How To Marinate Chicken Overnight Food

HOW TO MARINATE CHICKEN: FLAVORFUL RECIPES AND COOKING TIPS

Steps:

• Blend all of your marinade ingredients to get a thick liquid. It's hard for the flavor of chunky ingredients to penetrate meat, so it's important to blend them into a liquid marinade. If you don't have a blender, put all of the ingredients for your marinade into a food processor and combine them until they're smooth. If your marinade recipe only calls for liquid ingredients and dry seasonings, feel free to skip the blender. Put all of the ingredients into a jar with a tight-fitting lid and shake until the marinade is combined.
• Customize your marinade if you want to adjust the flavors. The beauty of marinades is that you can substitute many ingredients as long as they serve the same purpose. For instance, if you don't want to use lemon juice, choose another acidic ingredient like vinegar or lime juice. Here are some categories of marinade ingredients that are easy to swap for one another: Acidic ingredients: citrus juice of any kind (lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange), vinegar (white wine, red wine, apple cider, balsamic) Oils: olive oil, grapeseed oil, toasted sesame oil, avocado oil Sweeteners: brown sugar, molasses, maple syrup, honey, jam, ketchup, soda Seasonings: herb mixes, miso paste, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, ginger, shallots
• Use the marinade immediately or store it in the fridge for up to 1 week. If you want to get a little prep work out of the way but you're not ready to marinate the chicken, you can make the marinade up to 1 week in advance!If you want to baste the meat with marinade as it cooks, set aside a small bowl to use during cooking. For long-term storage, put the marinade into a freezer-safe container and freeze it for up to 3 months. Don't forget to label it or you may not remember what you're looking at!

MARINATED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Put the vinegar, herbs, mustard, powders if using and oil in a large re-sealable plastic bag. Close the bag and shake to combine all the ingredients. Open the bag, drop in the chicken breast in the bag. Close and shake the bag to coat evenly. Freeze for up to 2 weeks.
• Thaw in the refrigerator overnight, under cold, running water, or in the microwave at 30 percent power for 1 minute at a time.
• Heat a grill or grill pan. When the grill is hot, place the chicken on the grill and cook for about 4 minutes per side, or until cooked through. You can also bake the thawed chicken in a 375 degree F oven for 15 minutes, or until cooked through.

MARINATED CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Mix ketchup, lemon juice, soy sauce and oil.
• Marinate chicken overnight or at least for several hours.
• Broil over medium coals for 45 to 60 minutes, or bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.