Balsamic Chicken {Easy Marinade!}

Robustly flavored Balsamic Chicken! Chicken is soaked inward a flavorful garlic and herb + balsamic vinegar marinade and so grilled to browned perfection.

Balsamic chicken thighs shown on an oval white platter from overhead.

Made alongside an Easy Balsamic Chicken Marinade

I intend the best manner to brand balsamic chicken is to soak it inward a flavorful marinade, so complete it on the grill for a low-cal char together with caramelization.

The chicken ends with a nice tang, a real faint as well as mellow sugariness, together with distinctive tantalizing flavor. When balsamic vinegar is involved y'all know it’second going to live skilful, right?

Here y'all can role boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts. I’ve tried each and I mean each ane has their do good.

Thighs of form are more tender too juicy, breasts seem to soak upwards a chip more of that marinade flavor. So function whichever yous prefer.

Either manner yous’ll accept a win alongside this i!

Serve with a side of my favorite parmesan roasted potatoes, or steamed or roasted broccoli. Another choice is equally I’ve done hither (shown below) paired amongst roasted asparagus, tomatoes together with a complete of feta.

Balsamic chicken breasts shown on a white plate over a blue cloth on a marble surface.

Balsamic Chicken Recipe Ingredients

i/iii cup balsamic vinegar. I like a cheaper tart balsamic here (save the good aged, expensive material for another function).

i/iv cup olive crude

ane Tbsp minced garlic

2 tsp each minced fresh rosemary as well as fresh thyme. Or can role three/four tsp dried.

two tsp dijon mustard

one tsp each table salt too freshly ground black pepper

2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken thighs or chicken breasts

i Tbsp chopped fresh parsley, optional

Photo: Ingredients needed to make balsamic chicken shown.

How to Make Balsamic Chicken

Place chicken inward a gallon size resealable purse (preferably besides place inward a bowl to take hold of leaks), or place chicken straight in a bowl.

In a mixing bowl whisk together balsamic vinegar, olive petroleum, rosemary, thyme, dijon mustard, salt, in addition to pepper.

Pour marinade over chicken inward purse. Seal bag piece pressing out excess air.

Rub marinade over chicken (I besides similar to twist as well as tie superlative of purse and so marinade fully covers the chicken). Let marinade inward fridge for two to eight hours.

Heat over medium-high rut to 400 degrees. Partway through heating don’t forget to make clean as well as rock oil grill grates (amongst a little vegetable oil or olive crude using tongs as well as a balled upwards newspaper towel).

Remove chicken from marinade while shaking excess marinade off dorsum into purse. Transfer to grill too cook covered about vi to 8 minutes per side (breasts tin be done in equally petty as four per side depending on the size).

Check internal temperature of chicken to 165 degrees for doneness.

Garnish amongst parsley if desired. Serve warm.

Collage of four photos showing steps of making balsamic marinade, soaking with chicken in bag, then grilling.

Variations

Baked Balsamic Chicken

If yous don’t want to grill, effort cooking in the oven. To make and then:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Remove chicken from marinade.

Place inwards a greased baking dish.

Bake until internal temperature registers 165 degrees in thickest constituent, virtually 20 – 28 minutes.

Honey Balsamic Chicken

If yous desire the chicken sweeter:

Add ane-2 Tbsp honey to the marinade.

Just prepare on the grill over a medium to medium-depression heat as the beloved tends to burn down easily (and so of grade increase grill fourth dimension).

Dijon Balsamic Chicken

Love that vibrant dijon flavor? Try this spin:

Boost the dijon mustard upwardly to iii Tbsp.

Reduce the balsamic vinegar to 3 Tbsp.

Helpful Tips

Be sure to permit at least ii hours for chicken to marinade for more than flavor absorption.

Don’t marinate as well long or the outside texture of the chicken will be altered (can live mushy, tough, or chalky).

Remember to grease the grill grates earlier. Otherwise the natural sugars inwards the vinegar tend to stick to the grill.

If outside of chicken seems dry out as it grills or bakes you lot can baste lightly alongside a little olive fossil oil.

Cook chicken but to 165 inward middle then it’second non dry out. Thighs y'all don’t postulate to live as careful simply chicken breasts particularly because they dry out out easily.

Photo: Two servings of balsamic chicken shown on serving plates with a serving suggestion of roasted asparagus and tomatoes.

More Tasty Balsamic Recipes to Try

Asparagus Tomato in addition to Feta Salad amongst Balsamic Vinaigrette

Balsamic Glazed Salmon

Caprese Chicken alongside Avocado

Caprese Salad alongside Balsamic Glaze

One Pan Balsamic Chicken too Veggies

Roasted Brussels Sprouts amongst Balsamic and Honey

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