Italian Dressing Chicken Marinade Recipe

Italian Dressing Chicken Marinade is an Italian Chicken Marinade that doubles as a salad dressing! That is one among my tips for straightforward midweek meals and it’s a extremely efficient technique to make scrumptious meals with much less effort.

I exploit this Double Responsibility trick in a handful of recipes, like this Lemon Chicken Salad and Mexican Chicken Salad – and readers adore it!

Italian Dressing Chicken Marinade

Do you know that the majority salad dressings additionally make nice marinades? Not creamy ones. However just about all non creamy ones do, together with French Dressing, Honey Mustard Dressing, this Asian Sesame Dressing and Balsamic Dressing.

At the moment I’m sharing an Italian Dressing Chicken Marinade. So it’s an Italian dressing recipe – that doubles as a chicken marinade, made with:

• White wine vinegar  – sub with different vinegars

• Olive oil

• Mustard

• Garlic

• Sugar, salt and pepper

Use some to marinade the chicken, and the remaining to decorate your aspect salad!

You’ll love how the Italian Dressing does double obligation as a marinade AND salad dressing on this recipe!

Italian Chicken Marinade

For the Italian Chicken Marinade, I do like so as to add some dried herbs – simply to make the flavour of the chicken barely completely different, in any other case every part tastes the identical.

Prepare dinner this Italian marinated chicken on the grill, range – and even bake it!

How lengthy does the chicken have to be marinated? It’s greatest in a single day, however even 20 minutes is sufficient, particularly should you make this with chicken breast minimize in half horizontally to make 2 skinny steaks.

Greatest chicken for Italian Chicken Marinade? I’m a brown meat gal so for many chicken recipes, I go for thigh over breast as a result of it’s juicier with not a lot distinction in energy. However this recipe will work simply advantageous with breast too!

Italian Dressing Aspect Salad

I’ve made a aspect salad utilizing very thinly sliced uncooked zucchinis – one thing somewhat completely different! I actually get pleasure from uncooked zucchini – it really doesn’t have that a lot flavour so it’s an incredible automobile so as to add just about any sort of dressing and it really works very nicely with the Italian dressing.

BUT you need to use the Italian Dressing/Marinade for any sort of leafy salad you need – and even for steamed greens. Get pleasure from! 

Italian Dressing Chicken Marinade Recipe

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Serves: 4 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes 10 minutes

Nutrition facts: 322 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

• 4 1/2 tbsp white wine vinegar (Note 1)
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp dijon mustard
• 1 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• Black pepper
• 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 1/2 tsp mixed Italian dried herbs (either a packet mix or mix herbs like basil, parsley, oregano, rosemary and thyme)
• 1 tsp dried red chili flakes (optional)
• 750 g / 1.5lb chicken thighs, boneless skinless, or breast (cut in half horizontally)
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 2 zucchinis , finely sliced into rounds using a mandolin
• 2 tbsp baby mint leaves , or 1 tbsp sliced larger mint leaves

Instructions

1. Place the Dressing Marinade ingredients in a small jar and shake well to combine.
2. Put the Marinated Chicken ingredients in a bowl or ziplock bag and add 5 tablespoons of the Dressing Marinade. 
3. Massage / mix to coat the chicken. Set aside for marinade for at least 20 minutes, ideally 3 hours or up to 24 hours.
4. Grill/BBQ: You shouldn't need any oil, but if you are concerned, brush your grill with oil. Heat the grill on medium high and cook the chicken for around 3 to 4 minutes on each side. (Cook breast for less)
5. Stove: Preheat 1/2 tbsp oil in a large non stick fry pan over medium high heat. Add the chicken and cook each side for around 4 to 5 minutes, or until dark golden brown and cooked through. 
6. When the chicken is cooked, remove it from the grill/fry pan onto a plate, loosely cover with foil and set aside for 10 minutes.
7. Serve the chicken with the zucchini salad and toasted bread.
8. Add the 1 tablespoon of olive oil (from the Zucchini Side ingredients) into the jar with the remaining Dressing Marinade and shake well. Set aside.
9. Toss the zucchinis and mint with the Dressing Marinade.

Notes

1. You can substitute with chardonnay or apple cider vinegar, or lemon juice. Or even rice vinegar! You just need a vinegar that is not as harsh as ordinary white vinegar.
2. This can be made with breast fillets too, but just be careful with the cooking time as you don't want to overcook it. Dry chicken breast is not pleasant!
3. Nutrition per serving assuming 4 servings.