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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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.
Katerina, Thanks for the recipe. Everything is very delicious!
I love chicken but I wonder if this recipe works for pork and beef. I’d love to taste them too
I like barbecue chicken very much
Veggies were way over done Chicken was moist and flavorful.
I’m 1295% certain that a horse would not taste as good as this zero clean up chicken number. Or even wheat thins. Love this fuss free dinner.
Love all those veggies!!
i used this recipe tonight. I actually threw in a couple of those fingerling potatoes and they came out nicely as well. Thanks for the recipe, this tasted awesome!
I tried these tonight and they did not come out well. There was so much liquid in the packets when they were done the chicken and veggies looked poached, not grilled. I had to drain the liquid and put them back on the grill, which kind of defeats the purpose of the easy little pouches. Maybe next time I should put a few holes in the bottom of the foil to drain the liquid as they cook.
Perfect time of the year for grilling! Love this
I made this in the oven tonight! My son LOVED it!!! I used bottle barbecue sauce and it really lacked the flavor I was looking for. So thankful to see your recipe for the sauce! I used asparagus, baby red potatoes, and corn (vegetables I had on hand). The chicken was juicy, asparagus a little over done for me (I like it to crunch a little) but everything else was good. I am overjoyed that my son gave it a 9 out of ten!
Thanks so much for a “fun” recipe!