Quick & Easy Chicken Marinade
October 9, 2025
: Easy
Experience the easiest chicken marinade you’ll ever make — ready in about 5 minutes this easy and flavourful recipe guarantees juicy, tender, and perfectly seasoned chicken every time. With just six simple ingredients, this chicken marinade infuses your chicken with Mediterranean flavours for restaurant-quality results right at home. Perfect for grilling, baking, or meal prep, this is truly the ultimate chicken marinade recipe you’ll keep coming back to.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 lemon juiced
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Any type of chicken like chicken breast or skinless boneless chicken thighs. I used 5 chicken breasts.
Directions
- Step 1 In a bowl whisk all of the ingredients together to make the marinade. Our your marinade all over the chicken. Store your chicken in the fridge for a minimum of 1-2 hours and a maximum of 24 hours before cooking. Cook chicken according to your preferred method – bake it in the oven or cook in the air fryer. Enjoy leftovers for lunch on a wrap or salad.