How to Grill Chicken Breast On Gas Grill
With this guide, you will learn how to grill chicken breasts on gas grill. You will surely get a soft, juicy, and moist grilled chicken breast with the best sear marks.
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 and ½ Ibs)
- 4 cups of cold water
- 1 tbsp of Morton’s kosher salt
- 2 tbsp of garlic powder.
- 1 tbsp of dried thyme
- 1 tbsp of vegetable or grape seed oil
Instructions
- Firstly, you need to slice the chicken breast in half width-wise. Then, get a plastic wrap and cover one portion with it.
- This is to stop the chicken juice from getting everywhere in your kitchen when you start to pound it.
- You must pound it until its thickness is uniform. There is also an alternative. You can go for a meat tenderizer with a fat side if you have one.
- But, if you don’t have one, you can use a rolling pin. All you will need to do is to just neat the chicken breast and focus on the thickest part of it, trying to get it to be even with the thinnest area of the chicken breast.
- And, with that being done, you can put the chicken breast aside for a moment. Get a medium-sized bowl and proceed to measure the salt and water into it.
- Then, you are to mix thoroughly till the salt gets dissolved. Afterward, you can add garlic powder and thyme. Then, mix them.
- In the salt mixture, also add the chicken breasts. Ensure that all of the chicken breasts are submerged in the salt mixture.
- When you are sure of this, you can then get a plastic wrap and cover the bowl with it. Proceed to refrigerate it for about 15 minutes to 2 hours.
- After that, you are to get the bowl from the refrigerator, then remove the chicken breast from the bag, and massage it till it gets dry.
- Get rid of the salt mixture. And, allow the chicken breast to rest at room temperature. This should go on for more or less 10 to 15 minutes while you prepare and warm up the grill.
- You are to oil the grill grates. Then, when the grill has cooled off, get a paper towel, and dip it into an oil that has a high smoking point.
- Afterward, you are to get tongs and use them to rub the oiled paper towel onto the grates. With that being said, warm up your grill for direct cooking over medium-high heat, which would be around 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- With the grill at the right temperature, you can proceed to place the chicken breasts on the grill. Make sure they are in a single layer and also spaced out.
- Cook the chicken breasts on the grill for more or less 4 minutes on each side with the lid of the grill open.
- You are to get an instant-read thermometer to test if the chicken breasts are done. It is considered to be done when it reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Or, when you slice into one, and all you see all the way through is white, not pink. They will have a browned exterior, which is nice, and also some good sear marks when they are done.
- After that, you can proceed to remove them from the grill. Get a clean serving plate and place them on it.
- Allow the chicken breasts to cool off for about 5 minutes before you proceed to slice them and serve them.
