The Best Low Calorie Grilled Chicken Recipe is low in calories and comes with grill directions for all cuts of chicken. Along with this low calorie rub for grilling chicken, and directions on how to grill all cuts of chicken. You’ll also find a handy shopping list, printable recipe card for rubbed chicken, nutrition label, and more.
Ingredients You’ll Need:
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 4-5 pounds chicken breasts, thighs, legs, wings, or whole chicken
- Olive oil spray
Low Calorie Grilled Chicken
Healthy Grilled Chicken Meal Prep and Storage
Meal Prep: You can add the rub to the chicken and put into a gallon freezer bag for later. Store in the fridge or the freezer.
Storage: Will hold in the fridge for 5 days and the freezer for a month.
Reheating: Reheat in the microwave for 1-3 minutes, or in a 350 degree oven until warmed through (about 20 minutes)
Low Calorie Grilled Chicken Recipe
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Low Calorie Grilled Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 4-5 pounds chicken breasts, thighs, legs, wings, or whole chicken
- Olive oil spray
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine the garlic powder, chili powder, onion powder, paprika, salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle the spices all over the chicken. At this point you can let the chicken marinate in the spice rub for 1-12 hours (in the fridge) or start grilling right away.
- Just before grilling, lightly spray the chicken all over with olive oil spray. Then follow the cooking directions below for each cut of meat.
Chicken breast, boneless, skinless
- Preheat the grill to medium heat.
- 6 – 8 ounces will take between 8 to 12 minutes over direct medium heat, until the internal temperature is 165°
Chicken breast, bone-in
- Preheat the grill to medium heat.
- Grill for 30 to 40 minutes over indirect medium heat, until the internal temperature is 165°
Leg or thigh, bone-in
- Preheat the grill to medium heat.
- Grill for 30 to 40 minutes over indirect medium heat, until the internal temperature is 165°
Thigh, boneless, skinless
- Preheat the grill to high heat.
- Grill for 8 to 10 minutes over direct high heat, until the internal temperature is 165°
Chicken wings
- Preheat the grill to medium heat.
- Grill for 18 to 20 minutes over direct medium heat, until the internal temperature is 165°
Whole chicken
- Preheat the grill to medium heat.
- Grill for 2 hours over indirect medium heat, until the internal temperature is 165°
Nutrition
About the Author
Hi, my name is Audrey Johns and I am a 4 time best selling cookbook author! All 4 of my low calorie cookbooks are published by HarperCollins (the oldest publishing house in the US!) and have been featured on prominent TV shows like The Today Show, Rachael Ray and The Doctors. I am a low calorie and healthy recipe authority and my delicious recipes are tried and loved by thousands of readers.
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