This Garlic Soy & Lime Chicken Marinade is by far, my favorite chicken marinade! The soy in the marinade acts as a brine and makes this chicken come out incredibly juicy!
I don't think I have used any other marinade since I starting using this one. I marinade mine over night and grill it in large batches to eat for lunches during the week. 🙂
Here are your ingredients:
- ¼ cup soy sauce (I use low sodium)
- 4 large garlic cloves minced
- 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- juice from 2 limes
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- About 2 lbs of chicken
Dump all of your ingredients in either a mason jar or a ziploc bag and shake it up.
The best way to have the chicken cook evenly is to pound the chicken breast to about a half inch thick so they cook faster and evenly. I usually use a pound of chicken breasts and use half of my jar of marinade. You can just save the other half in the jar in the fridge. It'll keep for a couple weeks.
Add all of your chicken to a ziploc bag and pour in your marinade. You should let it marinade over night...that will give you the juiciest chicken 🙂
After you've marinaded your chicken, you can prepare it however you'd like. I like to grill mine because it stays nice and juicy and the flavor from the grill really brings out that liquid smoke flavor 🙂 I grill mine on hight heat for 4 minutes per side.
That's the This Garlic Soy & Lime Chicken Marinade! Easy right!? Let me know what you think! 🙂
Garlic Soy & Lime Chicken Marinade
Ingredients
- ¼ cup soy sauce I use low sodium
- 4 cloves large garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- juice from 2 limes
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper optional
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 lbs chicken
Instructions
- Combine all of your ingredients besides the chicken in either a jar or a ziploc bag
- Add chicken to a container with a lid or a ziploc bag and pour in your marinade
- Marinade over night
- Prepare by grilling until the internal temperature of your chicken reaches at least 165 degrees.
- Enjoy!
Petra @ Crumbles and Kale says
This marinade sounds so lovely and fresh!I love your page!
Coco and Ash says
Thank you so much!
Linda says
How much difference to you think the liquid smoke makes? How do you think it would work without it?
Coco and Ash says
Linda the liquid smoke is a big part of what makes this taste SO good! You can try it without the liquid smoke and I'm sure it will taste fine but I'd encourage you to try it with it and see how great it is. You can find it in the grocery store around the bbq sauces and marinades 🙂
Parris says
It says 1/4th soy sauce... i'm assuming a 1/4th cup?
Coco and Ash says
Yes! 1/4 cup. Sorry about that!
Tina Lynn says
This was a huge hit for my family! What a beautiful combo and flavors and slices. And so juicy! One of the best marinades I’ve ever used. I will definitely make this one again and again. Thank you!
Coco and Ash says
Thank you!! 🙂
Jean9 says
Just made it OMG, I dont see the need for any other. My chicken tastes like steak from a steak house.
Great thing is you dont taste the ingredients just FLAVOR
Coco and Ash says
So glad you enjoyed this! 🙂