There is a secret in here that many already know. The secret is to grilling skinless boneless chicken breasts well is thinner uniform pieces. That is not what you get for your local supermarket. Those suckers can be huge and thick. You can't cook it well and it won't do in a sandwich anyways.
1) I needed to feed five people and wanted leftovers so I cooked a family pack of skinless boneless chicken breasts. In the package there were three of those huge breast and 5 reasonable size ones. I left the normal size ones and cut chicken fillets from the large ones.
2) I used 7:2:2 seasoning (see my post on 7:2:1 for this garlic packed variation).
3) Cook over high heat. The thinner fillets were done in 12-15 minutes while the whole breast took about 20 minutes to get above 160.
Rating
Cook until internal temp of 160-165. The thinnest were done in 12 minutes. Most in 15 and the thickest whole breast about 20 minutes.
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Ingredients
- 2 Skinless boneless chicken breast
- to taste 7:2:1 or 7:2:2 seasoning
Instructions
1) Clean oil and preheat grill on high.2) Rinse and pat dry chick breast. Trim of any fat and bone.3) Cut any huge chicken breasts into fillets.4) Sprinkle with 7:2:1 or 7:2:2 depending on your garlic desire.5) Place over high heat.After 2-3 minutes flip the chicken6) Cook until internal temp of 160-165. The thinnest were done in 12 minutes. Most in 15 and the thickest whole breast about 20 minutes.
Details
Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Yield: 2Updated
September 14 2011
DrDan
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Great tips. Sad how often boneless skinless is on sale and the better skin on, bone in version never is.
ReplyDeleteAh well, as you said, as long as you know the limitations of the meat, you can prevail!!!
Excellent tutorial post!
Big Dan, grillin' in the rain :) (I noticed the droplets on the grill.)
ReplyDeleteSeveral great tips in this post. I like to butterfly larger breasts. I used to just pound them to an even thickness but sometimes you ended up with a result that was way to big for a sandwich. Filleting or butterflying are the way to go.
Ah! Super cute. Trying this with my BF tonight. I just made a similar classic grilled chicken recipe: http://www.partydish.net/chicken-sandwich-recipe/
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