BEST Easy 5 Ingredient Chicken Marinades
Updated Jul 30, 2021, Published Mar 16, 2017
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Four of the very BEST easy 5 ingredient chicken marinades – honey chipotle, lemon herb, chili lime, and brown sugar garlic – are perfect for grilled or baked chicken!
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These are my very favorite 5 ingedient chicken mariandes! They are so easy with just five ingredients each, and five minutes or prep, and they make your chicken so juicy and full of flavor when baked or grilled. You can marinate the chicken for just 30 minutes if you are in a hurry, or overnight for even more flavor. You will love these simple, go-to marinades!
Honey Chipotle Chicken Marinade
Recipe Type: Main Dish
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 2-6
Easy healthy honey chipotle chicken marinade with just 5 ingredients and 5 minutes of prep will make your chicken juicy and flavorful!
Ingredients
- 2-6 chicken breasts or chicken thighs
- 3 tablespoons oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons chopped canned chipotles packed in adobo sauce
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a zip lock bag, seal and shake to mix well.
- Chill for 30 minutes or overnight. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-35 minutes until cooked through, or grill over medium high heat for 5-10 minutes on each side until cooked through.
Lemon Herb Chicken Marinade
Recipe Type: Main Dish
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 2-6
Easy and healthy lemon herb chicken marinade with just 5 ingredients and 5 minutes of prep will make your grilled or baked chicken juicy, tender, and flavorful!
Ingredients
- 2-6 chicken breasts or thighs
- 3 tablespoons oil
- juice of 1 medium lemon
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 teaspoons minced garlic
- 3 teaspoons Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a zip lock bag, seal and shake to mix well.
- Chill for 30 minutes or overnight. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-35 minutes until cooked through, or grill over medium high heat for 5-10 minutes on each side until cooked through.
Chili Lime Chicken Marinade
Recipe Type: Main Dish
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 2-6
Easy and healthy chili lime chicken marinade with just 5 ingredients and 5 minutes of prep will make your grilled or baked chicken juicy, tender, and flavorful!
Ingredients
- 2-6 chicken breasts or thighs
- 3 tablespoons oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- juice of 1 lime
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/4 cup cilantro, roughly chopped
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a zip lock bag, seal and shake to mix well.
- Chill for 30 minutes or overnight. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-35 minutes until cooked through, or grill over medium high heat for 5-10 minutes on each side until cooked through.
BEST Easy 5 Ingredient Chicken Marinades
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Cuisine: American
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Easy and healthy brown sugar garlic chicken marinade will make your baked or grilled chicken juicy and flavorful with just 5 ingredients and 5 minutes of prep!
Ingredients
- 2-6 chicken breasts or thighs
- 3 tablespoons oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a zip lock bag, seal and shake to mix well.
- Chill for 30 minutes or overnight. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-35 minutes until cooked through, or grill over medium high heat for 5-10 minutes on each side until cooked through.
I’m trying your quick chicken marinated tonight with baked veggies, and a green salad! I have tried two others and loved them both, I also used some of the marinate for the baked veggies, thank u so much for your help, will yet u know after we eat your delicious ideas for food, thanks again!
That’s great! I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Just want to say thank u for all your great recipes! My husband only eats chicken! I made one of recipes tonight and we loved it very much and I well make more of them, so easy, tasty, juice tender, 😋 the best we ever had, I will do more, thank u, thank u again for your great recipes, it was amazing and I do and pass all of these in your name for my friends! Can’t wait to try more! Excellent work young lady!
Thank you so much! You’re so sweet 🙂 I’m glad you’re able to enjoy these recipes!
I love all these marinades and I’m excited to try them but do you recommend brining before marinating? Also, any adjustments for high altitude?
I don’t brine the chicken before hand but you totally can if you prefer to! And I live in high altitude so you should be fine following as is 🙂
Thank u so much for these recipes♡
Maybe easy for you 🙂 I`m a beginner in chicken and I`ve done few mistake :). I will try to make another one tonight.
this is the nicest post… and offers different ways to eat chicken… especially when the kids say – chicken? again? thank you!
Chicken can be kinda “blah”. Not with these quick easy marinades. I am printing for my kitchen bulletin board I use for those days of “what do I cook tonight”! Thanks for the info. We’ve got a pretty cool kitchen post up today. Check it out at littleblackdomicile.com -Laurel