Grilled Lemon Chicken is a summer staple at our house, and this chicken is bound to be a family favorite.
Ingredient Notes
- Lemon Juice
- Soy Sauce
- Olive Oil
- Minced Garlic
- Ground Ginger
- Onion Powder
- Red Pepper Flakes
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
How To Make Grilled Lemon Chicken
- Start by making a simple marinade of lemon juice, soy sauce, olive oil, minced garlic, ginger, onion powder and red pepper flakes. I mix all of my marinade ingredients together in a gallon-sized resealable bag for easy cleanup.
- Add your chicken to the marinade and seal or cover with plastic wrap if you are using a bowl.
- Place marinating chicken in the fridge for 4-8 hours or overnight.
- Remove the chicken from the bag and throw away the marinade.
- Place the chicken on a grill heated to medium-high heat and cook for 5-6 minutes on each side or until chicken is cooked through.
- Serve with your favorite vegetables or salad for a light, healthy and delicious meal.
Storing and Other Tips
Store leftover Grilled Lemon Chicken in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 3-4 days.
To freeze the grilled chicken, wrap chicken breasts tightly in plastic wrap then place in a single layer in a freezer bag.
Seal the bag while pressing out as much air as possible.
Place the bag in the freezer on the bottom or against the back, where the freezer is the coldest.
To thaw chicken, remove from the freezer and place in the refrigerator 24 hours before using.
Other helpful tips for this recipe:
- Store your chicken separately from other food in the fridge. Keep your raw chicken on the bottom shelf of the fridge so it doesn’t drip onto other foods.
- Always thaw chicken in the refrigerator instead of leaving it out at room temperature. When you thaw chicken in the microwave, it begins cooking the meat immediately and can cause harmful bacteria to grow if it isn’t completely cooked all at once.
- Add flavor by marinating. If you are using a marinade as a basting or dipping sauce, set aside a portion for later before adding the raw meat to it.
Helpful Grill TIps:
- Prepare your grill by cleaning off old residue then brushing on some vegetable or olive oil. You can also spray your grill with nonstick cooking spray before it is turned on and heated up.
- You’ll want to start with the grill at high heat so you can sear the outside of the chicken. Searing the outside of the chicken will keep the inside juicy and make it easier to turn halfway through grilling.
- If your grill has a cover, always cook with the cover down to help your chicken cook more evenly.
- Poking your chicken with a fork to check for doneness will cause the juices to escape. Try not to continuously move the chicken while it is cooking, just turn it over one time halfway through cooking.
The best way to cook grilled chicken is to sear the chicken to a grill on high heat for 3-4 minutes on each side to sear the outside of the meat.
Then move the chicken to indirect or lower heat and cook until it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
If you don’t have a meat thermometer, you can cut into the chicken and check if the meat is white, without a rubbery texture and the juices run clear.
If you don’t have a grill, you can grill your chicken indoors on a grill pan.
Grease your grill pan with cooking spray and set it over medium-high heat.
Place the chicken on the grill pan and cook for 4 minutes on each side.
Place the grill pan in the oven and cook at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
If you grilled too much chicken and won’t be able to eat it within a few days, it is best to freeze it.
Frozen chicken will lose some of their flavor and the texture will be slightly different, but you could easily shred the frozen chicken after it has thawed and use it in other recipes.
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Grilled Lemon Chicken
Ingredients
- ½ cup fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Instructions
- Mix together lemon juice, soy sauce, olive oil, garlic, ginger, onion powder and red pepper flakes together in a gallon sized Ziploc bag.
- Add chicken to marinade and seal bag closed.
- Place bag in fridge and let chicken marinate for 4-6 hours (or overnight).
- Remove chicken from bag and discard marinade.
- Place chicken on grill heated to medium-high, cooking 5-6 minutes on each side or until the internal temperature is 165 degrees F.
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Notes
Grease your grill pan with cooking spray and set it over medium-high heat.
Place the chicken on the grill pan and cook for 4 minutes on each side.
Place the grill pan in the oven and cook at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
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