Easy No-Fail Lemon Chicken Marinade
For those who’re looking out for a easy, no-fail hen marinade recipe, you’ve discovered it. This straightforward (and wholesome) hen marinade has a tangy mixture of lemon, garlic, crimson pepper flakes and mustard. This simply could be among the best marinades, ever. Use this for baked or grilled hen. Soar to the Rooster Marinade Recipe
That is the Greatest Rooster Marinade (and Can Be Used for Pork, Fish, and Greens)
This marinade is ideal for roasted, baked, or grilled hen and works nicely for hen breasts or thighs. In reality, should you scroll down slightly, you’ll see it’s versatile sufficient to work with turkey, pork, seafood, and greens.
This taste mixture is one in every of our favorites — we’re clearly large followers of the lemon-mustard combo, simply check out our Straightforward Lemon Rooster Thighs. We use numerous lemon juice, some garlic, and mustard with the hen thighs. It was that straightforward recipe that impressed us to share this marinade. One we’ve used numerous occasions since then.
Right here’s one other manner we love utilizing the marinade: Our Grilled Lemon Garlic Rooster Wings marinate for not less than an hour, after which we grill them till tender and brown. They’re critically scrumptious.
The mix of lemon, garlic and mustard is killer with hen, however this can be utilized for a lot extra. Any hearty white fish would adore it — suppose mahi mahi or swordfish — and don’t get me began with how wonderful shrimp could be.
Greens like cauliflower and broccoli could be nice, too. Strive tossing broccoli within the marinade then grill it. Unbelievable!
You possibly can even flip this right into a tangy salad dressing. By decreasing the mustard slightly and rising the olive oil, you’d have a do-it-yourself dressing prepared for salad or veggies — we actually like the concept of tossing it with some roasted greens. Take a look at our recipe under for methods to rework the marinade right into a dressing.
You Might Additionally Like: Strive our Lemony Rooster Breasts paired with a Cucumber and Feta Salad. It’s similar to this hen marinade, however with out the mustard. The salad can be extremely good!
Recipe up to date, initially posted June 2015. Since posting this in 2015, we’ve got tweaked the recipe to be extra clear. – Adam and Joanne
Straightforward No-Fail Lemon Rooster Marinade
This simply could be the very best hen marinade, ever. It’s extremely versatile. Use for marinating hen, turkey, pork, fish, shrimp, tofu or greens. When marinating meats and poultry, marinate not less than 1 hour or in a single day. When marinating one thing extra delicate like fish, you solely have to marinate 1 to 2 hours. It’s also possible to use this to baste whereas cooking or grilling, should you plan to do that, merely set a portion of the ready marinade apart for basting.
**This makes sufficient to marinate 2 to 2 ½ kilos of hen.
Makes roughly 1/2 cup
Watch Us Make the Recipe
You Will Want
Zest of 1 lemon, peeled or finely grated
1/4 cup recent lemon juice, 1 to 2 lemons
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon wonderful sea salt
1/4 teaspoon to 1/2 teaspoon crimson pepper flakes, relying on how spicy you want issues
1/2 teaspoon recent floor pepper
3 cloves garlic, crushed with the aspect of a big knife or minced
1/4 cup chopped recent dill, parsley, cilantro, basil or a mix, elective
Instructions
Whisk lemon juice, olive oil, mustard, salt, crimson pepper flakes and black pepper collectively till the salt has dissolved. Stir within the garlic, lemon zest and herbs (if utilizing). Refrigerate and use inside 1 to 2 hours.
To marinate hen, add the marinade and hen to a resealable food-safe bag or container and marinate within the fridge. Since that is so flavorful, even 20 minutes will work wonders. We don’t advocate marinating greater than a day prematurely because the lemon within the marinade may cause the hen to toughen.
Adam and Joanne’s Ideas
- To rework right into a salad dressing: To show this right into a tangy dressing, excellent for roasted or uncooked greens, improve the olive oil to 1/4 cup and whisk till blended. Refrigerate for 1 hour then discard garlic and lemon zest. Style for seasoning and regulate with salt or add a sprinkle of sugar or slightly honey to stability acidity and the mustard.
- Vitamin Information: The diet info supplied under are estimates. Now we have used the USDA database to calculate approximate values.
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Vitamin Per Serving: Serving Dimension 1/4 cup / Energy 138 / Protein 1 g / Carbohydrate 4 g / Dietary Fiber 0 g / Complete Sugars 1 g / Complete Fats 14 g / Saturated Fats 2 g / Ldl cholesterol 0 mg
