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GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST how to grill juicy boneless chicken720P HD
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Jun 23, 2025
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hello my friends it's Danny and today
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I'm showing you how to make a grilled
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chicken breast without drying it out i
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will share all of my tips and tricks so
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that you can grill your chicken without
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a marinade and still create a really
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juicy moist delicious chicken breast
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that would be great on its own and also
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perfect for meal prep so the first thing
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I like to do is get my chicken out of
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the refrigerator and let it sit at room
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temperature for 20 to 30 minutes before
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I get it on the grill this way it comes
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down to room temperature which is going
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to help it cook more evenly as for
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quality I always look for local and or
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organic chicken and that's what I
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recommend but as always you simply want
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to make the best choice that's available
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to you now because I know many of you
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are going to ask personally I do not
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wash chicken before I work with it i
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find that that creates more opportunity
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for crosscontamination and if there is
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any type of bacteria on the chicken it
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will get killed off once it hits the
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high heat that we're going to be cooking
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the chicken however you do want to make
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sure that you're washing your hands
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throughout the process whenever you're
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working with raw chicken now the next
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step is probably the most important step
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to having the chicken cook evenly and be
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nice and juicy it's that you want the
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chicken breast to be the same thickness
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around the entire breast so normally
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when you take a chicken breast out it's
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really thick on one side and really thin
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down on the other side and that's going
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to create uneven cooking which means the
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thin side's going to get very overcooked
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the thick side could possibly be
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undercooked so what I like to do is lay
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out a piece of wax paper you could also
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do this with plastic wrap then I place
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the chicken breast on top with another
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piece of wax paper and then using a meat
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mallet I'm just going to hit down and
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out on the thicker parts of the chicken
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now you don't want to just go straight
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up and down you want to find those
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thicker areas and then again it's down
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and out it's like a little push forward
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and what we're trying to do is get all
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of those thicker parts of the chicken
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flattened out so that the breast is nice
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and even it doesn't really matter how
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thick or thin you make it what matters
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is that it's fairly even all the way
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across personally I prefer it to be a
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little bit thinner but if you like a
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really fat juicy chicken breast then you
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would let it be a little bit thicker
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personal preference side note if you do
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not have a meat mallet you could do this
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with any type of heavy bottle you could
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do it with a rolling pin even a can of
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soup from here I like to transfer the
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chicken breast onto a rimmed baking
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sheet i love using these baking sheets
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because they make it very convenient
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also to carry the chicken from the
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kitchen outside to the grill i also like
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to season the chicken breast right on
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the rim baking sheet as well so what I
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do is I brush a little bit of avocado
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oil on each chicken breast and then I
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season generously with salt and pepper
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and I'm going to do this on both sides
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of the chicken now this is all you need
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you don't need to marinate the chicken
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and you don't need anything else to
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create a really flavorful delicious
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chicken breast but just to give an
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option I am also going to bring some
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barbecue sauce out to the grill as well
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to show you how you can easily brush on
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a little extra flavor right at the end
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of cooking without needing to marinate
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the chicken for hours so I've got the
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grill at a mediumigh heat you want the
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temperature to read somewhere between
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400 and 450° Fahrenheit and then to prep
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my grill all I did was brush the grates
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with this grill brush that helps to
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clean them off make sure that nothing
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sticks and I rub them down with a little
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bit more of that avocado oil and I do
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this just by taking a tong and dipping a
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paper towel into the oil and then gently
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rubbing it over the grates so we're
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ready for the chicken so I like to place
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the chicken down the smooth side of the
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chicken first and I do that because
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that's the side that we're usually going
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to present with so this way it goes on
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the clean grates and it's going to look
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the best shut the grill let it go for
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about four minutes the chicken is going
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to take a total of eight to 10 minutes
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depending on how thick it is so if it's
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thinner like mine you want to start at
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about four minutes after 3 minutes I
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like to open the grill rotate the
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chicken 90° and this is going to help us
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get those fancy grill marks and then I
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just close it and let it go for that
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extra minute you're going to see that it
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begins to turn opaque around the sides
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and coming up the chicken that's how you
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know that it's ready to flip and it
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should release from the grill very
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easily if it feels like it's sticking it
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might need a little extra time so I'm
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going to flip these over and let it go
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for another 4 minutes on the opposite
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side now if you didn't want to add any
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extra flavor just shut the grill and let
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it cook but I wanted to show you guys
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how you could add flavor without
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marinating the chicken so at this point
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what I like to do is just brush a little
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bit of barbecue sauce right over the top
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of the chicken right while it's on the
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grill you're just going to get a nice
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thick layer of barbecue sauce on there
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and that's going to kind of sear into
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the chicken while it's cooking it's been
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about three minutes so I like to flip
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the chicken one more time here and let
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that extra minute finish where I can get
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a little extra barbecue sauce on the
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opposite side if you were not adding any
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type of sauce at the end you wouldn't
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need to do this extra flip you would
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just let it finish off but if you wanted
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to add some type of sauce like I'm doing
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here just flip it a minute early so you
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can get that flavor on both sides now to
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ensure that the chicken is cooked
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through we want our chicken at 165° but
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when it comes to a chicken breast like
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this what I usually do is I just take a
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knife right at the grill do a little
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slit at the edge of the chicken if it
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looks opaque and nice and juicy I know
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it's done so this chicken is done it is
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ready to go once I have the chicken
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inside I just let it rest for a couple
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minutes and then I like to cut it into
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slices you can see that it's nice and
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moist and juicy um that barbecue sauce
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adds a little extra flavor and then this
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would be delicious ready to eat as it is
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or what I really like to do and I do
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very often is I will transfer this into
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an airtight container so you have this
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really great head start ingredient that
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you could add to salads to sandwiches to
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wraps to quesadillas um in the fridge
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ready to go so my dear friends that is
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how you grill a chicken breast and keep
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it really moist and juicy and flavorful
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i am as always super excited for you to
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give this technique a try and when you
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the clean and deliciousness that you're
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whipping up in your very own kitchens
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wants to make healthy eating easy thank
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you so much for watching i'm Danny Spes
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and I'll see you back here next time
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with some more clean and deliciousness
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cheers hello my friends it's Danny and
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today I'm going to show you how
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