Batch Marinated Grilled Chicken Breasts

This is the basic grilled chicken breast recipe that you can use as the basis of any grilled chicken dish. The chicken breasts are tender flavorful and go great in many recipes calling for chicken or grilled chicken. Use it with pasta and rice dishes. It is also great for handhelds such as sandwiches (hot or cold) and wraps.

Batch Marinated Grilled Chicken Breasts

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Cuisine American

Servings 24

Ingredients

  

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• 6 lb Chicken Breasts Trimmed
• 1.5 cup Orange Juice
• 1.5 cup Pineapple Juice
• 0.25 cup Avocado Oil
• 0.25 cup Soy Sauce
• 0.25 cup Garlic Minced
• 2 tbsp Salt Morton Course Kosher Salt
• 1.5 tsp Cumin Ground
• 1.5 tsp Black Pepper Ground
• 1.5 tsp Oregano Dried
• 1.5 tsp Chipotle Powder
• 2 tbsp Smoke Paprika
• 3 cup Onions Sliced
• 3 cup Bell Peppers Sliced

Instructions

 

• Wash chicken breasts in white distilled vinegar and water (1/2 and 1/2), optional

  Mix all marinade ingredients in a bowl.

  Place chicken and marinade in a 2.5-gallon ziplock bag.

  Move the chicken around by massaging the bag so that all the chicken is coated with the marinade. 

  Lay the bag flat on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator, making sure no ready-to-eat foods are below it.  Refrigerate for 24 hours

  Flip the bag every 6-12 hours to ensure an even marinade.

  Preheat the grill to medium

  Preheat oven to 350.

  Grill chicken for 4-6 minutes on each side, turning 90 degrees after about 2-3 minutes to get a nice grill mark.  Do this on the other side as well.

  When the grill marks are nice and brown, pull the chicken and place it in a Dutch oven or hotel pan.  Cover the Dutch oven or hotel pan with a lid or foil.

  Insert a thermometer into the center of the thickest breast.

  Cover the Dutch oven or hotel pan with a lid or foil.

  Place chicken in the oven until the thermometer reads 165. 

  Remove chicken and let rest for 30 minutes.

  Save the juices and portion equally with the chicken breasts.  

  Bag the breast 4 into a bag, let cool, and seal.
  

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