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    Simple Spiced Balsamic Chicken Marinade

    January 10, 2019 by Bailey Sissom Leave a Comment

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    Simple Spiced Balsamic Chicken Breast on a plate of artisan lettuce.

    Simple Spiced Balsamic Chicken Marinade comes together quickly, requiring only 1-bowl and 5 minutes prep. Fancy enough for impressing guests, but easy enough for a quick weeknight meal.

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    Simple Spiced Balsamic Chicken Marinade in a glass Pyrex measuring Dish. Olive oil is being poured from the upper right and hand corner.

    Hi. Let's make a Simple Spiced Balsamic Chicken Marinade.

    Also known as: let's make an excuse to serve up the easiest dinner ever so that we don't have to spend time hanging out in the kitchen today. You game?

    Simple Spiced Balsamic Chicken Marinade covering 3 chicken breasts. Chicken and marinade are inside of a plastic zipper bag that is sitting in a glass Pyrex bowl.

    This Spiced Balsamic Chicken Marinade is several things:

    1. Easy. Like 5 minutes, no chopping, 1-bowl,  no cooking skills required EASY.
    2. Delicious. It's got just the right combo of sweet + tangy + umami + garlicky goodness. Seriously, I have never made this chicken for someone who hasn't asked for the recipe.

    Simple Spiced Balsamic Chicken Breast on a plate of artisan lettuce.

    I know, I know.. if it's so great then why hasn't it made an appearance on the blog sooner (I've been making it for years). Well.. full honesty, it's so simple that it felt like a waste to write a post about it.

    Buuuuut, if you've been following along with the blog this week you know that we are right smack in the middle of a new series: Real Food For Real Life. Basically, I'm sharing my go-to recipes that I make when there isn't time to make dinner, but it's gotta get done anyway. This marinade, well.. it meets all the qualifications. TRUTH: I make it all the time.

    You can download the FREE Real Food For Real Life Recipe Guide HERE. It contains my 5 easiest and most frequented FAST dinners for busy families.

    I use if for lunches throughout the week, a quick dinner option that I pair with some roasted veggies and sliced fruit and sometimes I even freeze it for later! It has options, and I think we can all agree that when life gets crazy.. options are a good/necessary thing.

    Simple Spiced Balsamic Chicken Breast.

    This Spiced Balsamic Chicken Marinade, it's the newest addition to the Lazy-Dinner club and you guys.. you've gotta make this one happen.

    Time Saving Tips and Tricks:

    Prep: This recipe is so simple to throw together that prepping isn't necessary. Although.. the longer the chicken sits in the marinade, the better it tastes. Soooo.. whipping this up the night before is not a bad idea.

    Make Ahead: The marinade can be made up to 3 days in advance. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.

    Freezer: Yes! I often double the recipe. I use ½ of the marinade on the chicken that I will be serving and pour the other ½ off over a second batch of chicken that I have placed into a freezer safe zipper bag. For the extra chicken: Seal up the zipper bag and lay it flat on a baking sheet. Place the baking sheet into the freezer for 4-5 hours, or until the marinade is frozen through. Remove bag from baking tray and store in the freezer for up to a month (probably longer). To serve, allow the chicken to thaw overnight in the fridge and then cook chicken as you normally would. NOTE: There is no reason to let the chicken marinade prior to freezing.. it will do that as it thaws!

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    Simple Spiced Balsamic Chicken Marinade in a glass Pyrex measuring Dish. Olive oil is being poured from the upper right and hand corner.

    Simple Spiced Balsamic Chicken Marinade

    • Author: Bailey Sissom
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Total Time: 5 minutes
    • Yield: Marinade for up to 3 lbs. of chicken
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    Simple Spiced Balsamic Chicken Marinade comes together quickly, requiring only 1-bowl and 5 minutes prep. Fancy enough for impressing guests, but easy enough for a quick weeknight meal.


    Ingredients

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    • ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
    • ½ cup balsamic vinegar or other vinegar
    • ¼ cup soy sauce
    • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
    • ½ lemon, juiced
    • ⅓ cup coconut sugar (you can sub brown sugar)
    • 2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
    • 2 teaspoon dried rosemary
    • 2 teaspoon garlic powder
    • 2 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

    Instructions

    1. Add all ingredients to a small mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Store covered in the refrigerator or pour over top of raw chicken that has been placed into a zipper bag/shallow baking dish. Allow chicken to marinade for a minimum of 2 hours before baking or grilling.

    Notes

    • This marinade can also be used as a veggie marinade. Follow same recipe directions, but pour marinade over raw veggies instead of chicken. Once veggies have marinaded for a minimum of 1 hour, spread them out onto a baking sheet and roast at 400 until tender.
    • Brown sugar can be subbed out for maple syrup or honey.
    • Nutrition information was not calculated for this recipe since most of the marinade will be discarded.

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    About Bailey Sissom

    Bailey Sissom is a 3rd grade teacher turned stay-at-home mom and the creator of Simply Sissom, a blog for busy moms who value feeding their kids healthy meals and snacks, but struggle with finding the time to make it happen. On Simply Sissom, Bailey shares practical recipes, tips and tricks to help make preparing whole food meals happen consistently.

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