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Tips on grilling chicken breasts?

Ok, please don't laugh...but I have never cooked chicken on the grill. I bought two really nice chicken breasts at the butcher today and would like to make them for dinner. So how do I do it? I know how to use the grill and everything, it's a Weber Genesis gas grill, I just need to know how long to cook them and at what heat. Also should I pound them down a little so they're the same thickness? Any tips you all have would be great!

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1. just heat up the grill to normal heat. marinate or season the chicken as desired. place a layer of foil on top of the grill and the chicken on top of that. leave them on the grill for about 5 minutes then flip them. check them regularily and they are done when there is no pink-ish colour in the chicken. so i guess... bon apitite? lol
2. Sweet BBQ Chicken Chicken breasts are brushed with a mix of apple butter, ketchup, honey, & seasonings, grilled, and topped with cheese & grilled onion slices. Ingredients: 6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1/4 cup olive oil Juice of 2 oranges 1/2 cup apple butter 1/2 cup ketchup 2 Tbsp honey 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce 1/2 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp dry mustard 1/2 tsp hot sauce, or to taste 6 slices cheese 2 large white onions, cut into 1/2" slices, kept together Method In a large shallow dish place chicken, garlic, oil and juice of oranges; refrigerate until ready to cook. In a small saucepan on low heat combine apple butter, ketchup, honey, brown sugar, Worcestershire, pepper, garlic powder, mustard and hot sauce. Cook 8-10 minutes until sauce thickens. Lift chicken from marinade. Cook chicken on grill or in broiler about 6 minutes per side until just about done. Brush generously with sauce and cook an additional 2 minutes per side or until cooked through; top with a slice of cheese. Brush onions with sauce and grill about 3 minutes per side until they start to caramelize. When cheese is melted, remove chicken and top with onion slices.
3. • Marinate poultry pieces 30 to 60 minutes. • If using tomato-based BBQ sauce, brush on during last 5 minutes of cooking to prevent burning the sauce. • Grill chicken over direct medium heat. • An internal temperature for breast meat of 170° F and 180° F for legs and thighs is preferred. • Estimate about 7 minutes per side for boneless breasts, bone-in legs about 20 minutes per side.
4. Firstly make sure the fillets are even THICKNESS, this is so important for even cooking. Brush olive oil with cracked black pepper and sea salt onto BOTH sides. take 7 minutes top on a high heat. let rest a minute, so juices so flowing too.
5. Skinless chicken tin to dry out on the grill if you cook them to long. The way I do mine is I get my grill hot on high , then I sear them. That will hold the juices in. Then I turn the grill on low and finish cooking them. I just let them cook for about 15 min. on each side then take a fork and stick it to see if any blood comes out. If not they need a little more cooking . But watch close so you don't over cook.