This tender marinated chicken recipe is so easy to prepare, and the flavour is worth every bite. Your guests will love it!
Easy Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless hormone/antibiotic free chicken breast
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tbsp lemon juice, squeezed from a lemon
- 1 tsp dried oregano (use 1 tbsp for fresh oregano)
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme (use 1/2 tbps for fresh thyme)
- 1/2 tsp Himalayan salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Place chicken breasts in a zip lock freezer bag and pound to about half inch thickness.
- Whisk together in a small bowl garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, thyme, salt and pepper.
- Add marinate to the chicken breasts, and refrigerate for minimum of 4 hours.
- Remove chicken from refrigerator and let sit at room temperature for 20 minutes before placing on a grill at 375°-400°F.
- Grill each side 5-7 minutes, about 3 minutes turn the breast to create a crisscross pattern.
- Avoid turning the chicken over several times. Once cooked, remove and allow to rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
Nutrition
Gather your ingredients and prepare the marinate. It is so important to have good quality olive oil when you are making a marinate. If you haven’t purchased a good quality olive oil yet, I highly recommend you do. I promise, you will notice the difference!!
Place a zip-lock bag into a bowl when you are adding the chicken breasts and marinate into the zip-lock bag. A handy technique to avoid any spillage.
This chicken recipe creates a crispy exterior when grilled on a barbecue and the interior is moist and tender after being marinated. The flavours are so good you have to try it yourself!! The broccoli and spinach salad recipes are a perfect accompaniment to this grilled chicken recipe and they are both on my blog! 🙂
