How To Make Triple Citrus Chicken Marinade
Orange, lemon, and lime provide different layers of acidity to create this well-rounded chicken marinade. It’s a mix of sweet, tangy, and prickly sour.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Marinade:
- ½cupfresh navel orange juice
- 2tspfresh orange zest
- 2tbspfresh lemon juice
- 1tsplemon zest
- 2tbspfresh lime juice
- ½tsplime zest
- ¼cupolive oil
- 3tbspshallot,or red onion, chopped
- 1tbspfresh garlic,minced
- 1tbspfresh rosemary,chopped, or 1 tsp dried
- 2tspdijon mustard
- 2tsphoney
- 1½tspsalt,or to taste
- ½tspfreshly ground black pepper
- 6ozchicken breasts,or thighs, 4-5 boneless skinless
Instructions
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In a mixing bowl whisk together all ingredients except chicken until well combined.
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Place chicken in a gallon size resealable bag or dish.
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Pour marinade over chicken. Transfer to refrigerator and let rest at least 1 hour and up to 6 hours.
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Preheat a grill over medium-high heat. Remove chicken from marinade and cook on the grill until center registers 165 degrees F in the center of thickest portion, turning once halfway through cooking.
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Let chicken rest 5 minutes before serving. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley if desired.
Nutrition
- Calories: 186.75kcal
- Fat: 14.13g
- Saturated Fat: 2.43g
- Trans Fat: 0.04g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 9.24g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.84g
- Carbohydrates: 8.05g
- Fiber: 0.66g
- Sugar: 5.20g
- Protein: 7.71g
- Cholesterol: 21.77mg
- Sodium: 224.12mg
- Calcium: 18.83mg
- Potassium: 177.43mg
- Iron: 0.57mg
- Vitamin A: 11.61µg
- Vitamin C: 19.58mg
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