Spicy Grilled Chicken Breast Recipe

Getting Perfect grilled chicken breast which is juicy and not dry is easy to make at home. It all starts with a good marination and If you follow the tips and techniques included in this recipe, you will get juicy chicken breast all the time. You can chop them and put them in chicken salad, use them in sandwiches and many more.

Grilled chicken breast recipe

In my opinion, everyone should master grilling chicken breast. Specially the ones with the charred grill marks on them. The grill marks will make your dish so appetizing and also adds more flavour.

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This recipe is so easy to make and follow which gives you perfect chicken everytime. I used a simple spicy yogurt based marination, the yogurt makes the chicken extra juicy without making it dry and the spices adds so much flavor. This is made with basic ingredients and you don't need meat thermometer.

About Grilled Chicken Breast

Grilled chicken breast is a staple in my house, and we make it more often than most other dishes. Whether it's for sandwiches, salads, soups, or wraps, grilled chicken fits in everywhere and never gets boring.

Every week, I usually buy around six chicken breasts and marinate them in bulk. This way, they're ready to cook anytime during the week, making quick meals easy and stress-free.

The No-1 issue people face when making grilled chicken is the chicken getting super dry. Over the years of making grilled chicken over and over again. I have perfected the most juicy chicken recipe. So here I am sharing it with you.

I used yogurt in the marination which not only tenderises the chicken, but also helps make it super juicy and melt in mouth. When choosing chicken, get boneless skinless chicken breasts which are more easy to cook that others.

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My Personal Tips for Perfect Chicken Breast

• Use a meat mallet or rolling pin to bash the chicken and get it into even thickness.
• Add yogurt in your marination which gives you juicy chicken breast.
• Never oil the grill pan, instead use oil in the chicken marination. Adding oil in the grill pan will make it smoke a lot.
• Remember the pan (grill pan) which you are using has to be super hot when you put the chicken in.
• Place the chicken on the grill pan and let it cook undisturbed for about 5 minutes before flipping. Frequent flipping prevents char marks, once properly cooked, the chicken will naturally release from the pan.

Ingredients

• Chicken breast - I used boneless skinless chicken breast for making this dish. it is easy to cook and takes less time.
• Spices - you can use any spices you have on hand, like garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, cumin, black pepper. I also added red chilli flakes for extra spicy kick.
• Yogurt - main ingredients which helps with the juicy part of the chicken breast. Use plain natural green yogurt for best result.
• Fresh Ingredients - lemon juice, fresh ginger and fresh garlic is added for flavour.
• Oil - I used olive oil, you can opt for sunflower oil, avocado oil or even canola oil.

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Step by Step Pictures

Pounding Chicken breast

1)Wash and pat dry your chicken breast. Chicken breasts are uneven in size. So we are going to pound the chicken to get it thinner which makes it in even thickness which cooks faster and evenly.

2)Place chicken breasts between two sheets of plastic wrap.

3)Use a rolling pin or meat mallet to bash them well. Do it gently, this makes the chicken in even thickness. so it will cook evenly.

4)Now you can see the chicken is looking much even in thickness.

Preparing Marination

5)Now lets prepare the marination. I am using red chilli flakes, black pepper powder, sugar which helps with the caramelisation. Add salt as well.

6)I used some ginger garlic paste. I took around 4 cloves of garlic and 1 inch piece of ginger which I ground into a paste.

Instead of this you can use 1 teaspoon garlic powder and 1 teaspoon of ginger powder. But fresh ginger and garlic adds so much flavor.

6)Add in cumin powder.

7)Add in lemon juice. You can use vinegar instead of lemon juice.

8)Add in oil. As mentioned, olive oil, sunflower oil, avocado oil can be used.

9)Add in yogurt. This is the main ingredient which helps with the juicy part of the chicken breast. Use plain natural green yogurt for best result.

10)This is optional, for colour and extra heat I used Kashmiri chilli powder. You can use smoked paprika. It provides extra heat and colour.

11)Mix this really well. This is your marination. taste this marination and adjust salt and lemon juice.

Marination Chicken

12)Now place your chicken in this marination and gently massage it well.

13)Cover it and place in fridge to marinate for at least 30 minutes to overnight.

Remove the chicken from fridge at least an hour before cooking. Heat a grill pan on medium high heat.

13)Now place the chicken in the hot grill pan, never try to flip the chicken, let it cook on medium high heat for 6 minutes, this will help the chicken to get a good char marks.

14)Once the chicken is cooked enough, you can easily flip it with a pair of tongs. Now gently flip over and cook for another 5 minutes on medium high heat.

15)Now remove the chicken on a plate or clean cutting board and let it rest for 5 minutes before cutting into it. This makes the chicken juices rest and get into the chicken. Now cut it as preferred and enjoy.

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Expert Tips

• Always taste and adjust the marination. It is what adds flavor to your chicken breast.
• Allow the chicken to marinate for at least 30 minutes for better flavour.
• Let the chicken cook for a bit before flipping it, constant flipping may make it tear.
• You can use ginger powder, garlic powder instead of fresh ginger and garlic.
• Vinegar can be used instead of lemon juice.

Serving & Storage

You can serve chicken breast as it is or add them in salads, soups or sandwiches. Marinated chicken breast can be stored in fridge upto 3 to 4 days, you can freeze them upto 3 months.

Cooked chicken breast can be stored in fridge for 3 to 4 days.

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