Name: Grilled Chicken Breast Marinade
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup Caesar salad dressing; 1/3 cup lemon juice; 2 tablespoons kosher salt; 5 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts

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My 3 ingredient chicken breast marinade is perfect for grilling on a summer night. It couldn’t be more simple and you probably already have the ingredients on hand! If you are looking for the best grilled chicken marinade recipe, keep on scrolling…

What is in a grilled chicken breast marinade?

For this easy marinade recipe, there are only THREE ingredients: Caesar salad dressing, lemon juice, and kosher salt. And as with any marinade, you will also need some time for those flavors to permeate into the meat. I like to marinate my chicken in the fridge for anywhere between 2-4 hours. With the acid of the lemon juice, you can’t keep the meat in there too long or it begins to “cook” the protein. We want that to happen over a hot, smoky grill instead!

Using a salad dressing as a chicken breast marinade isn’t anything new, but the ones I’ve tried in the past have always used Italian dressing as it’s base and always seemed to be lacking in depth of flavor. I wanted to create a new salad dressing based recipe that wasn’t just mediocre. I wanted to to be AMAZING, and this is it! My husbands says it is the best grilled chicken marinade I’ve ever made 🙂

Be sure that you follow the recipe when it comes to the grill’s temperature. You can certainly preheat the grill to high, but turn the heat down to low before your put your chicken on the grill. It needs a low and slow heat to cook all the way through without creating too much char on the outside.

Step by Step Best Grilled Chicken Marinade Recipe

Pound thick ends of chicken breasts to even out thickness

Add 1 c Caesar dressing

Add 2 Tb kosher salt and 1/3 c lemon juice

Shake and refrigerate for 2-4 hours

Cook on preheated grill on low for 7 minutes, lid closed

Flip and cook another 7 minutes, lid closed

Let rest 5 minutes, slice and enjoy!

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