Chicken Marinade

  • Prep Time: 0 mins
  • Total Time: 4 hrs 45 mins
  • Servings: 5
  • Ingredients

  • 1teaspoonfresh ginger, Fine sliced
  • 2clovesgarlic
  • 1/4 cuplemon juice
  • 2tablespoonsbrown sugar
  • 1/4 cupolive oil
  • 1/4 cupsoy sauce
  • 1green onion, chopped
  • Directions

  • Combine marinade ingredients.
  • Place in glass bowl or dish that will hold chicken in single layer.
  • Add chicken; let marinate a minimum of 4 hours, turning occasionally.
  • May be left in fridge, covered overnight.
  • Remove chicken from marinade.
  • Grill chicken on barbecue, basting with marinade at intervals, or bake 30 to 45 minutes in 350 F degree oven or until cooked through.
  • Reviews

  • “I marrinaded chicken thighs overnight in this and then grilled them.It was good, but didn’t seem to give a lot of flavor, I even reserved some marinade to put over the cooked chicken, and it still wasn’t extremely flavorful.More of a subtle flavor.I would use this again to marinade chicken that I was putting into another dish like a salad or casserole.”

  • “Update 10/13/10:Just made again last night and ended up cooking the chicken and the marinade in a pyrek dish.I boilied up some pasta, cut up the chiken and mixed everything together.The sauce was like a dumpling sauce and was terrific over the pasta with the chicken chunks mixed in.**Orginal Review** Easy and delicious!I used dried minced onions from a jar (had no real onions), and garlic powder (didn’t have any fresh garlic either) and it still turned out great.I had 2 frozen chicken breasts that I cut into strips.I made the marinade and threw it over the chicken while it thawed or should I say, partially thawed.It only marinaded just under 2 hours because we were starving and couldn’t wait.I lined my broiler pan with tin foil and put the somewhat frozen chicken on that.I drizzled more of the marinade on top of the chicken and broiled it for about 9 minutes.It was super tasty and so much better than just plain broiled chicken.Served it with brown rice and steamed vegetables.6 yo and husband thought it was really good.Thanks for an easy, but very tasty marinade.Next time I might add just a bit more lemon.Couldn’t even taste it and we all love lemon.”

  • “This was delicious and is going to become a staple in our house!I did what someone else suggested … marinated in a pyrex dish and then just popped it into the oven when I got home from work and boiled some noodles to accompany it… an easy and delicious dinner!I can’t wait for the warmer weather, where I think I’ll grill up some pineapple too.If you love the ginger sauce that accompanies Asian steamed dumplings, this marinade tastes just like it.Yum!”

  • “My family did not like it. It had an overpowering bitterness from the lemon. So..make sure you like lemon a lot before making. maybe add more sugar, less lemon. I’m giving it 3 stars b/c the 16 month old kept opening up for more. Thanks for sharing.”

  • “Absolutely FABULOUS!I used Worchestershire sauce instead of soy sauce just because I like it better.I made this for a small get together, and everyone wanted the recipe!Thank you for this recipe!Ate it the next day on salad for a grille chicken salad, PERFECT”

  • “really good chicken ..thanks alot”

  • “Marinated overnight. First recipe to try on George Foreman Grill. Wow! Juicy inside, great flavor. Definite keeper. Thanks for sharing!”

  • “I have the chicken marinating right now. The ingredients were all things I had and very easy to put togeher. Dumped in a ziplock bag with the chicken and put in the fridge to marinate. It looked, smelled and tasted good.”

  • “I always marinate chicken nibbles, and so everytime I try to use a different marinade. Last night my bf had a piece of this and raved “This is the best marinade you’ve ever used!” So thank you 🙂 I haven’t had a chance to try it yet but will surely confirm his verdict tonight!”

  • “Delicious and easy! I will be making this again!”

  • “This chicken was delicious.I marinaded for 7 hours and the chicken turned out juicy and tasty.”

  • “We loved this marinade for chicken. I marinated mine for about 2 hours and it still came out really tasty. Will definitely use this again.”

  • “What a great marinade for chicken!Quick and easy, made with ingredients I always have on hand, and a short 4-hour marinating time resulted in flavorful and juicy chicken.Made just as specified, used boneless skinless breasts and cooked on the grill.Wonderful recipe – thanks for sharing it!”

  • “This was a delicious marinade, although it is very strong. You can really taste each of the flavors, so be a bit sparing when applying extra marinade during cooking – a little bit of this stuff goes a long way.The acids in the recipe make the chicken incredibly tender when marinated for the prescribed time, so be sure to plan ahead!”

  • “This was quick, easy and delicious!I didn’t get it in for the whole 4 hours, but I did use skinless, boneless breast meat and cut them into smaller pieces and I think that helped.I also used my George Foreman grill, so each batch only took about 7 minutes to cook.Thanks!”

  • “Outstanding!I made this for a gathering of friends and everyone enjoyed it.My husband can’t wait to try it again with an overnight marinade time – I only had about 2 hours.The only problem we found was that it seemed to be a little mushy on the bottom (baked), so next time we’ll probably grill it.”

  • “Really liked this. Was so easy. I left it overnight and then put it on the grill. My husband is not a big chicken fan due to lack of flavor but this recipe he asked to be made again! Thanks for blessing us with your recipe :)”

  • “Simple, fast and easy. Great recipe. I added 1/8 cup of olive oil instead of 1/4 cup and it was still excellent.”

  • “Simple.Just simple and really good.”

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