Broiled chicken. Broiling is a technique that involves cooking food at a measured distance below direct, dry heat. Use a ruler to measure this distance in a cold oven. Chicken breasts marinated in oil, vinegar and Ranch-style dressing, then broiled to a beguiling finish.

Arrange chicken on the baking pan, and coat with the butter mixture, reserving some of the mixture for basting. Place the broiler tray directly beneath the broiler element. Do this if your broiler is at the top of your oven. You can cook Broiled chicken using 4 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Broiled chicken

Prepare of Select broilers 1/1/2 to 2 1/2 lbs..
It's of Pepper.
Prepare of Salt.
It's of Butter.

If you do not have a broiler tray you can use a baking sheet instead. Preheat the broiler with the rack six inches from the heating element. Rinse and pat the chicken dry, then season with salt and pepper and brush lightly with olive oil or a neutral oil such as canola. Alternatively, squeeze lemon juice over the chicken.

Broiled chicken step by step

Split broilers down the back,wash and dry carefully. Rub well with soft butter or olive oil,sprinkle with sal,pepper. Place skin side down on well greased rack in broiling pan. Place 2 to 3 inches from flame if gas,with oven at 450 degrees f. Sear on both sides,reduce heat to 325 degrees f. Or lower pan. Cook until tender about 20 to 30 minutes. Serve on hot platter. Or bake 15 minutes in a hot oven 425 degrees f. Then broil 7 minutes or until tender..

Place on a foil-lined broiler pan, on a baking sheet, or in a cast-iron skillet. The broiling time will vary depending on the oven and the power of the heating element, proximity to the heating element, etc. Pay close attention to the chicken at all times as it will only need minutes to cook. Place chicken on a broiler pan, skin side down. Flip the chicken twice during broiling, basting each time with the butter mixture.