A quick and easy marinade for chicken that is full of flavor and makes grilling, sautéing, or baking delicious chicken a snap.
This chicken marinade is one of my go-to recipes. I use it all the time when I need some chicken cooked up for a variety of uses. I most often use it to make grilled chicken to eat throughout the week on salads for my lunch. I find that if I have a container of grilled and sliced chicken breast ready to eat in the fridge, I’m more likely to throw a salad together when I’m hungry than eating the kid’s left-over peanut butter sandwiches.
I also like this recipe because while it is ranch flavored, it’s a subtle ranch flavor and works well when added to basically anything. Like tonight, I’m using the chicken on top of fettuccine alfredo and I’ve used it inside of casseroles and wrapped up in burritos, too!
It’s pretty self-explanatory. Just mix all the ingredients up, pour over some chicken and let marinade for 4-24 hours. The longer you let it marinade, the better the flavor so if you plan ahead you’ll have some mighty fine chicken on your hands!
Garlic Ranch Chicken Marinade
A quick and easy marinade for chicken that is full of flavor and makes grilling, sautéing, or baking delicious chicken a snap.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons or 1 pkg. ranch dressing mix
- 1 tbsp garlic salt
- 2 tbsp water
- 1/4 C olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and pour over 2-3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts in a gallon sized ziplock bag. Let marinade in the refrigerator for 4-24 hours.
- Cook as desired, seasoning lightly with salt before cooking.
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Looks so simple and delicious!
I need to start experimenting with marinades more often. Your chicken looks delish!
Love that this has subtle flavor so that you can use so many different ingredients with it. Also great that it’s quick & easy and has make-ahead options!
This chicken looks fabulous! I can just imagine it paired with some pasta and maybe some asparagus… perfect!!
I love chicken off the grill. Thanks for the great recipe, Heather!
Do you think I could substitute the ranch mix with actual ranch dressing for this marinade?
I think I’d be afraid of the dressing burning when cooking, so I’d stick with the mix. If you try it though, let me know!
Hello Heather,
I just tried your Chicken Ranch marinade and it was delicious! This is going to be my new favorite.
It was so tasty and so moist.
Thanks
Joan
The end product was delicious. Thanks! So moist and tasty.
This sounds yummy! Looking forward to trying.
Question though…Is it really 1 Tablespoon of garlic salt or did you mean 1 teaspoon garlic salt?
Very good chicken. 🙂
Can this be frozen or should it just be like the day of marinade?
Perfect recipe for a busy day! Quick, not a lot of fuss, yet beautiful flavor!
I love it in my Buffalo chicken, this ranch chicken pasta, and now that it s grill season I decided to make a chicken marinade with it. Yup!