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Perfectly Barbecued Chicken Breasts

2
Points® per serving

Total 2 hr 5 min

Prep 10 min

Cook 25 min

Serves 8

Ingredients:

  • Bottled Water  8 cup(s) or 2 liters (hot)
  • Salt  ½ cup(s)
  • Skinless Chicken Breast  960g, (Buy 4 x 300g breasts), bone-in, halved crosswise
  • Barbecue Sauce  ⅓ cup(s) or 80 ml
  • Oil Spray  1 x 3 second spray(s)

Instructions:

  1. In a large bowl, combine water and salt and whisk until salt dissolves. Let it stand for 30 minutes to cool to room temperature.
  2. Add chicken to brine. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
  3. Lightly spray chargrill or barbecue with oil and heat to medium-low.
  4. Remove chicken from brine. Rinse and pat dry with paper towels.
  5. Chargrill or barbecue, flesh-side up, covered, for 15 minutes.
  6. Brush chicken on both sides with barbecue sauce, cover and cook, flesh-side down, for 10 minutes (boneless breasts will take less time) until chicken is just cooked through.
  7. Transfer chicken to cutting board, cover loosely with foil, and let stand for 5minutes. Serve.

Perfectly Barbecued Chicken Breasts

25 min

10 min

A tasty, delicious meal can be achieved when you combine chicken with a good salt brine to keep the meat juicy and barbecue to the side of the heat so the proteins and natural sugars slowly break down to create the ideal flavor.

Lunch or Dinner

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