Do you guys remember my behind-the-scenes video shoot on Instagram Stories in Minnesota? Well, if you were following along… part 1 of the final product is finally here! Abra and I flew to Minnesota to meet the Just BARE Chicken team and create some awesome new videos for their Living Lean & Clean Campaign.
So what is the Living Lean & Clean Campaign?
Just BARE is committed to promoting and celebrating the journey to healthier living with their Living Lean & Clean campaign, and it all starts with their chickens. They’re raised in humane conditions, never given antibiotics of any kind, and fed a nutrient-packed diet, which makes a huge difference in taste and health benefits.
Check out one of the videos we made together about getting to know your food & why it’s important:
If you haven’t tried out Just BARE Chicken you definitely should – they have everything from boneless skinless chicken breasts to little chicken drummettes and more. I incorporate them into my recipes because their chicken stays super juicy and never has that off chemical-y taste that some packaged chicken products do.
My go-to right now? Grilling up their organic chicken breasts with some fresh, organic fruits and veggies. I opt for organic proteins and produce whenever I can because I know they’re free of most pesticides, antibiotics, etc. Either way, choosing organic is important so choose wisely whenever you can.
Learn more about why I love organic cooking:
I wanted to share something a little fun with you on how I normally marinade my chicken (aka just throw it in a ziploc bag with a bunch of ingredients). Marinating your chicken is a game changer as it helps to soak up the delicious flavors that come out with the grilling, and keep the chicken extra juicy.
Since the 4th of July is coming up I put together four easy marinades for your next chicken recipe. Grill up your chicken to pair with a fresh market salad, or make kabobs with your fave veggies! And be sure to check out JustBareChicken.com to see all four of my videos, plus more tips and ideas for Living Lean & Clean.
Enjoy xo!
Ambitious Kitchen
Cookbook
125 Ridiculously Good For You, Sometimes Indulgent, and Absolutely Never Boring Recipes for Every Meal of the Day
4 Easy, Healthy Chicken Marinades
Ingredients
- Cilantro Lime
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1/2 tbsp honey
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
- Sprinkle of salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- Curry Yogurt
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/8 teaspoon cardamom
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- Sprinkle of salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- Turmeric Pineapple
- 2 tbsp tamari (gluten free soy sauce)
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp fresh pineapple juice
- 2 tsp freshly grated ginger
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
- Sprinkle of salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- Greek Lemon
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon basil
- Sprinkle of salt
- Freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- For each of the marinades, place all ingredients into a Ziploc bag or a large ceramic dish.
- Add 1 pound Just BARE Chicken of choice to the bag or dish, and mix well to evenly coat.
- Let the chicken marinade in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours before cooking.30 minutes before you’re ready to cook the chicken, remove the chicken from the marinade.
- For boneless skinless chicken breasts: preheat grill to medium high and lightly oil the grate. Cook chicken breast 6-8 minutes per side, until juices run clear and chicken in no longer pink.
- For chicken drumsticks: place the chicken on the grill and cook for 8 minutes, then flip, brush with the reserved marinade, and grill for an additional 8 minutes. Turn the chicken over one last time, brush again with the remaining marinade, and cook for 5 more minutes, or until no pink remains in the center of the chicken.
This post is in partnership with Just Bare Chicken. All recipes and posts are my own. Thanks for supporting AK and the brands who help make this site possible.
I tried the Turmeric Pineapple I first mixed the marinade and when I tasted it thought it wasn’t good and contemplated using it on chicken but by the next day it was delicious and I proceeded to marinade the chicken, very pleased. The pineapple made ordinarily dry chicken breast super tender. I wouldn’t go any longer than 1 hr. because i noticed in some of the later pieces I cooked stared to break down too much. I am glad I tried this one and can’t wait to test out the other 3. Looking forward to reading your cookbook hope it will be filled with lots of new recipes!
I’m glad you gave it a try! Acidic fruits are a great way to help tenderize meats. Can’t wait to share the cookbook, too – there will be tons of new recipes!
Hi,
How long will these marinades last in the fridge? Could you make a load and jar them ready for people to grab when needed?
Hi – Do you mean the marinades themselves or with the chicken?
very helpful,simple and sounds delicious. cant wait to try it
We marinate chicken in marinade. Not the same word.
You’re right! Thanks for noticing that!
The Tumeric Pineapple Marinade is so good! The sweetness from the pineapple is a great addition. I love making this to add to summer salads!
Love it!!
My first time visiting this site. Great healthy recipes! Thanks so much.
So glad you found Ambitious Kitchen!
Trying to live healthier and these marinades are sounding great.. going to try all of them with my boys this weekend!! Thank you
Perfect! Let me know if you find a new favorite!
semble si délicieux! Merci du partage je vais essayer dès que possible!
This chicken looks soo delicious!!
I’ll try this now! thank you
Looks delicious! thank you for the video
Absolutely!
I made the cilantro lime chicken today and it was amazing! My honey is a chef and super picky and he LOVED this! Next is the pineapple turmeric! Awesome recipes!
Delicious! I’m glad you both enjoyed 🙂
I can’t write all of these recipes down fast enough! It’s all I need to become the chef of healthy, tasty, and beautifully prepared meals! Thank you for making it so easy to pick, choose and navigate my way to meal planning! Finally!
Absolutely! Enjoy!
so great for grilling season
Picking which marinade to use for my chicken is the hardest part!
Can I make the non-yogurt marinades and freeze them so that I can later pull them out, thaw them, and then add chicken to marinate?
Yes that should work! You can also place your chicken in your marinade and freeze it together. Then, when you’re ready to cook, thaw it in the refrigerator and cook your chicken as usual.
The tumeric pineapple was incredibly tasty. I think I actually said, “Wow.” I will always refer to this post and AK for marinades.
Glad you loved it! I use these ones all the time.
Can you use normal soy sauce instead of tamari for the sweet turmeric recipe?
Yes that will work!
These are the absolute best marinades! The curry yogurt and Cilantro lime are our new favorites! We will be trying the Greek Lemon and the Tumeric pineapple again this week!
So happy to hear that! That curry yogurt is one of my absolute favs 🙂
I have been reading about using moist methods of cooking as it produces less harmful carcinogens than dry heat methods. What marinade can I use for braised BL/SL breasts?
I think any of them would be delicious, but might just skip the curry yogurt one if you’re braising. Enjoy!
Can you use the same marinade more than once? Like use the marinade one day and use it the day after?
I would refresh your marinade with each use!
Love your recipes ! Just wanted to clarify, the recipe states that each marinade is for 1 lb of chicken, but in your comments to a few people you state that each marinade is for 4 oz of chicken, which one is correct ?
Hi Sandy! Thanks so much for clarifying – each marinade will make enough for 1lb of chicken (I just used a 4oz chicken breast in the photo examples).
I was looking for some Healthy Chicken Marinades for the 4th & found your website! What a “sparkler”; Four, yes 4 Deliciously Different & Healthy Marinade recipes!! Mission Accomplished ~ thank you Much…
Just pan grilled the curry yogurt breasts after marinating them overnight…all I Can say is WOW. 😳
So good!!
Are the herbs you use fresh or dried?
I use fresh cilantro and then usually use dried basil + oregano!
I would love to do a bunch of these and not not cook right away. Can I put the marinade and chicken together in a freezer bag and freeze it to pull out and thaw at a later date?
thaw and cook that is.
I haven’t tried it, but I think that should work! I probably wouldn’t freeze the yogurt marinades, but the others should be fine 🙂
Is there a recipe for these to be made in a slow cooker and where would I be able to purchase “Just bare chicken” if I wanted to?
I believe you can just add these marinated chicken breasts to your slow cooker for about 4-5 hours on low or 2-3 hours on high (until they’re no long pink!) And take a look here to find Just BARE at a local store 🙂 I get mine from Target!
Do you have the nutrition information for the recipes?
I didn’t calculate it for these marinades!
Trying the Greek Lemon chicken today but what would thebe ingredients be for 1 chicken breast. I have to do it seperately as my daughter doesn’t like lemon.
You can just marinate the one chicken breast in the above ingredients!
Do you put olive oil in the bag/dish for marinating?
Yep! I add everything in the ingredients list for the marinade into the bag.
Just made the yogurt curry one! soooooo good! made the chicken so tender! I cut them really thin and then grilled them! also I got 3 chicken breasts out of the one recipe! Thank you!
Amazing! Love that one. So glad you enjoyed!
Lovely ideas – and really tasty!
Just wondering if anyone has calculated the nutritional information per 100g for each marinated chicken breast?
These are great go-to’s! Enjoy 🙂
The food is great and not hard to do! Thank you for sharing how this dish came to us!
LOL … I guess I should re-read a recipe before I jump in …I thought ALL of these recipes were yogurt based so tonight we are having Greek lemon yogurt chicken .. wondered afterwards why only the one recipe listed yogurt as an ingredient …oh well …fingers crossed it tastes good .
Oops! I hope you found a marinade that worked out well!
Hahaha!!!! Yogurt is good on everything, I’m sure they were all delicious! But very funny, LOL!
The article you have shared here very good. This is really interesting information for me. Thanks for sharing!
Do you think you can make the marinades- put the chicken in- and freeze it? the just take it out and let it defrost in the fridge that way it will defrost and marinade the same time. What do you think?
Hi Amy! I did some research and it looks like this should work out!
This is great, That’s a great website, it really is what I was looking for, thank you for sharing!
The article you have shared here very good. This is really interesting information for me. Thanks for sharing!
Did I miss it? How many pounds of chicken for these recipes?
Nevermind…just saw it 🙁
Just want to double check each marinade is for 1lb of chicken right? Thank you for tasty recipes 🙂
I used each marinade for one chicken breast, which is approx. 4oz (so about 1/4 lb)!
thank you for all of these, so nice that you’ve put together four of them! Always nice to have a lot of options to keep chicken from being boring!
Agreed! I hope you get to try them all out!
Thank you for your video
Pinning this to keep my meals interesting this summer! Thanks!
Perfect – these marinades will definitely spice things up!
We marinate chicken in marinade. Not the same word.
Have you seen the documentary on Netflix called What the Health? I enjoy your recipes and plan to use several of them as we make dietary changes. I thought that you might like this documentary as you are very “health conscious”.
I haven’t seen it yet, but have heard about it! It’s on my list to watch. Glad you’ve enjoyed these!
Can you please provide instructions for baking? Thanks!
Hi Carly! You bet, here’s what I do – for drumsticks: bake for 40-50 minutes at 400 degrees F with the thicker part of the drumstick to the outside of the pan. For chicken breasts: bake for about 20 minutes at 400 degrees F.
I’m so glad you asked about the baking 🙂 I was about to also and thanks for responding to the comment. I’m making the cilantro one Tuesday.
Oh that curry yogurt has my name all over it! Love the videos Monique! <3
Right?? So good! Thanks girl 🙂
Hi, thanks so much for the recipe. i was trying to figure out do i scrape the excess marinade off especially for the yogurt one? Thanks so much!
Nope! No need to scrape the marinade off before grilling.