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Easy Bbq Chicken Marinade

Recipe by StylinDog

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Ingredients Nutrition

2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon barbecue sauce or 1 tablespoon ketchup
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon honey
1 ⁄₂ tablespoon steak sauce (I used HP)
1 ⁄₂ clove garlic
1 pinch cayenne

Directions

Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl.
Put chicken pieces into a large zipper-seal bag.
Pour marinade into bag.
Seal bag, making sure to remove most of the air so that the chicken has lots of contact with the marinade.
Refrigerate for 1 hour or more before grilling.

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Nutrition Info

Serving Size: 1 (68 g)

Servings Per Recipe: 2

Amt. Per Serving % Daily Value Calories 47.9 Calories from Fat 1 4% Total Fat 0.2 g 0% Saturated Fat 0 g 0% Cholesterol 0 mg 0% Sodium 565.2 mg 23% Total Carbohydrate 10.6 g 3% Dietary Fiber 0.3 g 1% Sugars 9.2 g 36% Protein 1.2 g 2%

Barbecued chicken

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Nutrition per serving

Of an adult's reference intake

Ingredients

1 orange
1 dried chilli
1½ heaped teaspoons smoked paprika
1½ teaspoons Dijon or English mustard
3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons ketchup
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/16 teaspoon sea salt , to taste
1/16 teaspoon freshly ground pepper , to taste
4 x 5 oz boneless skinless higher-welfare chicken breasts

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If barbecuing, light the grill now so the flames have died down and it’s ready when you’re ready to cook.
Finely grate the orange zest into a shallow bowl. Crumble in the dried chilli. Add the paprika, mustard, honey, ketchup and a splash of olive oil. Season with a small pinch each of the salt and pepper and mix well. Spoon out a few tablespoons of the marinade and set it aside.
Add the chicken breasts to the bowl with the remaining marinade. Turn them over in the marinade so they’re well coated, cover with plastic wrap and leave to sit for 5 to 10 minutes or until the grill is ready.
If using a grill pan, put it over high heat now to get it screaming hot. Use tongs to transfer your chicken breasts onto the grill or grill pan. For chicken breasts about 1 inch thick, cook for about 5 minutes on each side, turning every minute and basting as you go, or until golden and cooked through. Spoon a little of the reserved sauce over each breast.
Serving suggestions:

Lovely served with the evolution potato salad and a fresh green salad, or delicious sliced in sandwiches in some good-quality bread. Add some leafy lettuce and sliced tomato to give it a good crunch.

Jamie’s top tips

• This marinade can be used on other lean proteins such as shrimp, pork tenderloin or flank steak. If the outside of the meat or fish looks dry, brush a little of the marinade over it whilst cooking.

• When zesting citrus fruit, use a Microplane or similar zester so you only remove the colored zest without digging into the bitter white pith underneath.

• When grilling, you need to keep control of the heat really carefully so the food cooks through properly before it starts burning on the outside. If your meat starts to char soon after putting it on the grill or in the pan, move it to a cooler part of the grill or turn the heat right down.

• If you’re doing this on the stovetop, it will work best in a well-seasoned cast-iron or non-stick grill pan.

• It’s good to have one side of the barbecue with fewer coals so it’s cooler. The coals are ready when the flames have died down.

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Amazing Chicken Marinade

Recipe by GinnyP

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Ingredients Nutrition

1 ⁄₄ cup cider vinegar
3 tablespoons whole grain mustard
3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1 lime, juiced
1 ⁄₂lemon, juiced
1 ⁄₂ cup brown sugar
1 1 ⁄₂ teaspoons salt
6 tablespoons olive oil
ground black pepper
6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves

Directions

In a large, non-reactive container, whisk together ingredients beginning with cider vinegar through salt.
Then whisk in olive oil and pepper.
Place chicken in the mixture.
Cover and marinate chicken in the fridge 8 hours or overnight.
Remove chicken from marinade just before you turn on your grill or broiler to let come up a few degrees.
Discard marinade.
Lightly oil your grill or broiler pan.
Grill or broil about 10 minutes per side.

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Nutrition Info

Serving Size: 1 (186 g)

Servings Per Recipe: 6

Amt. Per Serving % Daily Value Calories 337.6 Calories from Fat 152 45% Total Fat 16.9 g 25% Saturated Fat 2.6 g 12% Cholesterol 75.5 mg 25% Sodium 809.9 mg 33% Total Carbohydrate 20.6 g 6% Dietary Fiber 0.7 g 2% Sugars 18.2 g 72% Protein 25.6 g 51%

The BEST BBQ Chicken Marinade

This Quick and Easy Chicken Marinade Will Soon Be Your Favorite! The BBQ Marinade Produces So Much Flavor, is the Perfect Amount of Sweet and Tangy and Keeps Your Grilled Chicken Moist and Delicious!

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We are in the midst of the summer and it’s been a jammed packed one around this household! This is the first year I’ve had to deal with “activities” for Miss K. Usually it’s nothing more than the usual grind of daycare, work etc. But this year we threw in Vacation Bible School and Swimming Lessons and I got a glimpse of my future. Soon I’ll be multiplying that by three kids and their activities when the other two get old enough.

I’m exhausted just thinking about it! Only 11 more years until Miss K gets her drivers license! No, I’m not really looking forward to that either.

This summer my niece got her license. One morning when were driving out the of the driveway, and Hallie was at our house babysitting Koert since I don’t have daycare for the babe yet, Miss K spotted her car and said, “MOM HALLIE CAN DRIVE NOW?? THAT IS SOOOOO COOL!”

I have a feeling Miss K is counting down the days until she can drive something other than her pick Ranger around the yard!

Speaking of pink Rangers… the funniest thing happened to us the other weekend. We came home from the cabin to find two used ride on cars in front of our garage for the girls. They were over the moon. I mean, Mom, one of them even had DOORS on it!

I have asked anyone I can think of that might have gifted us these and I still can not figure it out. Funny thing is, when I see people they are like, “Oh I saw those in front of your garage and was wondering why you parked them there over the weekend!”

We live on a major highway and apparently people notice what we do! Note to self. No running around the yard in my sports bra!

If you gifted them to us, “THANK YOU” the girls are loving them!

Since the girls love to be outside, soaking up all the rays of summer, we grill a ton of food in the summer months. I love that there is minimal dishes, the hubs steps up at takes over (WINNER WINNER), and it’s easy to sneak in healthier foods for my family.

I love a good old grilled chicken breast, but sometimes I want something with a little more flavor. That’s where this BBQ Chicken Marinade enters the pictures. You guys! It totally takes your grilled chicken up a notch, or maybe even six. You end up with this perfectly sweet, slightly tangy, moist chicken breast. Plus, I bet you have the ingredients in your pantry already. Another major win!

INGREDIENT LIST FOR BBQ CHICKEN MARINADE

1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 Tbsp dried onion flakes
1 tsp smoked paprika
4 tablespoons honey
4 tablespoons FrenchвЂ™s Tomato Ketchup
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste

See I told you that you’d have most everything, if not everything already in yours house! That’s how I roll!

The marinade is made with delicious FrenchвЂ™s Tomato Ketchup. Did you know FrenchвЂ™s Tomato Ketchup has the great flavor of U.S. farm-grown tomatoes free from high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, artificial flavors & colors and gluten. Even more reason to love this BBQ Chicken Marinade!

If you are looking for a delicious twist, yet an easy recipe you have to make these BBQ Chicken Breasts this summer!

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BBQ Chicken Marinade

Ingredients

1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 Tbsp dried onion flakes
1 tsp smoked paprika
4 tablespoons honey
4 tablespoons FrenchвЂ™s Tomato Ketchup
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Rinse chicken and pat dry. In a shallow glass bowl combine all ingredients except chicken. Mix all together. Add chicken, stir to coat. Cover and marinate in refrigerator for 30 minutes up to overnight.
Lightly oil grill and preheat to high.
Remove chicken from marinade and grill over high heat for 15 minutes each side or until juices run clear.

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

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I don’t own a grill. Can I make these in the oven? What temp and for about how long?

Julie Evink

Yes of course! I typically bake chicken breasts at 350 for about 25 minutes or until they reach an internal temp of 160 degrees!

Maureen Cosgrave

This is a lovely marinade I have used a similar marinade but used plum sauce/chutney and a little sherry, it’s simply great marinate pork ribs overnight ideally and cook in med oven with the marinade very rich and moorish

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Bbq marinade

Use one of my barbecue marinades and transform your meat so that it melts in the mouth. My guide below will help you select the right marinade for whatever meat your are grilling or smoking.

There's two reasons why I use barbecue marinades my smoker or grill:-

First - It tenderizes the meat. This is extremely important with beef when using the lower cost cuts such as chuck steak and even then I don't recommend grilling, it really is one for the smoker.

Second - a marinade can be used to flavor meat and this is evident in a lot of my Asian influenced marinades. When flavor is king you'll often find me recommending that the marinade is used to baste the meat during the cooking process too.

Marinade or Marinate?

These two words are often confused.

Marinade - This is the noun. An acidic (usually) liquid in which food is soaked
Marinate - A verb that means to soak food in a liquid.

How Barbecue Marinades Work

A marinade can work in a number of ways but the end result is the same. The peptide bonds in the outer layer connective tissue (collagen protein) are denatured, water is released and the "dehydrated" remains of the connective tissue are easier to chew therefore giving the impression of tenderness.

So to be clear, a marinade works on the outer layers of connective tissue, it does not work on the meat itself and will not penetrate deep into the meat. Barbecue marinades affect no more than 0.1mm in depth from the meat surface but that is enough to give the sensation of tenderness.

There are 3 basic actions:-

Papaya contains an enzyme called papain and pineapple stem has a similar compound called bromalein. Both break down collagen protein and allow flavours to penetrate deeper into meats. A good source of bromalein is the juice of canned pineapple.

That said the longer you leave meat in either of these enzymes, the more mushy it will go even to the point where you would not want to eat it. Use these marinades for 30 minutes before cooking and you will have a soft bite to your steak but still firm enough to enjoy the flavour.

Citric acid is a great way to add flavour to meat and tenderise but similarly to enzymatic action you don't want to leave the marinade on for more than 2 hours otherwise the acid will tighten the protein bonds on the surface of the meat and start to toughen it.

The calcium in yogurt activates enzymes which break down the meat proteins in meat. It is also a mild acid which helps tenderise rather than toughen meat.

A yogurt marinade is the one exception to the two hour rule. I tend to use yogurt based marinades in my Indian recipes and when using these marinades I often refrigerate and leave overnight.

Note:- Technically there is a fourth "salt" marinade however to my mind this is a brine. Brines work in a different way and as such there are significant difference in how to marinade and also when you might choose to use a marinade.

How To Marinate

Given that barbecue marinades only work on the outer collagen layer of the meat and that there are risks in marinading for too long then here are my general rules of thumb:-

Use a marinade to tenderise meat for anything between 30 minutes and 2 hours.
Do not refrigerate whilst using a marinade. Leaving meat or fish out of the refrigerator for a short time prior to cooking is not going to cause spoilage, in fact I think it helps the cooking process by making it easier for the core of meat to get up to temperature, especially when searing. In addition refrigeration slows down the action of a marinade by tightening muscle tissue.

Note:- Yogurt based marinades are the exception to both these rules and if marinading for more than two hours you must refrigerate but still give your marinade a last hour at room temperature before cooking.

Generally speaking youвЂ™ll need about 150ml / Вј pint of marinade for every 450g or pound of meat. Oily marinades are good for dry lean foods such as fish and acidic citrus / vinegar based marinades work best on red meat and richer fatty foods.

TIP - Use a shallow non metallic bowl. This means that the meat will lie in a single layer and we get the maximum effect. There's always a danger that the acid in a marinade will react with a metal bowl giving a metallic flavour to your food so it's always better to avoid metallic bowls. The exception to this is stainless steel.

2 Basic Barbecue Marinades To Get You Started

I've included two basic barbecue marinades below and then check out all my other barbecue marinade recipes.

This first basic barbecue marinade is perfect for both meat and fish.

Ingredients:-

1 garlic clove crushed
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons dry sherry
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
freshly ground pepper

This Red wine marinade is directed more at the richer flavours such as red meat and game.

Ingredients:-

150ml / Вј pint red wine
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
2 cloves crushed garlic
1 dried bay leaf crumbled
1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs
freshly ground black pepper

In each case it's simply a matter of mixing the ingredients up and follow my general rules how to marinate and you're ready to go.

More Barbecue Marinades

Garlic Grilled Chicken Marinade - Similar to the one above but more garlic and with a novel way of application that makes for a quick result.

Italian Grilled Chicken Marinade Recipe - and stuff this under the skin of a spatchcocked chicken too.

California Jerky Seasoning Recipe - If Jerky is your thing then this marinade is perfect for homemade.

Grilled Steak Marinade - Ideal for kabobs (or kebabs - depending which part of the world you come from)

Balsamic Marinade - Typically Mediterranean, it brings lamb alive!

Cointreau Marinade - Sweet and full of orange flavour this goes really well with duck.

Barbecue Goose Marinade - For the whole Goose. Change your bird this Yuletide season.

A Grilled Lamb Recipe - including a fragrant marinade of red wine and rosemary.

Traditional Greek Marinade - Perfect for lamb and try it with pork too.

Grilled Pork Chop Marinade - A brine infused with garlic, chili and sugar.

Turkish Style Grilled Chicken Marinade - For best results this one needs an overnight soak.

Tandoori Marinade - A hot barbecue and this spicy yogurt marinade transforms pieces of chicken.

Chicken Tikka Marinade - Bring out those authentic Indian flavors.

Ginger and Lime Marinade - Great with all white fish and one of my favorites for monk fish or shrimps.

Olive Oil & Garlic - Works well with any white fish but why do I always come back to a monk fish tail?

Citrus Marinade - citrus fruits abound in this seafood marinade.

Orange Marinade - a great partner for BBQ chicken

As mentioned earlier, brines are different to barbecue marinades, they work in a different way and achieve different results. There's a separate section on the website dedicated to brine recipes.

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Korean BBQ Marinade

We love this marinade on Kalbi . Try it for an Asian twist.

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Ingredients

- 1/2 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 1/2 tablespoons raw or turbinado sugar
- 1 tablepsoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon Asian sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon grated peeled fresh ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped scallions

Preparation

1. Whisk 1/2 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce, 2 tablespoons water, 1 1/2 tablespoons raw or turbinado sugar, 1 tablespoon minced garlic, 1 teaspoon Asian sesame oil, 1 teaspoon grated peeled fresh ginger, and 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper in a medium bowl. Stir in 1/2 cup chopped scallions. DO AHEAD: Cover and chill up to 1 day.

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Calories 123
Carbohydrates 19 g(6%)
Fat 3 g(4%)
Protein 7 g(14%)
Saturated Fat 0 g(2%)
Sodium 2301 mg(96%)
Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g
Fiber 2 g(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat 1 g

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Love this! I used brown sugar and added an additional teaspoon. I also replaced the scallions with Shallots. Wonderful flavor. I just marinaded Pork tenderloins overnight, and grilled them the next day . they were fabulous. This is an easy, delicious marinade. Like SNOOGERBOT, I also threw everything into the food processor to prevent chopping and mincing. Worked perfectly!

Absolutely perfect for Kalbi. Used tamari instead of the soy sauce to keep it gluten free and mixed it in the food processor for ease in chopping the garlic and ginger. Didn't change anything else.

This is a great marinade. Not overpowering at all and imparts a great flavour to beef.

This Marinade is delicious. I made this to go with Kalbi. I'm looking forward to trying it on different cuts of beef as well.

To get the best, most restaurant-like results from this, add 1/2 a grated Asian pear and/or substitute pear juice for the water. For some kick, add a dollop of sriracha.

I've made this recipe twice now and will keep it in the rotation. The marinade leaves the meat very flavorful. I used 1lb. of flank steak that I cut against the grain into long thin strips, I ribboned them onto skewers and then soaked in marinade for 6 hours. The meat comes off the grill tender and delicious. The kids loved it as well.

I used this recipe for grilled pork chops, and it was perfect. I used a citrus flavored soy sauce just for change and it was delicious. As always I use much more garlic and ginger than any recipe calls for. I ill try this on steak next time and marinate longer.

Marinaded 24 hours. Grilled over charcoal. Everyone from 6 to 60 loved the meat.

Fabulous and easy recipe. This is my third time making this. Followed recipe exactly the first time. Second time marinaded longer (about 6 hours). Cooked on charcoal grill. Husband said "it's like candy"

Have made this several times, the last time I used a cut of beef called flap steak. It is similar to flank steak. I marinaded for 5 hours or so and cooked it on a charcoal grill. Might have beefed up the ginger and garlic a bit. This is a great, easy recipe that my family loves.

Very good with thin sliced T-Bone steaks. Much better than a standard Teriyaki.

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