the bread cubes with ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil, chopped garlic, salt and pepper. Spread onto prepared baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.
Toss bread with sherry vinegar, chopped tomatoes, onion, dried oregano, chorizo, olives, cilantro, basil and arugula. Let this sit for 15 minutes or up to 1 hour to let the bread soften and the flavors meld.
Serve panzanella with smoked chicken breasts.
Ooooh! What fun! I’ve always wanted to try one of these services where the food gets delivered to your door. Sign me up for the contest for sure! 🙂
“Pick me, Pick me, oh my goodness I just graduated from Culinary School last month! I am so excited trying new recipes for my family of four. I cannot afford quality meats, but would love the chance to win a box of Porter & York meats. Love Love Love your blog along with your food photography! I’m always looking at your blog for inspiration. Absolutely amazing…
I love anything with chorizo! And pick me! I want to make this this weekend!
I loved your Porter & York series this summer. I let the summer pass without trying your first two recipes but I’m going to have to give this one a try. Especially, the chorizo panzanella. It looks incredible.
Thanks for sharing!
Enjoy the last wonderful days of summer!
-Michelle
Loving the flavors here Ashley!! And this video series has been awesome. Well done.
Mmmmm! This looks delicious!
This looks delicious and completely do-able. Love.
Loving all the fresh flavours and vibrant colours going on in this panzanella. I have never made a panzanella with both chicken and chorizo before.. it’s definitely something that I need to make. Looks incredibly delicious!
Turning on the grill now;)
I love panzanella! I never thought to add chorizo. Yum!
Chicken panzanella, oh my my,
Mouth is watering, means I must try!
Love this recipe Ashley! It’s so vibrant. And the video series has been great, too!
I would definitely welcome that kind of package at my front door!
Grilling meat intimidates me…but you make it seem so easy!! Excited to try this recipe.
The box sounds incredible! If I’m lucky enough to win, the only person happier than me will be my carnivorous boyfriend! (Fortunately for me, he’s a grill master, too)
This looks incredible! My father is from Spain and I’m craving chorizo right now.
Gorgeous recipe, and I would love to enjoy some of this meat!
Amazing flavor combo. Love panzanella, its wonderful to be able to eat golden chunks of bread dressed in olive oil and tossed with chorizo and still be able to call it a salad 😉
This is simply gorgeous…I can’t even get beyond the looks of it at this point enough
to comment on flavors or ingredients :-). Ok…re-reading recipe now… <3
I’ve never heard of airline chicken breast, but it looks delicious! And I like that the little drumstick is there 🙂
Ummmm this looks amazing. Also, I love quality meat soooo perf
oh i am VERY interested 🙂 haha this recipe looks delicious!!
This looks so yummy! I’m glad I have a more hot days to go so I can grill instead of use the oven (too much). Sign me up for the contest too, I’d love to try the chicken!
That looks awesome – the salad, the meat – everything!
Glad to see you’re up and running again, and with such a delightful post! This is my favorite time of year for cooking, still sunny but cooling off enough to really enjoy some spice.
i seriously can’t think of anything better than having good meat delivered to my door. 🙂
I’ve loved this series. Seeing you in the garden cooking up a storm is inspiring!! I love the way the videos add a whole new dimension to the blog! Count me in!
Oh my goodness, we would love to win that box of goodies. Everything you made was so beautiful: the rib streak, the salmon and now the beautiful smoked chicken. We never put our grill away. We’d do you proud!
🙂 Laura and Dave
STEAK! Not STREAK!!!! iPhones – UGH!
This looks amazing- I’d love to win this. Thanks for the giveaway!
So now I not only know what an “airline chicken breast” is but have a delicious recipe to aspire to. Would be so very grateful to win. Enjoying your blog so very much, I look forward to each new entries since discovering Not Without Salt a few weeks ago.
yes please to all of the above! we’re not ready for summer to be over in the Pacific NW yet!
This looks delicious! And sign me up, I like packages of meat.
I’m not at all confident with grilling (and a charcoal grill at that), but the panzanella looks fantastic!
Ooooh, pick me! 🙂 Despite living where it gets cold in the winter, my family grills year round.
I’ve never heard of Airline chicken before. It sounds great! I’ll have to keep an eye out for it…. or win your box!
Love love chorizo! The chicken is beautiful
This would be awesome to get!
Send them to school with a sigh — that means that you’ve had a wonderful summer! The onset of Fall always makes me nostalgic for past winters, cuddling up with blankets, food sumptuous and warming. Ah, the season’s change! My fiance and I are contemplating putting sand in the basement with a kiddie pool. Just saying. You don’t have to give it up.
Thank you for the panzanella recipe, nothing says late summer meal like a final grill off, toasted bread and chilled tomatoes!
I have loved this video series! All of the recipes look amazing and you are great on film.
Yum!!!!! This would welcome September in a delicious way! Thanks!
Looks fun, different and delish! My husband and I grill all year long!
Please include me in the give-away. Great recipes!
Looks to easy to be true – now I just gotta try it before summer actually leaves us!
I recently discovered panzenella and LOVE it! I’m intrigued by the addition of chorizo- I’m going to have to give your recipe a try! I also recently stumbled upon your blog after seeing it featured in SPU’s alumni magazine. Your site is beautiful! It’s fun to see a fellow Sehome and SPU alum in the food blogging world. Thanks for sharing Ashely!
Wow! This looks delicious AND like something I can cook. It doesn’t look like anything I’ve ever seen on an airplane – and I fly a lot! Thank you.
Ohh, I want to try 🙂
I love watching these videos cause in some strange way I feel like I got to hang out with you for a quick minute 🙂 Looks fantastic
Such a lovely post Ashley! We love chorizo in our house and am lucky to have Olympic Provisions in our neighborhood. I can’t wait to try the recipe!
What a brilliant giveaway and idea.
Sylvia D.Camarena September 2nd, 2014
(ooops I replied vs. commenting.. Again) “Pick me, Pick me, oh my goodness I just graduated from Culinary School last month! I am so excited trying new recipes for my family of four. I cannot afford quality meats, but would love the chance to win a box of Porter & York meats. Love Love Love your blog along with your food photography! I’m always looking at your blog for inspiration. Absolutely amazing…
This looks amazing. Gif box o’ meat or not, I’m making this!
I have never made panzanella. It looks so yummy:)
Wow great recipe
Looks great and I certainly can’t turn down any dish with croutons!
I’m happy to have just learned about the “airline” cut, that’s a great idea. And I’ve never considered smoking chicken so now I’ve learned 2 things, awesome!
Great recipe to wrap up summer!
I’m excited to try smoking on a gas grill… and yay for more weeks of summer evenings and weekends spent playing and eating.
Grilled meat and bread sound fabulous to me, so fingers crossed!
What a lovely giveaway! I really enjoy reading about and seeing your delicious recipes in action!
I’m always worried that the bread in the panzanella salad gets soggy, but this looks delicious and I should probably try it some time 🙂
I just love your blog. This looks like the perfect dinner to take us from summer into fall. I just may ‘date my husband’ tonight and surprise him with these delicious looking wings! Thanks as always for the creativity and inspiration.
Oh and September 5th just so happens to be my birthday. What better way to celebrate than with a box of delicious meat?!
This meal looks so vibrant, a perfect end to a beautiful summer.
This looks amazing! I’ve never made it but will try now!
Adding the protein to the panzanella sounds like a delish all in one meal! Def need to try this soon.
Looooove panzanella with the grilled bread! It was one of my summer obsessions.
This looks amazing! Chorizo and chicken – you can’t go wrong!
Wow! That looks delicious! Can’t wait to try it! Thanks for your wonderful website! And the chance to win.
Looks delicious!
I want to make that chicken…. yum
That looks so good! I can’t wait to try it out.
Perfect for late summer feast. Thanks for the gorgeous presentation.
This looks like an amazing end to summer! I’ve never wanted to make a panzanella before (the whole soggy bread idea didn’t do it for me) but this looks awesome!
I love panzanella and my husband loves chorizo. Perfect dinner!
OMG, that would be amazing!!!
I love your blog for the heart felt writing and the outstanding photography. My own food photography has a long way to go to get to this level. I’ve loved many of your recipes and look forward to making some of this chicken asap!
Never thought of using a gas grill to smoke meat, sounds delicious and super easy! In Florida we have our grill out probably 10 months out of the year, so this will be in the weekly rotation!
Me me me! 😛 But in all seriousness, I just got a ton of fresh tomatoes from my parents’ garden, so looks like I”ll be making the panzanella tonight! 😛
chicken looks delicious, pinned it, now need to make it!
Sounds delicious! How would one do the panzanella using “wet” or fresh chorizo?
Mm..Chicken and sausage! Yum!
Love the idea of this salad–yum! And thanks so much to you and the sponsor for the giveaway.
Your recipes always look so amazing. Thank you so much for the step-by-steps. Just jaw-dropping/mouth watering.
I would love to try this recipe.
Thanks for being you!!!
Love the idea of this salad–yum! Thanks to you and the sponsor for the giveaway.
It would be wonderful to create this in my kitchen! Looking forward to it–and thanks for your inspiration!
Looks delicious! All your recipes are fantastic!
Great photography, and awesome giveaway!
Brilliant idea to smoke the chicken – certainly an underutilized avenue for adding flavor. Love your blog. And, this recipe is inspirational!
Panzella is a great dish for these last days of summer. I will add this to make must make list. Clarice
This looks so delish! Cant wait to try it!
This looks glorious. I’ve always wanted to try smoking chicken.
Yum!! Looks delish! Thanks for the giveaway and for all you do.
I’d love to win!! Love following your beautiful blog 🙂
I’ve never had panzanella before, but it looks amazing!
Woohoo! That’s an awesome giveaway paired with an inspiring recipe! I’m in denial that summer is over, and I’ll be grilling meat dishes through the rainy fall in Seattle.
Me being a meatasaurus and me loving your blog, I would love for you to buy me a gift of meat! lol
Gonna try this (especially the panzanella) asap! Summer is still here!
Oh yes, I’d like an order of that!
I finally got my husband to look forward to salads by making variations of Panzanella salads. I cannot wait to try this one 🙂
You don’t need to sell me on meat delivered to my doorstep. This chicken looks amazing and chorizo panzanella? Count me in.
I’ve had panzanella at restaurants a couple of times, but I’ve never made it. This recipe looks tasty enough that I just might have to give it a try this weekend!
I need good food.
I’ve never strayed from my one tried and true panzanella recipe but this version looks so good I may have to give it a try!
Mmmm….bread salad…Mmmm….meat box…..
This looks so pretty! I love your recipes and photography. Nice work!
This looks delicious! I live in Santa Barbara, CA, so grilling season is practically year round!
This look great! I’ll have to try it. Thanks so much for the giveaway.
Looks so good! I am looking forward to Autumn showing up. It’s my reward for tolerating the nastiness of Summer. I have school-quiet for only 3 hrs./day until next year, when youngest starts Kindergarten.
This looks amazing and I had no idea you could use a gas grill to smoke meats! I’m so excited to try it. (and by “me” I mean “sharing the info with my hubby so he can do it.” 🙂
That is a lovely, generous giveaway and I’m pretty sure that either way I’ll be making that salad. (Your videos are stunning, too, Ashley. It’s so clear you are an artist at heart. )
This looks so gorgeous and the panzanella looks amazing! I also love the video!
This looks delicious! Thanks for the giveaway!
Mmmmmmmmmm. Meat! 🙂
That looks delicious! My husband and I finally have a place with a backyard, so we have been grilling up a storm this summer. We will definitely have to try out this recipe next!
This looks fantastic!!
I wish the end of summer would mean it was cooler in Texas!
This salad and chicken look amazing. I love your recipes. Thank you!
Looks amazing! I love a good panzanella.
GIVE ME MEAAAAATTTTT!!!!
Love this…great giveaway!!
Yum! My stomach is growling already in anticipation of making this.
Woah! I’ve been looking for an excuse buy chips for smoking…just found it! As always, looks amazing and loved reading.
The chicken looks sooo good! I would love a box of meat at my doorstep 🙂
Wish I could BBQ! Will be trying your recipe.
This looks super tasty!
That looks incredible! Yum! The colors are gorgeous, and I know the flavors must be out of this world!
It all looks so beautiful and delicious! It makes me grateful to have just moved to Florida where grilling season is never-ending!
This looks AMAZING. Chicken is one thing I’m trying to have on our dinner menu more often – this is going into my online recipe box right now! 😀
Mmmmeat! Will go so well with our fresh organic produce delivery!
there’s not much better than on the grill. we put an outdoor umbrella over ours so we could grill in the winter too.
I have been looking for a panzanella recipe that contained more than just bread and veggies. Here we are!
Chorizo panzanella??? YES PLEASE!
love panzanella-with chorizo!
This looks delicious. What a great giveaway!
Ashley, I just love to read your blog and learn new cooking ideas from you. I love the insights you give about parenting, relationships and marriage! Keep it up! Dawn
What a delightful giveaway! Thanks for the generosity!
I would absolutely love and appreciate fresh meat delivered to my door AND that smoked chicken is worthy of bringing the grill back out!
I’ve never tried chorizo with panzanella – it sounds delicious! The giveaway looks awesome.
I am a huge fan of yours, thank you once again for giving us all another interesting meal choice. I have never tried to smoke on the BBQ but will give this a go. 😉
Ooh! That looks incredible! I love every single one of your posts! They are ever so inspiring 🙂
a box of quality meat delivered right to my door? Sounds fabulous! Let me know when you need my address 😉
I would love to try this recipe! And yes, enter me into the drawing, please!
Man, free quality meat? You betcha! lol
Thank you for an awesome giveaway….God bless!
Dream giveaway for a family of 6!
Enter me, please!
Thanks.
Awesome giveaway! That chicken looks AMAZING!
The panzanella looks amazing, can’t wait to try it! Thanks for the giveaway, fingers crossed I win!!
What a great way to use up some of my garden tomatoes and wild arugula this fall! Thanks!
This looks so delicious!!
MEAT…is man’s best friend
eek…this looks so good!
that looks so good! I’m starving!
This looks delicious! I hope that I win!!
This is the perfect savoring-the-end-of-summer meal, thanks for sharing!
I’ve always loved your website and would love to have a box made especially by you ^_^
This sounds delicious!
Sounds amazing! What an awesome giveaway (and recipe!)
Looks delicious, as always. 🙂
That chicken looks incredible! And I love panzanella, I tend to have bits of bread left over from other meals that get re-purposed, I’ll have to give this a shot this weekend.
This sounds amazing! And, the recipe sounds and looks delicoius. I’d love to win a box hand-selected by you, as I’ve followed your blog for some time now.
Wow this looks crazy delicious!!!
Looks absolutely delicious!
Love panzanella but never thought of adding smoked meat to it. Great it, I can’t wait to try it
Panzanella is basically the best crowd pleaser and super healthy also! Win win!
You are my favorite blog! Good luck to the kiddos in their year of school.
Beautiful video, beautiful food! Would love to try these meat treats!
A box of meat? Yes, please!
Meat delivered! Yes! looks so good too!
a wonderful late summer meal!
This sounds amazing! I’m excited to try smoking on our gas grill – we’ve never done that before…
This looks amazing!
A new use for smoked paprika. Thank you!
Ooooo..Love the custom made box of meats! What a treat! Love the panzanella!
Panzanella is my favorite! Hoping to be able to go to your class at Ciao Thyme!
Smoked chicken on a gas grill! That really does look delicious.
Sounds like a great recipe. Thanks for sharing!
I would certainly like to win a box of food chosen by you. This is especially true because of the salmon photos from some of the previous posts. The salmon almost looks like it is glowing from the inside. Amazing!
Keep up the wonderful and inspiring work.
I would love to win! Looks delicious 🙂
This looks fantastic! Not enough people use Chorizo! They are too scared of it! Loves it!
What do you mean “put the grill away”- never! Year round grilling is the way to go 🙂
This recipe looks great & thanks for the giveaway.
stunning photographs, as usual 🙂
lovely post!
I’m a new follower of this blog and this recipe looks amazing.
Being tucked away in South Carolina prohibits me from always finding the same ingredients you use, but I’m up fro the challenge.
I’d love to win the box, since we don’t have a Porter & York down here!
So good. Hope back-to-school is going well for all of you. xo
Fabulous pics. Looks divine.
Wow, looks amazing!
I have a huge garden, looking forward to the salad recipe, but would love to have the chicken to go with.
this looks delicious!
A perfect way to not let go of the season….looks summery and savory at the same time.
Yum! Perfect end to a great summer. I hope I win!
Too late? Looks yummy….
Love this! It looks amazing.
Looks delicious!
What a splendid idea!! Thanks!!
Your photography & styling is so inspiring to me! Looking at the October workshops so I hope I get to join you. Thank you for your lovely posts! I’m a big fan 🙂
Great photographs!
sounds delicious!
This looks so good! I love your food photos. It really makes me want to taste your recipe. I got a new site to check out for recipes. Awesome!
Great recepi <3 cant wait to try it!
– love from india
Woooow…..Homemade!!! It’s the only thing that taste good! And so easy to do…
I think I will look for these and try your recipe this weekend. Thank you for sharing!
Dang Thai from Embeya!
This looks amazing. A good recipe. Thanks
this recipe looks amazing.
Being tucked away in South Carolina prohibits me from always finding the same ingredients you use, but I’m up fro the challenge
so keep it up
This looks so delicious! Your photography Level is high. Appricate.