What's the best way to grill marinated chicken breast?

Question

Last time I lined the grill with foil and put water in it to cook. Then took it the foil and water out when the chicken was cooked and then I put bbq sauce on it and cook for another 5-10 min.
I don't think it would be good to grill the marinated chicken in the water. So how can I grill it without it drying out?

Answer 1

Let's not get too complicated with this piece of chicken. Flatten your breasts down to a consistent thickness. Mix 1/4 cup of salt & 1/8 cup of sugar in 2 cups of water. Make sure salt & sugar are dissolved. Put chicken in brine for anywhere from 1-4 hours. This brine will replace some of the tasteless water in the meat. And yes the brine does permeate the meat. Take chicken out, rinse off & pat dry. Salt & pepper to taste or whatever you wanna do to it. Never stick holes in a piece of meat to be grilled. Put directly on to high heat grill. You can't walk away from a piece of chicken. It needs TLC.
You know how a piece of chicken feels when raw. If not pick up one of the breasts & rub it between your fingers. Now you want that feeling to go away. Push on the chicken with your fingers while cooking & you will feel the meat getting done inside. If you wait until the internal temp is 170f to take it off, the meat will continue to cook before it starts cooling down. Your internal temp will rise another 10 degrees. It's overcooked. Get it off the fire when that raw feeling goes away. They are always juicy.
I've cooked hundreds of boneless breasts this way & I'm not dead yet. But then again Steve Irwin had been swimming with rays many times also...hmmmmm.

Answer 2

As you are talking about chicken breast you can marinate that for years and the marinade never penetrates the meat so it is only surface anyway. So you get grill super hot and sear the outside of the breast to caramelize the marinade on both sides and then do your water thing to keep it from drying out. It would be best to baste with more of the marinade at the end and put back directly on the hot grill again for just a short time. The only way to get marinade taste in chicken breast is to pound it paper thin and then marinate. then when you grill it - the marinade and the breast are done at the same time.

Answer 3

Marinate the chicken in Soy Sauce and put directly on the grill.
Don't mess with the foil or the water.

Answer 4

after the coals are hot enough then put a empty can and fill it wilth water and put in middle of grill.
marinate your chicken . put your chicken off on the side so it will not cook too fast. cook longer that way and chicken will be just fine and place your bq sauce on it then.

Answer 5

either buy a tin pan for the grill, or make one your self with tin foil. grill/bbq your chicken in the pan first until it is cooked so it doesn't burn to pieces. When done throw it on the grill for a few seconds to get your grill marks. good luck

Answer 6

Move the coals to one side of the grill. And use indirect heat to cook the chicken. As soon as the temp hits 170 in the chicken pull it off! AND EAT!

Answer 7

the marinade should keep ur chicken moist. but just in case take ur chicken off the grill and let it relax under a piece of foil for about 3 minutes before serving that way the juices don't run out your chicken and it will stay moist.

Answer 8

Marinate in italian dressing, put grill marks on chicken and if not cooked, finish off in oven.

Answer 9

marinate the chicken breast at least two hours - take a raw onion cut it in half and rub it on the grate grill the breast for 2 1/2 minutes on both sides - don't over cook - yum yum

Answer 10

Instead of water in the foil, put in a few tablespoons of the marinate.