Easy Grilled Chicken (2 Ways)
The great thing about the summer is having a grill to fire up and make your vegetables and proteins for the week. I personally don't have one (as I live in an apartment in the city), so these tenders were actually cooked on a George Foreman Grill... but I am personally dreaming of the day when I can cook on my own grill outside!!! Preparing extra proteins, like chicken, hard boiled eggs, bean salad, quinoa, tuna salad, etc. is a great way to help keep your health goals in check. Having at least 6-8 proteins to choose from in your fridge at any one time (aka chicken, fish, tuna, cheese sticks, greek yogurt, yogurt, hard boiled eggs, beef jerky, chickpeas, hummus, almonds) is a key trick to satiety and staying full. I love having extra grilled chicken on hand for meal prep for salads, dinners, or even the occasional nosh mid-afternoon.
The key TIP to these juicy, quick cooking chicken tenders as shown?
#1 Look for the chicken breast "tenders" in the meat department. They will be smaller and more thin, meaning they cook quicker and are really juicy to taste.
#2 If you don't find chicken tenders, and you are using regular chicken breast. Wrap in saran wrap or a large ziplock bag and using a rolling pin (or for me an empty wine bottle), hammer down on the chicken to press it out to an even thickness.
Prepare them just as is with a squeeze of lemon and dijon mustard OR drizzle on top with my personal favorite "Franks Red Hot Buffalo Sauce".
Easy Grilled Chicken (2 Ways)
Chicken Tenders (or chicken breast pounded to uniform thickness)
Option 1: 2 Lemons , 1-2 Tbsp Dijon Mustard (option to also add 1 tsp garlic)
Option 2: 1/4 cup Franks Red Hot Buffalo Sauce
Bring a grill grate to medium-high heat.
Add tenders to a large bowl and add one of your marinades over the chicken. Swirl chicken around to evenly coat.
Add tenders to the grill grate for 3-5 minutes on each side (note that the smaller, more thinly sliced tenders cook very quickly!)
Once cooked through, remove from heat. Serve with additional salt/pepper and another drizzle of your lemon/dijon OR buffalo sauce.