The Best Grilled Chicken Recipe {LOW CALORIE}

The Best 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.

This delicious grill seasoning for chicken can be used on all cuts of chicken. Now you can make grilled chicken with rub in a low calorie, quick and easy way.

Below, you’ll learn how to season chicken for grilling, and how long to grill different cuts of chicken.

The best grilled chicken recipe comes with spice rubs for chicken, and directions on how to grill all cuts of chicken.

The Best Grilled Chicken Recipe

In this seasoned chicken article, you’ll learn how to season chicken for the grill, and find directions on how to grill any kind of chicken.

Below, you’ll find the best grilled chicken seasoning, and before we get to that, you’ll find a shopping list to help make your chicken seasoning for grilling even easier.

In this article for the best grilled chicken recipe, you’ll find everything you need to make a low calorie rub for grilled chicken.

To make these healthy grilled chicken recipes easy, we’ve supplied you with the following sections.

Read through them for helpful resources, or skip ahead to the recipe card.

What You’ll Find in this Article:

• Ingredients for Grilled Seasoned Chicken (shopping list!)
• How to Make Grilled Chicken with Rub
• The Best Grilled Chicken Recipe (recipe card!)
• Nutrition and Calories in The Best Grilled Chicken Recipe

From a shopping list, to a printable recipe card, the best grilled chicken recipe is also the easiest!

Helpful Tip for Shopping: Take a screenshot of the shopping list to your phone. This way you have it at your fingertips the next time you go grocery shopping.

Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in my email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin this recipe for grilled chicken to Pinterest so it is safely stored for you.

In the next section, you’ll find a shopping list for the spiced chicken recipe. And below that, you’ll learn how to season chicken for the grill.

This grilled chicken seasoning article makes barbecuing chicken easier than ever. In the next section, you’ll find a shopping list for seasoned chicken…

Ingredients for Grilled Seasoned Chicken

It’s easy to make a homemade seasoning for grilled chicken, in fact you likely have all of the ingredients to make a dry rub for grilled chicken already. But just in case you don’t, you will find a shopping list for chicken spice rub below.

You can screenshot the shopping list for this grilled chicken rub on your phone. This way, you have it at your fingertips the next time you go shopping.

Here you will find the ingredient list for the best chicken seasoning for grilling. The shopping list for chicken spice rubs can also be found in the recipe card below.

Shopping List for Rubbed Chicken:

• Garlic powder
• Chili powder
• Onion powder
• Paprika
• Salt and pepper
• Chicken (breasts, thighs, legs, wings, or whole chicken)
• Olive oil spray

Special Tip: You can find measurements for this chicken grill rub recipe in the recipe card below. There, you can choose how much spice chicken you want to make, and the recipe card will do the measurement math for you.

As a reminder, you can make this chicken rubs for the grill for all cuts of chicken. It also goes wonderfully on pork chops, and steaks!

These chicken rubs for grill work for all cuts of chicken. In the next section, we’ll use this chicken grill seasoning and show you how to barbecue all kinds of chicken.

How to Make Grilled Chicken with Rub

Now that you have all the ingredients for this low-calorie chicken rub for grilling, let’s talk about how to barbecue all cuts of chicken.

You can use this grilled chicken dry rub on all cuts of chicken. But you can also use it on steaks, french fries, even pork chops! I recommend making some extra chicken grilling seasoning so that you can sprinkle it on anything you want to barbecue.

Below you’ll learn how to make the best grilled chicken recipe for all cuts of chicken. In this section, will use the spice rubs for chicken to make the perfect barbecued chicken. And also supply you with directions on how to barbecue all pieces of chicken.

How to Season Chicken for the Grill:

1. In a bowl, combine the garlic powder, chili powder, onion powder, paprika, salt and pepper.
2. 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.
3. Just before grilling, lightly spray the chicken all over with olive oil spray. Then follow the cooking directions below for each cut of meat.

Grill Times for All Cuts of Chicken:

Chicken breast, boneless, skinless

1. Preheat the grill to medium heat.
2. 6 – 8 ounces will take between 8 to 12 minutes over direct medium heat, until the internal temperature is 165°

Chicken breast, bone-in

1. Preheat the grill to medium heat.
2. Grill for 30 to 40 minutes over indirect medium heat, until the internal temperature is 165°

Leg or thigh, bone-in

1. Preheat the grill to medium heat.
2. Grill for 30 to 40 minutes over indirect medium heat, until the internal temperature is 165°

Thigh, boneless, skinless

1. Preheat the grill to high heat.
2. Grill for 8 to 10 minutes over direct high heat, until the internal temperature is 165°

Chicken wings

1. Preheat the grill to medium heat.
2. Grill for 18 to 20 minutes over direct medium heat, until the internal temperature is 165°

Whole chicken

1. Preheat the grill to medium heat.
2. Grill for 2 hours over indirect medium heat, until the internal temperature is 165°

Special Tip: You can find all of these directions, measurements, nutrition, and more in the shareable recipe card below.

Now that you know how to season chicken for grilling, let’s move onto the best grilled chicken recipe card.

In the next section, you’ll find a shareable recipe card for this low calorie rubbed chicken recipe…

The Best Grilled Chicken Recipe

This low calorie grilled chicken rub can be used on all cuts of chicken. Along with this chicken seasoning for grilling, you’ll find directions on how to barbecue any cut of chicken.

In the section following the recipe card, you can find a nutritional label for the best grilled chicken recipe. Further down, you’ll find more low calorie chicken, and grilling recipes in the “what to read next” section.

Up next you’ll find nutrition and calories for chicken rubs and chicken grilling seasoning…

Nutrition and Calories in The Best Grilled Chicken Recipe

Not all grilled chicken is made the same. Most recipes for the best grilled chicken seasoning include lots of excess oil. But this low calorie spice chicken recipe is healthy, and low in calories and fat.

So, if you’re looking for a healthy grill seasoning for chicken, be sure to see the low-calorie chicken grill seasoning in the recipe card above. Our spiced chicken recipe will curb your cravings, without ruining your diet.

The nutrition and calories below are based off 1 serving (1 chicken breast in marinade) of the grilled chicken recipe above.

Important Note: As a reminder, at Lose Weight By Eating it is our goal to make you healthier, all-natural versions of your favorite recipes… not all will be “diet worthy” depending on the diet you are on. But they will be healthier versions to help curb your cravings.

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