Thai Chicken Breasts

Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Louisiana Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme.  Wood burning stove, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…

We love boneless, skinless chicken breasts because they’re so quick and easy to grill and there are so many different recipe ideas. Patti made a simple, homemade Thai marinade and served it with brown rice cooked in chicken broth with a sprinkling of green onion.

Thai Chicken Breasts 

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 6 minutes per side at 350
Grill: Louisiana Wood Pellet Grill
Pellets: Lumberjack Hickory

Ingredients: Thai Chicken Breasts

• 1 ¼ lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Marinade: Thai Chicken Breasts

• ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
• ¼ cup light soy sauce
• 3 Tablespoons Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce
• 2 Tablespoons honey mustard
• 2 Tablespoons minced fresh garlic
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 2 Tablespoons red pepper flakes

 

Ready For The Louisiana Pellet Grill

Directions: Thai Chicken Breasts

In a medium bowl whisk all marinade ingredients. Put marinade and chicken in large zipper bag and marinate for 2 hours.

Cooking Directions: Louisiana Wood Pellet Grill

To prepare the grill for cooking, check your pellet supply – top off or change flavors as needed. Scrape grill grates off. Turn the “Feed Control” High and press the “Start” button. Give the grill about 15 minutes to reach temperature and the grates to burn clean.

I like to smoke everything for at least 30 minutes with an hour being even better. After all the Louisiana pellet grill is a awesome smoker so use it for all the wood smoke flavor it will add to your food.

So after the grill comes up to temp and burns clean turn it back down to low. This will be around 180 to 200 degrees (84 to 95c). Place your chicken directly onto the grill and just let it hang out in the smoke and get happy for 30 minutes or so. This is referred to as “Smoking” or “Hot Smoking”, the temperature is 180 degrees (84c). 30 minutes of smoking is not enough to have any cooking effect on your food but it is enough to open the pores so that the food can pick up all the flavor of the smoke.

After 30 minutes, turn the (Feed Control) up to 350 degrees (174c) and pull the chicken off the grill. 

When the grill comes up to temperature put your chicken back onto the grill. Patti did this for 6 minutes per side.  Perfect.

 

In the Smoke

Note: I get a lot of questions about the kind of pellets you can use with a recipe. Keep in mind that a recipe is just an outline. Some you need follow closely like when you are making bread, but most you can do anything you can dream, our favorite way to cook. Feel free to mix and match the pellets until you find a combination you really like. Also you are only smoking at temps less than 250 degrees, anything higher is cooking and there will not be much if any smoke so it does not matter what kind of pellet you are using.

Thai Chicken Breasts

About Our Recipes

We do our recipes on our patio where we have a lineup of grills, including Louisiana, Green Mountain, Memphis, Royall, Traeger pellet grills, Char Griller side box smoker, Saber, Charmglow, Char-Broil, The Big Easy, Pacific Living Pizza Oven, Lodge Sportsman’s, Brinkman and Weber. I call it our “Wall of Grill”. Our grilling styles are healthy and low fat and will fit pelletheads, gas, natural wood and even charcoal purists. Almost any of our recipes can be done on any kind of good BBQ.

The important thing to keep in mind is TIME & TEMPERATURE. You can even do some of them in the oven or crock pot, but, then you lose all the flavors you get from cooking outdoors. But sometimes it does rain.

Remember that a recipe is simply an outline; it is not written in stone. Don’t be afraid to make changes to suit your taste. Take it and run with it….

Live your Passion,
Ken & Patti

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Country Bob’s All Purpose Sauce
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