Simple and easy fail-safe tasty marinade for grilled chicken with or without that very spicy flavor. The best and easiest marinade ever - no-fuss and packed with so much flavor! You'll never need another grilled chicken recipe again! We are two days into summer so if you haven't dusted off those grills, that really needs to change immediately so you can whip up the easiest grilled chicken recipe of all time.

Here's an Asian marinade for chicken thighs that's garlicky, sweet, and spicy. Asian chile pepper sauce, soy sauce, and rice vinegar combine with mayonnaise and maple syrup. Chef John describes the delicious results, "No one flavor dominates this beautifully balanced, all-purpose grilled chicken marinade. You can have Simple and easy fail-safe tasty marinade for grilled chicken with or without that very spicy flavor using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Simple and easy fail-safe tasty marinade for grilled chicken with or without that very spicy flavor

It's 1/2 kg (500 g) of Chicken thigh/legs or breast parts.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of Maggi Indian cooking paste or garam masala.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of ginger garlic paste.
It's 2 tablespoons of smoked or plain paprika.
You need 170 g of Plain greek yogurt enough to coat the chicken.
You need 1 teaspoon of salt.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of pepper.
It's Half of slice of lemon or lime.
You need of Chilli powder (optional).

The BEST Chicken Marinade Recipe is so easy and makes the best chicken ever! Loaded with the perfect amount of flavor, this marinade recipe is made with simple ingredients. We eat chicken a lot in our house. I prefer chicken to red meat, even though I know my husband would disagree.

Simple and easy fail-safe tasty marinade for grilled chicken with or without that very spicy flavor step by step

If you are using breasts cut those into cubes. If not, you can use those precut chicken thighs or legs.
Put the chicken in a freezer bag or plastic container..
Put all other ingredients into the freezer bag/plastic container with the chicken and squeeze in the juice of the lemon or lime. Mix it all together. You can add chilli powder to add spiciness..
If you cannot get find any maggi indian paste in your local store, you can make one. The paste consists of little amounts of garam masala, ginger, garlic, sugar,sautéed onions. Make a paste of these ingredients. But I like it simple so I bought the indian paste.
Once all are mixed in the freezer bag/plastic container, put it in the freezer overnight if you plan to cook the next day. If you want to cook it the same day, marinate it for at least 30 minutes to an hour. But it is preferable for overnight marinating..
When it is time to cook, remove it from the freezer then you can put it in skewers together with capsicum and chunk of onion or put it directly in an air fryer/oven or chargrill it. Sorry I haven’t taken some finished grilled chicken photo but I guarantee you this marinade is very tasty when cooked..

I just love how versatile and easy a chicken recipe is to Made with spices and herbs from your pantry, this easy chicken seasoning creates juicy, tender meat bursting with flavor. If you are grilling, baking or roasting chicken, this seasoning is perfect for a whole chickens, breasts, wings or thighs. This marinade consists of only five ingredients, but wow, does it ever perk up your chicken. You only need a few simple ingredients for the recipe (find the printable recipe for easy chicken marinade below). Olive oil-I love to use the extra virgin olive oil from Costoc.; Lite soy sauce-Make sure to use lite or low-sodium so it isn't too salty.; Lemon juice-I prefer to use fresh lemons, but you can use jarred when in a pinch.; Garlic-this adds a great flavor depth.