148 chicken marinade recipes

Kung pao chicken with overnight egg-white-and-cornstarch velvet marinade for restaurant-tender meat. Stir-fried with ginger, scallions, and peanuts in a soy-sherry-vinegar-sesame sauce. The Sichuan classic, made at home.

This crispy crunchy are baked in the oven and to add moist juicy flavor the chicken strips are soaked in a buttermilk marinade. There is then no need for egg and no need for frying making this recipe low in fat and high in goodness.

This is my copycat of the popular salad sold at McDonald's. It's the only thing I eat off their menu and I was anxious to replicate it at home.

Chinese-style stir-fried chicken with toasted pine nuts, bamboo shoots, and a savory hoisin-oyster sauce. Cornstarch velveted chicken stays tender. Wok dinner in 30 minutes.

Pad Thai Tip: For even more flavor, I'll often make a double batch of the pad Thai sauce. Then, as I'm stir-frying the noodles, I'll add more sauce until I'm happy with the taste (I also add extra fish sauce). Any leftover sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.

Romaine salad with grilled chicken, fresh apricots, mint, and toasted almonds in a dried apricot-mint dressing. A Mediterranean main-course salad where the dressing doubles as the chicken marinade.

I think this is the best chicken I have ever tasted! Never try to use cardamom with chicken, goes very well!

Homemade teriyaki marinade built from soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger, and garlic, mixed right in a zip-top bag. A sweet-savory marinade for chicken, pork, or beef, with a gluten-free tamari swap.

Barbecued chicken in a fiery citrus marinade of orange juice, scotch bonnet, garlic, and cilantro, grilled until crisp and served with lime-dressed chargrilled spring onions. Pile it into a wrap.

Chinese-style chicken and cashews stir-fried with green pepper and water chestnuts in hoisin sauce. Velveted chicken stays tender with a sherry-egg marinade.

Quick soy-honey chicken marinade with olive oil, lime juice, and garlic. Just 6 ingredients and 1 hour of marinating for juicy, flavorful chicken breasts on the grill, in the oven, or on the stove.

Grilled chicken breasts marinated in lime and cilantro, topped with a zesty cilantro-lime compound butter spiked with shallot and cayenne. Grill or broil to juicy perfection.

Lemon marinated chicken breast with olive oil, oregano, bay leaf, and chicken broth. A simple 5-ingredient marinade that keeps grilled or broiled chicken juicy and bright.

Chicken grilled on skewers in its own marinade that is sure to have your mouth-watering!

Jalapeno chicken fajitas with lime-garlic marinated chicken breast, pepper jack cheese, and fresh toppings in warm flour tortillas. Simple marinade, big Tex-Mex flavor.

Low-fat chicken breast paired with a tangy Mediterranean marinade deliver a rich flavor packed healthy main.