This super Simple marinated chicken uses everyday kitchen staples, making it an easy one to throw together any night. Just make sure your give your chicken time to marinate. I tried to be fast and give it a half hour to marinate on time and it tasted sort of bland to me. The next time I made it I let it marinate overnight so it had plenty of time to pick up the flavors and seasonings and I could definitely tell the difference.
Quick & Simple.
One of the things that was mentioned on the survey we did recently was that you like the recipes that don’t require a lot of odd ball ingredients that you will only use once. This no-nonsense chicken is tossed into ingredients you probably already have on hand, making it a practical (and frugal) choice for dinner.
What do you eat with your chicken usually?
This chicken can be served with a bag of frozen vegetables, cooked, or coleslaw. It also goes great with rice. Reserve some of the marinade on the side (before adding the chicken) if you will be serving it with rice. For a list of summer sides that go perfect with marinated chicken you can go here.
This recipe is as easy as 1-2-3.
- Marinate.
- Grill.
- Eat.
Grill this chicken on an outside grill to make it go from “Ooooo” to “Ahhhhh”. For 14 more great grilling recipes you will love you can go here.
Here is what you need:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon ground mustard
2 garlic cloves
Pepper, to taste
1-1/2 pounds chicken
Here is what you do:
Mix together the first seven ingredients.
Keep marinade in a bowl or transfer it to a ziploc bag, and add chicken. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
Grill chicken until thoroughly cooked.
That’s all there is to it! Super simple, right?
Makes 6 servings.
One serving is 3 ounces cooked chicken
One serving is 3 Green, 2 Blue, and 2 Purple points.
Super Simple Marinated Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- Pepper, to taste
- 1-1/2 pounds chicken
Instructions
- Mix together the first eight ingredients. Put marinade in a bowl or a ziploc bag, and add chicken. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
- Grill chicken until cooked.
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*MyWW® points calculated by Meal Planning Mommies; Not endorsed by MyWW (formerly Weight Watchers and WW). All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. MyWW® green, blue, and purple values calculated without WW Zero Points foods using the WW Recipe Builder.
Hi Alisha,
I love love you blog & recipes. They have been a biweekly rotation in my menu planning. Can’t wait to make the coconut ? shrimp! I’m was wondering if I could bake the chicken in the recipe above vs. grilling it, I’m going to be cooking in my daughters small apartment kitchen & a little unsure about using a grill pan.
Thanks so much. Looking forward to your next post.
Jennie
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Hi Jennie. Glad you are liking the recipes on here so far! That’s great to hear. 🙂 Absolutely, you could bake this chicken and have great results. I just googled “baking chicken” and found this helpful advice: “The secret to juicy baked chicken breast? Bake for a short time at a high temperature. Baking for 30 minutes at 350 degrees will yield dry meat. But baking for just 20 minutes at 450 degrees will result in delightfully juicy baked chicken breast, every time.” (this little tidbit came from healthyrecipesblogs.com) Let us know how it turns out. 🙂
What is your recipe for the coleslaw? It looks great together!
I have to be honest with you. We had Kentucky Fried Chicken coleslaw on hand so I used that, but I would not recommend it to someone trying to stick to foods low in smart points. (I’ve been slacking) This recipe would probably be a better choice: https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/recipe/creamy-coleslaw-1/5626a5e23d92b3c10eb89800. This one also has great reviews: http://www.food.com/recipe/weight-watchers-coleslaw-158648. Both of these recipes are 2 WW SP per serving. Hope this helps!
Thank you!!!
Wouldn’t that be the first seven ingredients or did something get omitted from the list?
Oops. Thank you Faith. Yes, you are right. Seven ingredients. I was debating adding lemon juice and opted not, to but forgot to change the eight to seven. Good catch. 🙂 Appreciate you saying something.
Thanks! I want to make this over the weekend and wanted to just double check the recipe 😉