Grilled Chipotle-Lime Chicken Breasts on a Charcoal Grill

Name: Grilled Chipotle-Lime Chicken Breasts on a Charcoal Grill
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon, minced chipotle chiles in adobo sauce; 7 teaspoons, fresh lime juice; 6 tablespoons, olive oil; 1 tablespoon, minced fresh cilantro leaves; 1 1/4 teaspoons, sugar; , Salt and ground black pepper; 3 , medium garlic cloves, minced or pressed through a garlic press (about 1 tablespoon); 2 tablespoons, water; 4 , boneless, skinless chicken breasts (6 to 8 ounces each), trimmed of excess fat; , Vegetable oil for grill rack; , Large disposable aluminum baking pan (13 by 9-inch)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2007

Main Courses

Chicken

Grilling & Barbecue

SERVES4

TIME1¼ hours, plus 30 minutes marinating

Grilled Chipotle-Lime Chicken Breasts on a Charcoal Grill

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our perfectly grilled chicken breast recipe had to produce moist, tender chicken whose flavor could stand on its own. We discovered that placing the breasts on the cooler side of the grill and covering them with a disposable pan trapped the...

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