Easy Greek Chicken Marinade

Just a handful of fresh ingredients and 30 minute to 24 hour rest in the fridge and you have your new go to marinade! Perfect for chicken breasts, thighs, pork and shrimp!

Course Dinner, main meal

Cuisine Greek

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 1

Servings

Calories 166kcal

Author Kathi & Rachel

Ingredients

2 pounds chicken breasts or thighs Approx 8 thighs or 4 large chicken breasts. Bone in or bone out
1/2 cup olive oil
1 zest of one lemon zest before you juice!
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice about two lemons
3 cloves garlic minced
2 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped or two teaspoon dried
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped or one teaspoon dried
1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped or one teaspoon dried
1 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped or one teaspoon dried
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and combine.
Add chicken to large zip top bag and pour marinade over making sure all parts of the chicken are covered.
Refriderate and allow to marinate for 30 minutes and up to 4 hours.
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil for easy clean up.
Place chicken breast on baking sheet. DISCARD REMAINING MARINADE.
Bake for about 20 minutes or until meat thermometer reaches 165 degrees. Remove and allow to rest for 5 minutes brining the internal temp to 165 degrees. Perfect!

Notes

Nutritional information is based on entire batch of marinade. The chicken will only absorb a small amount of it.
Don't have all the herbs in the recipe? That's okay 2 out of 3 will still make a great Greek Chicken Marinade. Don't skip the garlic though!
See Air Fryer and Grill instructions in commentary.

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