Grilled Chicken Recipes
They cook in minutes and can be marinated, sauced up, or topped with your favorite ingredients to create a new taste sensation every time you cook them. And compared to some other meals, they are still an affordable way to serve something delicious for dinner.
I've included the basic recipe for grilled chicken breasts and assembled a list of luscious links to some of the best grilled chicken recipes that I've found online.
I've also included some information about my favorite grill for cooking chicken, the Weber 386002 Q-100 Portable Gas Grill
Photo appears courtesy of bucklava. It was found through a creative commons search and contains the recipe for grilled Jamaican Jerk chicken breasts.
How to Grill Chicken Breasts
Basic Grilled Chicken Recipe
This is a simple basic (but still delicious) recipe for grilling chicken breasts. If you'd like to use barbeque sauce on your chicken to add more flavor, follow this recipe but wait to add the sauce until just before it is cooked through to prevent the sauce from burning.If you prefer to use a marinade, that should be done prior to cooking. After you've marinated the chicken breasts according to your recipe, (or bottle directions) you can cook the breasts as follows.
What You'll Need
Figure on serving one or two whole chicken breasts per person.
Boneless Chicken Breasts
Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper
*A Hot Grill
Directions
Pre heat your charcoal or gas grill to medium-high heat.
Rub Olive oil over both sides of the chicken breasts.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
Place chicken breasts on the grill.
Grill until just cooked through, about 5 or 6 minutes per side- depending on thickness of breasts.
Remove from grill and serve immediately.
Enjoy!
Photo appears courtesy of ScottFeldstein and was found through a creative commons search for commercial use. (Photo link contains a chicken marinade recipe)
How to Grill Chicken Breasts Recipes
Grilled Chicken Recipes
- Grilled Skinless Chicken Breast - Recipe File - Cooking For Engineers
- Step by step recipe instructions for grilled skinless chicken breast complete with photographs and reader comments and discussion
- Kalyn's Kitchen: How to Make Juicy Grilled Chicken Breasts That Are Perfect Every Time
- South Beach Diet Cooking and Recipe Blog
Perfect Everytime Grilled Chicken Breasts - Grilling Chicken Breasts - Pound it flat, brine it and grill it hot and fast
- The secret to a flavorful and moist chicken breast is to pound it to an even thickness, brine it and grilling hot and fast.
- HowStuffWorks "Grilling Food"
- Grilling is an easy way to prepare your favorite foods. Learn how to grill meat, chicken, fish, and vegetables with simple instructions and recipes.
- Cooks.com - Recipes - Marinated Chicken Breast Grilled
- How to Grill chicken Breasts
- Best Grilled Chicken Recipe
- When it comes to grilled chicken I like to keep things easy and quick so I like to use thinly sliced chicken cutlets because nothing cooks faster on the grill than a thin chicken breast cutlet.
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Barbecue! Bible : Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes
Add some spice to your grilled chicken breasts!
Barbecue! Bible : Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes
Amazon Price: $9.32 (as of 11/06/2009)![]()
Steven Raichlen is the world's leading authority on international barbecue. The recipes in this book are finger-licking good...try them all!"
-Rich Davis, Creator of K.C. Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce
Grilled Chicken Marinade Recipes
Taste Tempting Marinade Recipes for Your Grilled Chicken
- Cooks.com - Recipes - Grilled Chicken Marinade
- Grilled Chicken Marinade Recipes
- Oregano Marinated Grilled Chicken
- Recipes, cooking techniques, and news, updated daily. Devoted to the pleasure of food and drink.
- Grilled Chicken Breast with Lime Marinade
- This recipe for Grilled Chicken Breast with Lime Marinade is quick, easy and very good - from Teri's Kitchen.
- Armenian Herb Marinade Grilled Chicken Breasts Recipe | Recipezaar
- Armenian Herb Marinade Grilled Chicken Recipe
- Recipe - Marinade for Grilled Chicken
- Chicken marinade recipe for Texas Cooking
Do You Cook on a Q?
Weber Q Grill Great for Grilling Chicken and More!
Cast-aluminum lid and body with glass-reinforced nylon frame
8,500-BTU stainless-steel burner; push-button ignition; adjustable burner valve
Porcelain-enameled cast-iron cooking grates; drip pan; weather-resistant handle
Measures 16 by 27 by 23-1/2 inches with lid open; 5-year limited warranty
Weber 386002 Q-100 Portable Gas Grill
Amazon Price: $138.48 (as of 11/06/2009)![]()
Don't let the small size of this portable grill fool you, we've been cooking for a family of 4 on it for several years now and we love it!
Lawry's Premade Marinades
Try All the Lawry's Premade Marinades for Delicious Grilled Chicken
Safety Information
Refridgerate after opening. Do not reuse.
Ingredients
Water, Lemon Juice, Distilled Vinegar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Salt, Modified Food Starch, Garlic, Spices (Including Black Pepper, Oregano, Thyme, and Paprika), Dried Onion, Dried Tomato Concentrate, Tabasco Brand Dry Seasoning (Aged Red Pepper, Vinegar and Salt), Xanthan Gum (For Consistency), Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate and Calcium Disodium Edta (Used to Protect Quality).
Directions
For best results, pour marinade over meat, chicken, fish or vegtables. Cover and refridgerate at least 30 minutes-longer for fuller flavor. Grill, broil or bake. Brush on additional marinade during cooking for extra flavor. Discard excess used marinade do not reuse.
Lawry's, Louisiana Red Pepper Marinade,12-Ounces (Pack of 6)
Ingredients
Water, Lemon Juice, Distilled Vinegar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Salt, Modified Food Starch, Garlic, Spices (Including Black Pepper, Oregano, Thyme, and Paprika), Dried Onion, Dried Tomato Concentrate, Tabasco Brand Dry Seasoning (Aged Red Pepper, Vinegar and Salt), Xanthan Gum (For Consistency), Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate and Calcium Disodium Edta (Used to Protect Quality).
Lawry's 30-Minute Marinade, Lemon Pepper with Lemon Juice, 12-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 6)
Lawry's Lemon Pepper Marinade With Lemon Juice features tangy lemon juice and spicy black pepper. For an added zing to your favorite recipes, also try adding this marinade to soups and stews. Lawry's Lemon Pepper Marinade with Lemon Juice has zero grams of fat per serving and is low in calories, so go ahead and indulge in this bold and tangy blend.
Lawry's, Caribbean Jerk With Papaya Juice, 12-Ounces (Pack of 6)
Ingredients
High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water Distilled Vinegar, Lime Juice, Salt, Papaya Juice, Onion Powder, Spices, (Including Allspice, Chill Pepper, and Cilantro), Modified Food Starch, Garlic Powder Molasses Caramel Color, Sugar, Anchovies, Xanthan Gum, (For Consistency). Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Natural Flavors, Tamarind, Paprika Oleoresin (For Color), Color Added, Used to Protect Quality.
Home Made Barbeque Sauce Recipes
Barbecue Sauce Recipes for Delicious Grilled Chicken
- Homemade Barbeque Sauce from Fresh Tomatoes
- PickYourOwn.org's Guide to How to Make Homemade Barbecue Sauce (aka, catsup) - fully illustrated, with complete, simple recipe and directions. If you can't make and can barbecue sauce after reading this web page, then you're truly hopeless!
- Barbecue Sauce Recipes - Recipes for every kind of barbecue sauce you can imagine from traditional to fruit, mustard and vinegar sauces.
- Recipes for every kind of barbecue sauce you can imagine from traditional tomato to fruit, mustard and vinegar sauces.
- Make BBQ Sauce--Here's the Recipe
- Try this recipe: mix catsup, steak sauce, vinegar, and brown sugar to create a super BQ sauce for ribs, steaks, and burghers. You can make this sauce as easy and inexpensive present for Fathers' Day and other occasions.
- How to make Barbecue (BBQ) Sauce
- A recipe for a great barbecue sauce.
- SHACK Secret Famous Barbeque (BBQ) Sauce (Vinegar Based Recipe)
- This is the original and famous SHACK barbeque (BBQ) sauce recipe used by the SHACK restaurant in Arkansas. Tasty, Tangy and unforgettable BQ.
Premade Gourmet Barbeque Sauce
When You're too busy to Make Your Own Barbeque Sauce
Grilled Chicken Breast Blog Posts
Find Grilled Chicken Articles and Recipes
Find more recipes at the following blogs.
If you find one you like be sure to bookmark it. This list gets updated daily!
- Foodilicious: Grilled Chicken & Sausage, Curried Potatoes & Broccoli
- Chicken breasts are good for grilling - it's fuss free and very easy to prepare. Healthy lean meat too, so you know you are eating good food. Oh, except for that piece of sausage I added... so happened I wanted to grill some sausages ...
- Penne Pasta With Chicken from Olivia's Cafe at Old Key West Resort ...
- Grill chicken breasts and set aside to keep warm. 2. Cook pasta according to package directions. Pour cooked pasta into a large mixing bowl. Add spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, 1 cup asiago cheese, minced garlic and salt ...
- Fabulessly Frugal: FabuLESS Freezer Cooking: Garlic Ranch Chicken
- Thaw large bag enough to get small bag out and place small bag in fridge, while allowing chicken to continue to thaw. Grill or broil chicken. In last few minutes of grilling chicken, baste chicken breasts with mixture from small bag. ...
- How Long Does It Take To Grill Chicken Breast
- Having difficulty grilling chicken? Wanna know some tips to make a tasty and delicious looking chicken breast?
Barbeque Sauce of the Month Club
Perfect for making Delicious Grilled Chicken Breast
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Now you can offer the gift of taste -- a new and delicious barbecue or grilling sauce sauce every month! BBQ Sauce Of The Month Club members will receive a new BBQ Sauce every month for three months. Gift Card included at no extra charge on the first shipment! The first BBQ Sauce of the Month will be shipped when order is placed. Subsequent sauces will be sent the first week of every month.
Please Note
All of the above sauces, marinades, and chicken recipes can be made with any type of chicken, not just the breast. Judge cooking time accordingly. Boneless breasts will cook faster.
Beer Can Chicken and 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill
Try Something Different Tonight!
Beer-Can Chicken: And 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill
Amazon Price: $9.32 (as of 11/06/2009)![]()
From Publishers Weekly
After such all-encompassing efforts as The Barbecue! Bible and How to Grill, Raichlen turns his attention to a single and hilarious style of preparation, one based on an inspired theory: if there is anything a guy loves more than his grill, his brew and his gadgets, it is the opportunity to combine the three into a succulent main course. The basic technique is simplicity itself, boosted by just enough schoolboy rudeness to make it irresistible. Take one whole chicken, insert half a can of a favorite beer into its cavity, then prop it up on the BBQ. The can, in combination with the drumsticks, forms a tripod that keeps the bird upright, allowing the skin to achieve a fine crispness even as the internal steamer flavors the bird and eliminates the need for basting. A cornucopia of rubs, marinades, and beer-can fillers provides for more recipe variations than one would sanely care to attempt (massage the chicken in dill, sugar, garlic and mustard, pour a little Scandinavian liquor in with the ale and, voil%uFFFD Chicken Aquavit). For teetotalers, there are sauces made from cola, ginger ale, peach nectar or lemonade, each with the appropriate can of soft drink inserted into its awaiting fowl. He does include some recipes that might be better in theory than practice, such as the Quail on a Throne, which involves small cans of prune juice and a Cinnamon-Prune sauce. Subtle safety tips are proffered (Never grill a bird on an unopened can!).
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Can't You Smell It?
What's Your Favorite Marinade or Sauce for Grilled Chicken Breasts
Please share the recipe to your favorite marinade or sauce for grilling chicken breasts. We love finding new tasty ways to serve chicken for dinner!
mitchking wrote...
My chicken tends to stick to the grill so I need all the help I can get. The pineapple on the side is an excellent addition and I love to top it off with mango salsa when I put it on the plate.
karendd123 wrote...
Love this lens. I love to cook chicken breasts but I usually dry them out on the grill. The tips here should help me do some great chicken.
OnlyFunStuff wrote...
Great lens, plus you have decided what I want to eat for dinner today, Well done 5*
muuffu wrote...
Hey! You use too many flavorings, you can't feel taste of chicken trought it ... all you need is salt, garlick, paper, and a bit of black papper... and it will be awsame ... I'll make a video when I'll be doing it next time ...
OhMe wrote...
We grill chicken several times a week so it is always nice to find some new ways to prepare it. Thanks.
lou16 wrote...
I really shouldn't have read this when I was already hungry! I like grilling mine plain and then everyone can add their own toppings - bbq for dd, homemade salsa for me and some hot Portugeuese(?) sauce for hubby. I think I've just decided what's for tea tonight :)
ClassyGals wrote...
Yes, I'm really hungry right now and I can smell grilled chicken breasts. Great lens! *****five for u!
dannym29 wrote...
What a great lens it is really informative, with so much information I would think you'll get many visits from people wanting to check all this out.
Thanks
Danny Martin
showcomparecostumes wrote...
I never thought of grilling pineapple with the chicken. Good idea!
Great lens, thanks for the info!
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