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Chicken breasts

Marinating

I find chicken breasts pretty challenging. Not a very flavorful piece of meat, and there really is just a small window within which you can pull them off the grill "done" but not dry.

The first step is to hammer the ckicken breasts out until they are of uniform thickness.  I just cover them with plastic wrap and use a household hammer.  This will help you in getting an even cook throughout the piece of meat, especially since the window of "doneness" is so small. 

The second step is a good marinade.  Simple but good is what you see above - first a dry rub of Dizzy Dust , followed by a bath in Italian salad dressing.  The longer the marinating time the better - preferably overnight, if you have that much foresight, which I typically do not.


About half way through

I believe the key to juicier chicken breasts is a faster, high-temperature cook. I cooked these at 400 - 450 on a raised grid to keep the occasional flames from charring the meat. No smoking wood - you'll get plenty of smoke from the lump + marinade dripping, believe me.


Done

I cooked these chicken breasts for roughly 20 minutes, flipping every 5 minutes. This gave me a final internal temperature in the range of 160 - 165. This is where a quick-read meat thermometer (like Thermopen) comes in very handy.


Ready to serve

As you can see, I added cheese to some of these and we actually put these on whole wheat buns to make grilled chicken sandwiches.

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