Blackstone Italian Chicken with asparagus and broccoli

Y'all.  I've been watching several influencers lately on FB.  One poor piece of chicken may end up with four or five different seasonings on it before cooking.  I'm not talking about salt, pepper, garlic, and onion powder.  I'm talking about four or five different BRANDS!  There may be parmesan garlic from this company and then honey garlic that from another one, and then they decide to add a third brand's Italian blend or Steakhouse Butter flavor.  I don't get it.  Most of the time all these flavors don't even pair well together.  Are they being sponsored by all these companies and decide they'll season whatever they're cooking with ALL of them?  I can't fathom that.

So today, I'll be using just a single seasoning blend:  Kinder's Italian Chicken.

Even more surprising, I'll season not only the chicken but the veggies with the same thing!  No additional conflicting flavors on the veggies.  While the chicken, broccoli, and asparagus are cooking happily on the Blackstone, potatoes are in the air fryer.  Guess what?  I seasoned those with the same Italian Chicken from Kinder's.  Sometimes less is more.

The chicken you see on the Blackstone above was two large boneless skinless breasts.  I sliced horizontally so they would cook more evenly and to watch the portion size as well.

I preheated the Blackstone on high, sprayed the surface with olive oil spray, and then seasoned both sides of the chicken with the Italian Chicken blend.  The chicken began to cook as soon as it hit the surface.  

While it began to sear, I used the olive oil spray to the other side of the Blackstone and then added the asparagus and broccoli.

It only took a few minutes of moving the veggies around with the metal spatulas to get a nice char.  I brought all the vegetables together in a mound, added a couple of tablespoons of water to make a lot of steam, covered with the metal dome for a few minutes to get the perfect tenderness.  Then I spread everything back out, turned the heat down, and let them finish cooking.

The chicken breasts needed to reach an internal temperature of 165℉.  They cooked within 6 or 7 minutes.  

Doesn't that look amazing?

Plenty of chicken and vegetables for two meals for us.  We added some garlic Texas toast along with an air fryer cooked potato.  Added bonus?  The kitchen stayed clean and cool, I got to enjoy cooking outdoors, and it's fun to cook on the Blackstone!