🍗🫑🧅 BBQ Chicken Foil Packets are ready in 15 minutes and such an EASY way to enjoy barbecue chicken on the grill! My go-to summer dinner, they’re a DELISH and HEALTHY meal made in a foil pack with ZERO cleanup!
Easy Chicken Foil Packets on the Grill
Nothing says summer like throwing some chicken on the grill, and with this fast and easy foil pack recipe, you are going to be in barbecue chicken heaven in no time.
The chicken is moist and juicy, the veggies are perfectly crisp-tender, and thanks to the barbecue sauce that runs off from the chicken, the vegetables have such great flavor.
Cleanup is as easy as tossing away the foil, which is my idea of the perfect ending to a meal!
Amazing idea! This foil pack recipe will be my favorite! Ready in 10 minutes is my new slogan!
Alanna
What’s in BBQ Chicken Foil Packets?
All you need to make chicken in foil on the grill is:
- Chicken breasts – I find that the lean chicken breasts take on the flavor of the marinade nicely, but you can substitute boneless, skinless chicken thighs, if preferred. Just be sure to adjust the cooking time as needed
- BBQ sauce – Trader Joe’s organic Kansas City style BBQ sauce is my favorite, but any store-bought or homemade sauce will work
- Honey – Substitute maple syrup, if preferred
- Apple cider vinegar – This helps tenderize the chicken and adds a sweet, tangy taste. Do not substitute any other vinegar
- Olive oil – Avocado oil will also work
- Veggies – Yes! For the vegetables, I used diced zucchini and red and yellow bell peppers, and then garnished with green onions because I had them on hand. Mix and match the veggies based on what you have and enjoy. Everything from broccoli to small hunks of corn on the cob to mushrooms to potatoes will work
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make BBQ Chicken Foil Packets
Cooking BBQ chicken in foil on the grill is so easy!
- Marinate the chicken. I recommend marinating for at least 15 minutes, but you can leave it for up to overnight. The longer you can marinate the chicken, the better it will taste.
- Distribute the chicken and veggies between four large sheets of aluminum foil. Use good-quality, heavy-duty aluminum foil for this recipe. If your foil is cheap, double it up to ensure none of the sauce leaks out onto the grill!
- Drizzle olive oil on top, season, and seal the packs tightly.
- Grill over medium-high heat until the chicken is fully cooked and the veggies are tender. You’ll know your chicken is done when it reaches an internal temperature of 165°F.
- Rest for 5 minutes or so, garnish with green onions, and enjoy!
Can I Bake the Foil Packs?
Yes! When the weather is warm, I especially appreciate being able to use my outdoor grill so I don’t have to heat up my house. But you can bake the foil packets if you don’t have a grill.
What to Serve with Foil Packet BBQ Chicken
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Foil Pack Barbecue Chicken
Ingredients
- about 1.25 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced into bite-sized pieces
- ⅔ cup barbecue sauce (I used this one
- 2 to 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 medium/large zucchini, diced into bite-sized pieces
- 1 medium red bell pepper, diced into bite-sized pieces
- 1 medium yellow or orange bell pepper, diced into bite-sized pieces
- salt and pepper to taste, for seasoning vegetables
- green onions sliced into thin rounds, optional for garnishing
Instructions
- To a large ziptop plastic bag, add the chicken, barbecue sauce, honey, vinegar, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 teaspoon pepper, seal bag, and squish contents around to evenly distribute them and coat the chicken. Place bag in the fridge for at least 15 minutes (or overnight) to marinate.
- Preheat outdoor grill to medium-high heat. Alternatively, preheat oven to 425F.
- Place 4 large sheets of foil on the counter and evenly distribute the chicken to the center of each piece of foil.
- Evenly distribute and nestle the zucchini, peppers, and broccoli around the chicken on each of the 4 pieces of foil.
- Evenly drizzle the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil over the vegetables to lightly coat them and evenly season with salt and pepper.
- Seal up the foil packs very tightly, place them on the grill and grill for about 9 to 10 minutes. Exact grilling time will vary based on the type of grill, the size, the heat level, how thick the chicken is, etc.
- Optionally garnish with green onions and serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Can you tell me which TJ BBQ sauce you used in this recipe? The link just brings me to a Main TJ page. Looking forward to trying this!! Thanks!
https://amzn.to/3cNtwTN but honestly any BBQ sauce will work!
I’ve actually never tried foil packets on the grill before; only in the oven! Love the easy clean-up…can’t wait to try!
The grill makes it even faster than in the oven which I love!
I love anything done in a foil pack on the grill! Can’t wait to try this later in the week.
Awesome, enjoy it! Let me know how it goes!
Amazing idea! This foil pack recipe will be my favorite! Ready in 10 minutes is my new slogan!
That’s my slogan too :)
Amazing idea! This foil pack recipe will be my favorite! Ready in 10 minutes is my new slogan!