I ran across this recipe a couple of months ago while trying to find something quick and easy. The dish itself only takes about 5 minutes of prep work, and about 7 minutes to cook.  It’s one of those dishes that tastes ridiculously amazing, despite being very easy to make.

Jamie Oliver’s website has both the instructions and a great video of how to make it, so in an effort to keep the internet DRY, I’ll let you look at those there. I will say this though, the directions in the recipe are different than in the video. I’ve found the video instructions to be better.

Besides that, I wanted to share a couple of tips to help make this dish awesome:

• Use Prosciutto

  You need to use prosciutto for this. Other salted hams just don’t crisp up the same. Wimpy, limp ham drastically brings down the quality of the dish.

• Lemon Zest

  This really makes the dish awesome, but it’s a balancing act. It doesn’t take a lot to overpower the other flavors, but it’s important there is enough of it to meld properly with the cheese. It may take a time or two before you learn how much to add. Also, I think this goes without saying, but use fresh zest.

• Organic Chicken

  Besides the health and environmental reasons, organic chicken is just easier to work with. The standard, non-organic chicken breasts are freakishly huge compared to their organic counterparts. That makes pounding them flat nearly impossible, which is a must for this dish to turn out proper.

Enjoy!