Italian Grilled Skinless Boneless Chicken Breasts

A nice Italian flair that was very moist and a nice change of pace from the usual BBQ on the grill.
I wanted Italian on the grill. I was going to fuss with cheese and tomato but really got lazy.

So I went Googling again and all I could find was multiple recipes with two ingredients... the chicken and a bottle of Italian dressing. I'm lazy but not that lazy. A few had dry Italian seasoning. So I substituted for that and went with it.

Rating  9.0 Taste 9.0 Ease 9.0

Notes: If you want to be a wimp, you could use dry Italian seasoning. Also you need to know your grill and what parts run hot and what parts run cool. So pay attention and you'll get the hang of it or you chicken will be hockey pucks.

Tools: Nothing special

Ingredients:

2 Skinless boneless chicken breast
2 T olive oil
Salt and Pepper
1 T Italian seasoning


Italian Seasoning
Equal parts dried basil, oregano, marjoram, rosemary and thyme
I used 1 T each and save the extra

Instructions:
1) Preheat grill on high, clean and oil grates.

2) Mix Italian seasoning in small airtight container suitable for storage.
3) Trim chicken breast and flatten to no more than 3/4 inch thick either by hand pressure or by meat mallet.

4) Mix oil and 1 T Italian seasoning.

5) Salt and pepper lightly on both sides then brush both sides with the oil mixture.
6) Allow to rest at room temperature for 10-15 minutes with grill is heating.
7) If you have a hot running grill, decrease to medium. I used a cooler section of mine on high.
8) Flip about every 6-7 minutes until internal temp is 165 or better. 23 minutes total on my grill.

Italian Grilled Skinless Boneless Chicken Breasts

by DrDan at 101 Cooking For Two July 15, 2010

A new addition to my Grilled Skinless Boneless Chicken Breast series. A nice Italian flair that was very moist and a nice change of pace from the usual BBQ on the grill. I wanted Italian on the grill. I was going to fuss with cheese and tomato but really got lazy. So I went Googling again and all I could find was multiple recipes with two ingredients... the chicken and a bottle of Italian dressing. I'm lazy but not that lazy. A few had dry Italian seasoning. So I substituted for that and went with it.

Ingredients

2 Skinless boneless chicken breast2 T olive oil1 T Italian seasoning Salt and Pepper Italian Seasoning1 t dried basil,1 t oregano1 t marjoram1 t rosemary 1 t thyme

Instructions

1) Preheat grill on high, clean and oil grates. 2) Mix Italian seasoning in small airtight container suitable for storage.3) Trim chicken breast and flatten to no more than 3/4 inch thick either by hand pressure or by meat mallet.4) Mix oil and 1 T Italian seasoning.5) Salt and pepper lightly on both sides then brush both sides with the oil mixture.6) Allow to rest at room temperature for 10-15 minutes with grill is heating.7) If you have a hot running grill, decrease to medium. I used a cooler section of mine on high.8) Flip about every 6-7 minutes until internal temp is 165 or better. 23 minutes total on my grill.

Details

Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 23 mins Total time: 43 mins Yield: 2 servings

Updated

April 26, 2011