Spicy Asian Grilled Chicken Marinade. A quick and easy marinade with orange juice, jalapenos, white pepper and fresh ginger! A serious Flavor bomb!
If you follow me on Instagram and watch my IG stories, then you may have noticed that we have been doing a big food prep day every weekend. This basically consists of me prepping some proteins and veggies and my husband grilling them.
He packs all of his work lunches, we have dinner from it and more leftover food for quick lunches for me and the kids during the week. It’s awesome and I’ve been working up some really good marinades and grilled veggie ideas to share with you.
This first one is my Spicy Asian Grilled Chicken Marinade. It’s made with jalepenos, fresh ginger, scallions, orange juice, toasted sesame oil and ground white pepper.
It’s ridiculously easy and a total flavor bomb. This is one where you need to think just slightly ahead though because the chicken is best when it sits in this marinade all day or even better – overnight.
As for the spiciness, I’ve been using one large jalapeno (with seeds and ribs) and on a 1 to 5 scale, I would give the finished chicken a solid 2.5. It’s a tad too spicy for the kids but not at all “super spicy”.
If you want to really kick it up, use two jalapenos! Can’t wait to hear what you think of this 🙂
Another favorite weeknight meal that has been making its way into our rotation is this Paleo Orange Chicken!
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Spicy Asian Grilled Chicken Marinade. A quick and easy marinade with orange juice, jalapenos, white pepper and fresh ginger! A serious Flavor bomb!
- 4 scallions finely chopped
- 2.5 inches fresh ginger root peeled and finely chopped
- 1 whole medium jalapeno finely chopped
- 1/4 cup toasted sesame oil
- 2 medium oranges juiced
- 1 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 3 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs
- Add rough chopped scallions, peeled ginger and jalapeno to food processor bowl fitted with the chopping blade. Process until finely chopped.
- Add toasted sesame oil, orange juice, salt and white pepper and pulse until combined.
- Pour over chicken, cover (or use a ziploc type bag) and refrigerate until ready to use - at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours.
- When ready to cook, preheat your grill to medium heat. Once hot, add chicken, close lid and grill undisturbed for approx. 7 to 9 minutes.
- Flip chicken thighs and grill on remaining side for 5 to 6 minutes or until cooked through to internal temperature of 165F / all juices run clear. Enjoy!
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Love this recipe. Very nice
Thank you so much!
Could you use chicken breasts instead ?
Yep!!!
Such a great easy recipe to make! I served it with an Asian slaw and rice.. used 3 green chillis (not jalapeños, can’t get those in my local supermarket).. was the perfect spiciness for my kids, we all ate the lot 🙂
Love it!! Sounds like a perfect dinner Abi!
what may I use instead of toasted sesame oil?
Hi Jenny! Toasted sesame oil adds a LOT of the flavor to this marinade! You can sub peanut oil or another flavorful oil but just know that the taste will be very different than intended.
Are you using the jalapeno seeds?
Yes!
Please use measurements and not”juice of 2 oranges” or “4 chicken thighs”.
Wow, a free recipe complete with pictures and detailed step by step explanation isn’t enough for u to express gratitude. Smh
I appreciate that Cindy! Hope you love the marinade 🙂
Thank you for all of your recipes Ms. Maven 🙂 I have loved everything of yours I’ve made! I made this earlier this week. This marinade is a game changer! I am a sauce and marinade lover and this blew me away. My sister dropped by and once she smelled the grilled chicken she stayed for dinner. We both could hardly stopped eating it. It was even better cold the next day on a salad. Oh my, so easy and such a winner! Thank you,
Barbara
Wonderful Barbara! Thank you for the kind words and for taking the time to comment. So happy you loved this one!
This looks and sounds amazing. I love a great marinade.
Me too! Such an easy way to add so much flavor!
I need to get better about batch cooking and meal prep. This marinade definitely needs to go on the grill menu this weekend – a flavor bomb indeed!
Yes! so much flavor and so little work – that’s the best 😉
This looks so flavorful and delish! I haven’t gotten into meal prepping AT ALL… but really want to start.
It’s such a pain in the ass in the beginning but once you get into the swing of it, it’s really a huge time-saver for busy weekdays!
Total flavor bomb is right, it sounds amazing!
Thanks Kimberly!
This looks like such an amazing marinade! I can’t wait to try it!
Come back and let me know how you like it Jessica!
Holy Yum Yum!!!
Just made this….outstanding!!
Yay! So glad you loved it Sarah!!
Definitely trying this one! Love these flavors!
Thanks Stephanie – can’t wait to hear what you think!