My Top 10 Delicious Chicken Marinades

Welcome to another week of Meal Prep: Extreme Edition - it's just not written in the title because it got way too long haha!

We started making chicken marinades a few cooking days ago, when we were looking for something fresh, and not slow cooked and frozen.  Just to mix it up!  They are a huge hit, and so so flexible when it comes to changing up the meals a bit too.

I typically wrap my chicken portions in tin foil and put them in the oven for 30 minutes.  I then have par boiled potatoes roasting in the same tray, just not inside the foil, getting all crispy in that same 30 minutes.  So good.  You can also pan fry them and make chicken burgers, which is also super yummy.  And the cool thing is every time you cook one it tastes different, because there are so many different flavours.

So let's get started.

Whilst we only made 7 different marinades on the latest cooking day, I have 3 other yummy options from other cooking days that I will definitely be making again.

We bag our chicken in 300g portions... which when you realise that we made 28 days (56 portions) worth of chicken marinades, means that we had to purchase 8.5kg of chicken breast!!!

The method is so simple:
- slice up the many kilos of chicken
 - mix all of the ingredients together
- weigh out the chicken into 1.2kg portions and place in the marinade (8 portions per marinade)
- leave for a couple of hours, and then portion into ziplock bags

Oh.  And if I could recommend one thing, it would be to label the ziplock bags beforehand (NOT after!).

My Top 10 Delicious Chicken Marinades     |     Portions (per recipe): 8

1. Sweet chilli chicken
- 6 tbsp. sweet chilli sauce
- 3 tbsp. soy sauce

2. Honey garlic chicken
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 2 tbsp. soy sauce
- 4 tbsp. honey
- 2 cloves garlic, minced

3. Lemon ginger chicken
- 2 lemons, juiced
- rind of the lemons
- 2 tsp. crushed ginger
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- chilli flakes, to taste

4. Peri Peri chicken
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
- 2 tsp. paprika
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp. brown sugar
- salt and chilli flakes to taste

5. Tandoori chicken
- 1 jar Tandoori paste
- 2 tbsp. olive oil

6. Apple mustard chicken
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup whole grain mustard
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tsp. soy sauce
- 2 tbsp. brown sugar

7. Soy chicken
- 1 cup soy sauce
- 1.5 cups brown sugar
- 3/4 cup white vinegar
- 2 cups olive oil

8. Lemon mustard chicken
- 2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp. Dijon mustard

9. Lime coriander chicken
- 2- 4 limes, juiced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- a small bunch of coriander, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup olive oil

10. Jerk chicken
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 2 tsp. all spice
- 1.5 tsp. salt
- 2 tbsp. brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 2 tsp. lime juice
- 2 tbsp. olive oil

Which one is your favourite?
Hx