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citrus marinade for chicken
Victoria Haneveer

Lemon Orange Citrus Chicken Marinade

This citrus chicken marinade recipe features two kinds of citrus, sage, ginger, soy sauce and garlic. You can also add a little salt or hot sauce for flavor if you want. You will need two lemons to get half a cup of lemon juice but only one orange to get half a cup of orange juice. Fresh juices are better for chicken marinades than canned or bottled ones. Why not make a citrus chicken marinade to flavor your poultry for tonight's dinner? Chicken is an economical ingredient and you can easily flavor it using herbs and spices which you might already have in the house. Using citrus also helps to tenderize the chicken. This is one of the freshest tasting chicken marinade recipes.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Marinating 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 35 minutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
 

  • 1/2 cup (125ml) lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt or a few drops of Tabasco sauce
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon rubbed sage or a few chopped fresh sage leaves
  • 1/2 cup (125ml) orange juice
  • 3 chopped garlic cloves
  • 1 1/2 inch piece peeled, minced fresh ginger

Method
 

  1. Combine the juices, garlic, ginger, salt or Tabasco, soy sauce and sage in a blender and puree.
  2. If you do not have a blender you can finely chop everything by hand.
  3. Add the marinade and 8 chicken pieces to a Ziploc bag and leave it in the refrigerator overnight or for at least a few hours.
  4. Grill or broil the chicken until it is done.