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Our Favorite Grilled Chicken Recipes

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By Southern Living Editors Updated July 27, 2022
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Curried Chicken Thighs with Charred-Vegetable Rice
Credit: Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

If you're bored with the flavors of your traditional baked or fried chicken dinners, we're here to help. Use one of these flavor-packed grilled chicken recipes to turn chicken thighs, breasts, and wings into great grilled entrées that the whole family will love. We've even got grilled chicken recipes that make use of the whole bird. Plus, we love taking dinner to the grill because it's a quick and easy way to get dinner on the table without having to turn on the oven.

These recipes are here to prove that grilled chicken is anything but boring. Recipes like Grilled Curried Chicken Thighs with Charred-Vegetable Rice and Garlic-Oregano Chicken with Grilled Leeks and Lemon, just to name a couple, pack plenty of flavor onto your supper plate. Whether it's a weeknight or a weekend, turning to the grill is a surefire way to instantly upgrade chicken by adding extra flavor from the help of your grill. 

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Brined Grilled Chicken with Dipping Sauces

Buttermilk-Parmesan Ranch Sauce
Credit: Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Recipe: Brined Grilled Chicken with Dipping Sauces

Condiment lovers will rejoice when they're served three different dipping sauce options.

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Grilled Lemon Chicken with Herb Couscous

Grilled Lemon Chicken with Herb Couscous
Credit: Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Grilled Lemon Chicken with Herb Couscous

This recipe makes use of a whole chicken so you can feed a crowd or have leftovers. 

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Garlic-Oregano Chicken with Grilled Leeks and Lemon

Garlic-Oregano Chicken with Grilled Leeks and Lemon
Credit: Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Chelsea Zimmer; Prop Styling: Christine Keely

Recipe: Garlic-Oregano Chicken with Grilled Leeks and Lemon

A 30-minute marinade helps get dinner on the table in under an hour. 

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Spicy Grilled Chicken Breasts

Spicy Grilled Chicken Breasts
Credit: Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Ruth Blackburn; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis

Recipe: Spicy Grilled Chicken Breasts

Brining chicken before placing it on the grill is the secret to tender and juicy chicken. 

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Beer-Can Chicken

Beer Can Chicken
Credit: Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Beer-Can Chicken

Chicken in a beer can? You bet. Grilling is a delicious way to "roast" a whole bird, especially when beer is involved. Use a milder brew if you wish, but skip hoppy IPAs.

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Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Tangy Honey Barbecue Sauce

Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Tangy Honey Barbecue Sauce
Credit: Victor Protasio; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis

Recipe: Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Tangy Honey Barbecue Sauce

These grilled sandwiches, complete with homemade BBQ sauce, come together in just 25 minutes start to finish.

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Grilled Chicken Salad with Blueberries, Goat Cheese, and Pickled Onion

Grilled Chicken Salad with Blueberries, Goat Cheese, and Pickled Onion
Credit: Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Grilled Chicken Salad with Blueberries, Goat Cheese, and Pickled Onion

To make sure there's plenty of flavor in every bite, we've upgraded this grilled chicken salad with blueberries, goat cheese, and pickled onions.

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Spicy Grilled Chicken Wings

Spicy Grilled Chicken Wings
Credit: Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Claire Spollen

Recipe: Spicy Grilled Chicken Wings

When put on the grill, these wings get a caramelized flavor from the honey, which helps balance out the spice from the gochujang.

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Grilled Curried Chicken Thighs with Charred-Vegetable Rice

Curried Chicken Thighs with Charred-Vegetable Rice
Credit: Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Grilled Curried Chicken Thighs with Charred-Vegetable Rice

When cooking chicken thighs with the skin on, it's important to make sure the grill doesn't get too hot. This can cause the skin to burn before the chicken is cooked thoroughly.

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Grilled Chicken and Corn with Charred Scallion-Lime Butter

Grilled Chicken and Corn with Charred Scallion-Lime Butter
Credit: Johnny Autry; Prop and Food Styling: Charlotte L. Autry

Recipe: Grilled Chicken and Corn with Charred Scallion-Lime Butter

With this summertime dinner recipe, you can cook not only the chicken on the grill but also the corn so you don't even have to turn on the oven. Win, win! 

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Top-Shelf Chicken Under a Brick

Top-Shelf Chicken Under a Brick Recipe
Credit: Photo: Hector Sanchez

Recipe: Top-Shelf Chicken Under a Brick

The "top-shelf" in this recipe speaks to the crispy skin, superior flavor, and juiciness of the bird.

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Greek Grilled Chicken Pita

Greek Grilled Chicken Pita
Credit: Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Audrey Davis; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall

Recipe: Greek Grilled Chicken Pita

Add an extra layer of flavor to this recipe by giving the pita a quick char on the grill.

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Spiced Chicken and Veggie Kebabs With Grilled Pita Bread

Spiced Chicken and Veggie Kebabs with Grilled Pita Bread
Credit: Antonis Achilleos; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas

Recipe: Spiced Chicken and Veggie Kebabs With Grilled Pita Bread

These flavor-packed kebabs will be on the table in just 30 minutes.

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Grilled Creole Chicken and Okra

Grilled Creole Chicken and Okra
Credit: Photo: Alison Miksch; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Recipe: Grilled Creole Chicken and Okra

This recipe turns up the heat—but don't worry: You can omit the hot sauce if you don't want the extra heat.

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Smoky Chicken Panini with Basil Mayo

Smoky Chicken Panini with Basil Mayo
Credit: Jennifer Davick

Recipe: Smoky Chicken Panini with Basil Mayo

Smoky Gouda cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, and baby spinach join grilled chicken breasts in this panini that's slathered with fresh Basil Mayo.

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Pan-Grilled Chicken with Fresh Plum Salsa

Pan-Grilled Chicken with Fresh Plum Salsa
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Recipe: Pan-Grilled Chicken with Fresh Plum Salsa

A sweet and spicy dish that's ready in just 26 minutes.

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Buttermilk-and-Honey Chicken Kabobs

Buttermilk-and-Honey Chicken Kabobs
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Recipe: Buttermilk-and-Honey Chicken Kabobs

We've found another use for that buttermilk in your fridge.

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Grilled Chicken-and-Veggie Tortellini

Grilled Chicken-and-Veggie Tortellini
Credit: Beth Dreiling Hontzas

Recipe: Grilled Chicken-and-Veggie Tortellini

This complete meal comes together quickly with help from frozen tortellini and store-bought pesto.

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Grilled Chicken Thighs with Alabama White Sauce

Grilled Chicken Thighs with Alabama White Sauce
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Recipe: Grilled Chicken Thighs with Alabama White Sauce

A meat thermometer will help you determine when these chicken thighs are ready to come off the grill.

 

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    1 of 19 Brined Grilled Chicken with Dipping Sauces
    2 of 19 Grilled Lemon Chicken with Herb Couscous
    3 of 19 Garlic-Oregano Chicken with Grilled Leeks and Lemon
    4 of 19 Spicy Grilled Chicken Breasts
    5 of 19 Beer-Can Chicken
    6 of 19 Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Tangy Honey Barbecue Sauce
    7 of 19 Grilled Chicken Salad with Blueberries, Goat Cheese, and Pickled Onion
    8 of 19 Spicy Grilled Chicken Wings
    9 of 19 Grilled Curried Chicken Thighs with Charred-Vegetable Rice
    10 of 19 Grilled Chicken and Corn with Charred Scallion-Lime Butter
    11 of 19 Top-Shelf Chicken Under a Brick
    12 of 19 Greek Grilled Chicken Pita
    13 of 19 Spiced Chicken and Veggie Kebabs With Grilled Pita Bread
    14 of 19 Grilled Creole Chicken and Okra
    15 of 19 Smoky Chicken Panini with Basil Mayo
    16 of 19 Pan-Grilled Chicken with Fresh Plum Salsa
    17 of 19 Buttermilk-and-Honey Chicken Kabobs
    18 of 19 Grilled Chicken-and-Veggie Tortellini
    19 of 19 Grilled Chicken Thighs with Alabama White Sauce

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