Grilled Barbecue Chicken and Vegetable Foil Packs
Jun 24, 2015, Updated Jul 08, 2021
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Grilled Barbecue Chicken and Vegetable Foil Packs is such an easy recipe! Tender, flavorful chicken covered in sweet BBQ sauce and cooked on the grill inside foil packs with zucchini, bell peppers and asparagus.
If you’re looking for some other great grilling recipes, check out this Grilled Chicken Thighs with Brown Sugar Glaze recipe and these delicious Coconut Lime Grilled Shrimp & Summer Veggies in Foil Packs.
This Is The Ultimate BBQ Chicken Recipe For Summer!
Easy grilled chicken smothered with bbq sauce and topped with veggies is the ultimate summer food!! Each little packet is complete with tender, juicy and delicious meat and veggies.
Why, yes, I seriously AM showing you how to drench chicken in barbecue sauce, stick it in a foil-pack and grill it! It all started with FFWD…
Besides, if it wasn’t for foil-pack dinners, we wouldn’t survive. Okay, kidding! But still. It’s a good story.
SO! Hiiii, you guyyyyys! How are you? All is well? GOOD!
In this corner over here it’s a little past midnight, I’m chomping on Wheat Thins – reduced fat – and talking to you!
Why am I up this late, working?
Beeeecause… I went for a run on the treadmill at 10 pm and now I am friggin’ wired! I can’t fall asleep. I can’t even sit still. I could literally go for a Tarjay-run right this minute, if only Tarjay was open this late.
I’m also starving, and looking at this delicious grilled barbecue chicken is not helping. I could eat a horse. I won’t. But I could.
I occasionally pride myself on being able to throw together somewhat creative and delicious meals including chicken – which is something that someone must do when their only reason for not going vegetarian IS grilled chicken – and adding things like tons of sweet-with-heat barbecue sauce is something I could inhale day after day.
Come to think of it, we can never get enough of this. You just can’t stop taking, bite after bite… By the end of they day?!? Only crumbs remain. Seriously awesome chicken… seriously.
I’m a very fun girl, I promise.
This Chicken Has The Best Homemade BBQ Sauce
Okay so, the chicken and veggies are really incredible. I enjoy this more than the Italian Chicken I made for you last year. This is packed with enough flavor that I’d MAYBE consider eating it without the barbecue sauce. I’m lying.
The real winner here IS the barbecue sauce! AND I want to slather it on everything humanly possible.
P.S. Use YOUR favorite bbq sauce, m’kay? Cool.
ENJOY!
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Grilled Barbecue Chicken and Vegetable Foil Packs
Ingredients
- 8 aluminum foil sheets large enough to wrap around one chicken breast
- 4 (4-ounces each) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2- cup barbecue sauce, (use your favorite)
- 1 zucchini, , sliced into thin rounds
- 1 red, , green or yellow bell pepper, cut into thin strips
- 8 asparagus spears
- salt and fresh ground pepper, , to taste
- extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat the grill to medium-high heat.
- For each foil pack, prepare two sheets of aluminum foil; place the sheets one on top of the other for durability.
- Place one chicken breast on each stacked pair of foil sheets; season with salt and fresh ground pepper.
- Brush each chicken breast with 1 to 2 tablespoons barbecue sauce.
- Divide equally and arrange vegetables around each chicken breast; season with salt and pepper.
- Drizzle chicken and vegetables with little olive oil.
- Fold the sides of the foil over the chicken, covering completely; seal the packets closed.
- Transfer foil packets to the preheated grill rack and cook for 20 to 25 minutes, or until done, turning once.
- Chicken is done when thermometer reads 165 F.
- Allow the chicken to rest for a few minutes.
- Serve.
IF COOKING IN THE OVEN
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Prepare chicken as directed above.
- Seal the packets closed and transfer to a baking sheet.
- Bake in the oven for 25 minutes, or until done.
- Remove from oven and carefully open up the foils; put the packets under the broiler for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Remove from broiler.
- Brush with more barbecue sauce. (optional)
- Serve.
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Nutrition
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.
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We made this tonight for the second time and it’s delicious – even my husband says so! I was wondering about the grill marks but it isn’t too important for us – just looks nice. Tonight’s did have a lot of juice in the foil which I didn’t remember from the first time so I may have put too much BBQ sauce. I love the ease of cooking with no worries of chicken sticking to BBQ grill … According to hubby we have to have friends over so we can do this We did new potatoes in foil with chunks of onion and butter & oil …. Yum!
This did not work out for me at all. Shame.
I would sear the chicken before putting in on the grill in the packets. I sealed mine up tight and they puffed up like balloons from the steam. I did put the chicken on the grill for grill marks and basted with BBQ sauce and it was little dry. Searing it first should seal in the juices better when cooking in the packets. The veggies were also too mushy for my liking. Might do them separately next time.
I made this and it came out steamed not grilled and no seasonings,followed directions packets had water that poured out so all barbecue sauce was gone we still ate it but it was dry
My dad tried this the other night and it was a big hit!! I found your recipe on Pinterest and we decided to try it out and it was delicious! ☺️
I am so happy to hear that!! THANK YOU! ♥
OK this looks just yuuuuummmmmmyyyyyy, but I have to know what is your favorite barbecue sauce. Every time I try one, it leaves me wanting a different one. I love the flavor of hot and sweet.
Hi Masha! I do have a favorite! 🙂 But I make it myself. Here’s a link to the recipe >>> https://diethood.com/homemade-honey-barbecue-sauce-recipe/ It’s really easy to make and it doesn’t take much time at all. Also, you can totally turn up the heat!! 😀
Hey cool recipe. When out camping I’ve always done vegetables in foil like this over the fire (with grated cheese and bbq sauce) but i’ve never thought to add any meat! Next time im out i’ll be sure to try this one out. Thanks!
This barbecue chicken is great for my family, thanks for sharing this recipe. We really love this food.
Made this tonight and it was perfect! It cooked perfectly in 25 minutes and it was delicious!
How far in advance can I prepare the foil packets? I want to throw a big party and would like to do some prep a couple days before?
Hi Rachael! Because I’m afraid of cross contamination, I would prepare it all the night before – chop the veggies, thaw the chicken – BUT I would not prepare the packets until I was ready to grill. Having the veggies next to the raw chicken for a day or two I think is too long, and that kind of scares me. 🙂
Yeah I figured that…ok thanks! Looks delicious though! I may still do it…
Refrigerate!! 😉 Hope you like it!
P.S. It just dawned on me that my mom used to prepare shish kebabs the night before with raw meat and veggies on the skewers and we’re still alive… so… 😀
Wow, Katerina… this is awesome! So beautiful to serve and it looks absolutely delicious… great job and thanks for sharing 🙂