GRILLED CHICKEN MARINADE

This marinade for grilled chicken is so flavorful and so easy to prep with easy pantry ingredients. It's simply the best chicken marinade for any occasion. 

Recipe Summary cook:

10 mins

additional:

4 hrs

total:

4 hrs 20 mins

prep:

10 mins

Servings:

5

This top-rated grilled chicken marinade recipe ensures perfectly tender, juicy, and flavorful chicken every time. 

Grilled Chicken Marinade Ingredients

You likely have everything you need for this top-rated grilled chicken marinade in your pantry. If not, here's what you'll need to add to your grocery list: 

Red Wine Vinegar
This top-rated grilled chicken marinade starts with sweet, tangy, and flavorful red wine vinegar. 

Oil Aromatic olive oil infuses the meat with flavor and moisture, ensuring deliciously juicy chicken every time. 

Soy Sauce
This grilled chicken marinade calls for low sodium soy sauce, which we think delivers the perfect amount of saltiness. Of course, if you like your marinade extra salty, you can use regular soy sauce. 

Spices and Seasonings
This savory grilled chicken marinade calls for these earthy, herbaceous spices and seasonings: dried parsley flakes, dried basil, dried oregano, garlic powder, and ground black pepper. 

How to Make Grilled Chicken Marinade

It truly couldn't be easier to make this chicken marinade: Simply mix the first eight ingredients (vinegar, soy sauce, olive oil, parsley, basil, oregano, garlic powder, and black pepper) in a bowl and pour into a zip-top bag. 

Ingredients 5

Original recipe yields 5 servings

Ingredient Checklist

• ¼ cup red wine vinegar
• ¼ cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 1 ½ teaspoons dried parsley flakes
• ½ teaspoon dried basil
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

Instructions Checklist

• Step 1

  Whisk vinegar, soy sauce, olive oil, parsley, basil, oregano, garlic powder, and black pepper together in a bowl and pour into a resealable plastic bag. Add chicken, coat with the marinade, squeeze out excess air, and seal the bag. Marinate in the refrigerator, at least 4 hours.

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• Step 2

  Preheat grill for medium-low heat and lightly oil the grate. Drain and discard marinade.

• Step 3

  Grill chicken on the preheated grill until no longer pink in the center, 4 to 5 minutes per side. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C)