Healthy chicken marinades
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13 · Looking for some creative ways to flavour up your chicken breasts and chicken thighs? Here, we’ve got ten different easy and healthy chicken marinade recipes ranging from Mexican to Greek chicken to suit all of your flavouring needs! Perfect marinades for summer grilling and meal prep! {gluten-free-friendly}
35 ingredients
Meat
- • 10 lbs Chicken breasts or thigh, raw
Produce
- • 1/4 cup Cilantro, fresh
- • 13 Garlic clove
- • 2 tbsp Ginger, fresh
- • 1 Lime, Juice of
- • 1 2/3 tbsp Marjoram, dried
- • 1/2 tsp Onion powder
- • 3 tsp Powdered garlic
- • 1 tsp Thyme, dried
Condiments
- • 2 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
- • 1/4 cup Barbecue sauce, store-bought or homemade
- • 3 tbsp Chili garlic sauce
- • 5 1/3 tbsp Honey
- • 7/16 cup Lemon juice
- • 6 tbsp Lime juice, fresh
- • 2 tbsp Maple syrup or honey
- • 1/2 cup Pesto, homemade or store-bought
- • 9 tbsp Soy sauce, reduced-sodium
Baking & Spices
- • 1 tsp Allspice, ground
- • 1/2 tsp Black pepper
- • 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper
- • 2 tsp Chili powder
- • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- • 1 tbsp Curry powder
- • 1 tsp Paprika, smoked
- • 1/4 tsp Red pepper flakes
- • 2 1/2 tsp Salt
- • 1 tsp Salt and black pepper
- • 1 Dash Salt and pepper
- • 1/4 tsp Salt and pepper
Oils & Vinegars
- • 21 tbsp Olive oil
- • 1 tbsp Red wine vinegar
Nuts & Seeds
- • 1/2 tsp Cumin
Dairy
- • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt, plain
Liquids
- • 2 tbsp Water
1 · 30 minutes · These super simple Best Chicken Marinades with 10 flavors will keep you in interesting dinners for a long time! There's instructions for both oven and grilling so you can make these year round. They're all gluten free, dairy free, paleo, and perfect for meal prepping ahead for the freezer. You'll find everything from a Greek Lemon chicken marinade to Honey Sriracha, Cilantro Lime, Jerk Chicken, Balsamic Italian and how to turn each one into a meal as well.
33 ingredients
Meat
- • 1 lb Chicken breasts or thighs, boneless skinless
- • 1 tbsp Jerk seasoning mix
Produce
- • 1 bunch 2 cups roughly chopped cilantro
- • 1 1/2 tsp Chipotle, ground powder
- • 13 cloves Garlic
- • 1/2 tsp Garlic granules
- • 2 tbsp Ginger, fresh
- • 1 tbsp Lemon, zest
- • 1 tbsp Lime, zest
- • 1/2 cup Onion
- • 2 tsp Onion granule
- • 1 tsp Oregano, dried
- • 1 tbsp Zest, orange
Condiments
- • 1/4 cup Balsamic vinegar
- • 1/2 cup Bbq sauce
- • 3 tbsp Dijon mustard
- • 3 tbsp Honey
- • 1/4 cup Lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- • 7 tbsp Lime juice, freshly squeezed
- • 1 tbsp Sriracha
Baking & Spices
- • 1/4 tsp Black pepper
- • 1 tsp Chinese 5-spice
- • 1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- • 2 tbsp Olive or avocado oil
- • 2 tsp Paprika, smoked
- • 1/4 tsp Red pepper flakes
- • 3 tsp Sea salt
- • 1/2 tsp Sea salt and pepper
Oils & Vinegars
- • 4 tbsp Olive oil
Nuts & Seeds
- • 16 tbsp Coconut amino
- • 1 1/2 tsp Cumin, ground
Drinks
- • 1/2 cup Orange juice
Other
- • 1 Habenero, seeds and stem removed, see notes
10 healthy Whole30 and Paleo chicken marinade recipes. Make just one or make them all!
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Chicken marinade recipes are delicious, healthy, and freeze well. Use for baked chicken, grilling, stir fry, and air fryer.

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15 · 25 minutes · This is the BEST Baked Chicken Breast recipe - the chicken is juicy, and the 6 marinade and spice rubs help you meal prep chicken deliciously!
21 ingredients
Produce
- • 1 tsp Basil
- • 8 cloves Garlic
- • 1 tsp Ginger, dry ground
- • 1 tsp Ginger, ground dry
- • 1 1/3 tbsp Marjoram
- • 1 tsp Onion powder
- • 1 tsp Parsley
- • 1 tsp Thyme
Condiments
- • 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- • 2 tbsp Honey
- • 1/4 cup Lemon juice
- • 1/4 cup Soy sauce
Baking & Spices
- • 1 tbsp Brown sugar
- • 1 tsp Chili powder
- • 1 tsp Curry powder
- • 1 tsp Paprika
- • 1 3/4 tsp Salt & pepper
- • 1 tsp Turmeric
Oils & Vinegars
- • 5/16 cup Olive oil
- • 1 tbsp Sesame oil
Nuts & Seeds
- • 1 tsp Cumin
vanessa g saved to yumm yumms
Pork chop marinades are easy, healthy, and use simple ingredients. If you're bored with eating plain old pork chops, it's easy to zest them up!
Debbie Martinez saved to Pork
The BEST chicken marinade seeping with savory, slightly sweet and tangy, herbilicious notes for juicy, flavorful, versatile chicken every time!
Itzmeu saved to Best grilled chicken marinade
This Greek Chicken Marinade is an easy and delicious marinade for pan fried, baked or grilled chicken. You probably have everything on hand already!
18 of my best Chicken Marinades to take boring, plain chicken to flavorful, tender, and juicy in no time at all for amazing chicken dinners! Whether you're grilling, roasting, pan-frying, or stir-frying your chicken using marinades helps to lock in flavor and moisture for an immediate upgrade to your family meals!!
Notman Humankind saved to Recipes
5 · These 7 easy marinades for chicken breasts will transform this boring cut into an amazing meal! Prep and freeze for later OR make them for dinner tonight. All of these marinades work best for 1 1/2 - 2 pounds of chicken breasts but feel free to double or triple the recipe.
29 ingredients
Produce
- • 1 tsp Basil, dried
- • 1/3 cup Cilantro, fresh
- • 1 tbsp Cilantro or parsley, fresh
- • 10 Garlic clove
- • 2 tsp Garlic powder
- • 2 Lemons (about 1/4 cup), Juice and zest of
- • 2 Limes (about 1/4 cup), Juice and zest of
- • 2 tsp Marjoram, dried
- • 2 tbsp Parsley, fresh
- • 2 tsp Thyme, fresh
Condiments
- • 1/3 cup Balsamic vinegar
- • 3 tbsp Dijon mustard
- • 7 2/3 tbsp Honey
- • 1/4 cup Soy sauce
- • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Baking & Spices
- • 3/4 tsp Black pepper
- • 1/2 tsp Black pepper, ground
- • 1/2 tsp Black pepper, freshly ground
- • 2 tsp Chili powder
- • 1/4 tsp Pepper
- • 1/4 tsp Red pepper flakes
- • 6 tsp Salt
Oils & Vinegars
- • 1/2 cup Apple cider vinegar
- • 1 1/4 cup Olive oil
- • 1/4 cup Red wine vinegar
- • 1/3 cup Rice vinegar
- • 1 tsp Sesame oil
- • 1 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
Nuts & Seeds
- • 2 tsp Cumin, ground

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