Grilled Orange-Tarragon Chicken Breasts on a Gas Grill

Name: Grilled Orange-Tarragon Chicken Breasts on a Gas Grill
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon, Dijon mustard; 2 tablespoons, fresh orange juice; 1/4 teaspoon, grated orange zest; 6 tablespoons, olive oil; 1 tablespoon, minced fresh tarragon; 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

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2007

Main Courses

Chicken

Grilling & Barbecue

We wanted boneless, skinless chicken breasts that came off the grill juicy and flavorful. There had to be a solution better than bottled salad dressing.

SERVES4

TIME1 hour, plus 30 minutes marinating

Grilled Orange-Tarragon Chicken Breasts on a Gas 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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