Seasoning & Marinade Ideas… Easy Recipes For Chicken
Sunday, May 16th, 2010Seasoning & Marinade Ideas: Easy Recipes For Chicken
This is a question I got from someone after turning them on to BBQChickenRecipeLovers …
I’m not very good with seasonings, everything always ends up too salty. Are there any easy recipes for chicken, even I won’t mess up?
For a minute, it made me realize, we must all start there.. That got me thinking.. Hmmm?
Before I give you one of my simple solutions to using seasonings and salts, please allow me to point you toward our many recipes for chicken here on the site. There are a few that only take several minutes to prep.
Click here to look around or Click here for a couple of our top favorites.
Okay, back to the rest of your question… I remember when I was first starting to use spices. There were some dishes that even the dog turned down and believe me, that was tough to do. Never the less, I had a few tricks I could always count on…
Now please folks, don’t laugh but when I wanted to make a nice chicken dinner and didn’t know where to start when it came to seasoning chicken, I’d reach for the italian salad dressing. That’s right, italian salad dressing.
I mean come on, who doesn’t like italian dressing? I’m sure there are a few but hear me out…
I knew I liked the flavor of italian salad dressing by mixing the two on my plate for so long, so I’d just strain out the seasonings and presto! An instant chicken seasoning that worked with most of my simple dinner ideas.
If you want a simple marinade instead of just a good seasoning, try pouring a little italian dressing directly over your chicken and then add 2 times that amount of your favorite bbq sauce (here’s a link to one of our favorites).
The reason I say that is because I have found the best mix, in my opinion, was 2/3 bbq sauce to 1/3 italian dressing. Please experiment with this idea and see what works best for you. I really don’t think you can go wrong.
And lastly, if you have a tendency of making your seasonings to salty… Try using some powders instead of salts.
I noticed that when I changed from garlic salt to garlic powder, the flavor was no different and I had actually done something better for my health.
Next time you are reaching for the salts, look around and see what you have in powders that you can substitute with.
Hope this helps some of you who are new to the spice rack.
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