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Mike's Grilled BBQ Chicken Strips. Great recipe for Mike's Grilled BBQ Chicken Strips. Listed is their easy grilled chicken recipe but they also grilled steaks and ribs. If interested, you can find those recipes and directions.

Chicken tenders are inexpensive, quick cooking and are perfect to toss on the grill. Allow time to marinate the chicken. That will help tenderize the chicken, make it more juicy and absorb the maximum flavor. You can have Mike's Grilled BBQ Chicken Strips using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mike's Grilled BBQ Chicken Strips

1. You need of ● For The Proteins.
2. You need 2 lbs of Fresh Chicken Strips [fat trimmed].
3. Prepare of ● For The Basic Chicken Brine [keep at 38° - optional].
4. Prepare 1/2 Cup of Table Salt.
5. It's 1 tsp of Garlic Powder.
6. It's 1 tsp of Onion Powder.
7. You need 1/2 Cup of Ground Black Pepper.
8. It's as needed of Ice Cubes.
9. Prepare of ● For The Chicken Marinade.
10. It's 4 Drops of Liquid Smoke [not extract].
11. You need 1/2 tsp of Granulated Garlic Powder.
12. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Granulated Onion Powder.
13. You need 1/2 of Fresh Ground Black Pepper.
14. It's 1/2 tsp of Cracked Sea Salt.
15. You need 1/2 tsp of Ground Cumin.
16. It's as needed of Olive Oil.
17. Prepare 1 of LG Ziplock Bag.
18. Prepare of ● For The BBQ Sauce.
19. Prepare as needed of Your Choice.

Don't overcrowd the pan or the grill. You want the chicken tenders to grill evenly and brown well. Some choose to place chicken strips in a Caesar salad for added protein, while you can also skewer the strips and season them to fit various Asian meals. Cut chicken strips from larger chicken breasts, or take individual tenderloins and use them as more flavorful strips.

Mike's Grilled BBQ Chicken Strips step by step

1. Start with 2 pounds of fresh - not frozen chicken strips..
2. Rinse strips and cut any fat from chicken..
3. Brine strips for one hour for added moisture in chicken. [optional step].
4. Pat strips dry and add to a Ziplock Bag. Add all Marinade items and massage well. Refrigerate for 1/2+ hour..
5. Grill thin chicken strips for 4 to 5 minutes. Add sauce at finish..
6. Your choice but Heinz, Jack Daniels and Sweet Baby Rays [especially sweet baby rays] are all great BBQ sauce brands..
7. Grilled Porterhouse steak pictured. See directions under my profile..
8. Grilled Baby Back Ribs pictured. See directions under my profile..
9. Serve BBQ chicken over mashed potatoes..
10. Side with chilled cole slaw or a fresh garden salad. If interested see my recipe under cole slaw in my profile. Enjoy!.

However you do it, grilling these strips is quick and fairly easy. Choice of Chicken - Grilled or Buffalo or Blackened. If time does not allow marinating, simply add marinate just prior to grilling. Grill extra chicken strips to use during the week. Makes a great salad topper or wrap filling.