Our little family loves grilled chicken. Whether it’s summer, fall, or spring, we are ready to sink our teeth into a juicy, savory piece of grilled chicken!
With trying to eat healthier, we are finding that some items can be more expensive. So when chicken went on sale last week, I decided to stock up on grilled chicken for packed lunches!
This recipe is one of our favorites. Of course, you must be thinking at least 1-2 days ahead since the longer it marinates, the better it is.
If you’re eating Trim Healthy Mama style, this recipe would be an S (protein/fat). A huge side salad with bacon and eggs goes great alongside this main meat! We also like it served with steamed broccoli covered in cheese.
Since we bought several packs, it filled my stockpot up nice and full. We used four of the extra value packs of legs and thighs and it used a full recipe of marinade. However, if you don’t use all this marinade, it will keep great in the fridge or even in the freezer.
My sweet husband grilled this pot-full of chicken. I don’t trust myself since I have the tendency to really light things up at the barbecue. Once it was all grilled and we had eaten our fill for supper, I put the rest into gallon ziploc bags and then into the freezer. Now all I have to do is quick whip one out of the freezer every week for school and work lunches!
I love easy. Easy should have been my middle name.
Tip: These taste the absolute best in the spring, when you’ve gone all winter without grilled chicken! Enjoy.
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Grilled Chicken Marinade
Bring to boil:
3 cups water
3 cups apple cider vinegar
1 cup butter
4 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons black pepper
1 tablespoon garlic salt
5 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
Once you bring to a boil, remove from heat. Pour over chicken. Let cool on counter and then put in refrigerator. Marinade in refrigerator for 1-3 days.
Grill.
(Trim Healthy Mama – S)
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Marcus Miller says
Hi, We enjoy grilling in the winter, too 🙂 Actually we enjoy it year round 🙂 Thanks for the recipe we’ll have to try it 🙂 Marcus for the Millers
Pat says
if you pour the hot (boiled) marinade over the chicken it cooks it. Was it suppose to be let it cool first?
Living in the Shoe says
You can let it cool some first if you want. I’ve done it that way, too. Sometimes I’ll even just drop the chicken in the marinade and cook it in there slowly for an hour or so and then grill it. This is when I don’t have 3 days to marinate it. Personally, we like to cook our chicken with bone in a little before putting it on the grill – goes faster that way! So when it cooks the chicken a little by pouring the hot marinade over it, that suits us okay too. Hope it works for you either way!