Grilled Marmalade Chicken is an easy to make dish, featuring chicken breasts basted with a flavorful orange marmalade, lime, and ginger sauce.
Looking for a simple, but delectable main dish? Read on, and see how easy it is to make flavorful grilled marmalade chicken!
Boneless chicken breasts get added flavor from an easy-to-make citrus sauce, which can be made in about a minute!
Place lightly seasoned chicken onto a BBQ or indoor grill, baste with the sauce, cook… and BOOM! About 12 minutes later, you will be sitting down to enjoy this delicious dish. Here’s how to make it.
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Make The Marmalade Sauce
The marmalade sauce is the real star of this show, and it only takes a minute to make using 3 items (orange marmalade, a lime, and fresh ginger), and it’s packed with flavor!
Place orange marmalade, fresh lime juice, finely grated lime zest, and grated fresh ginger in a small bowl. Stir well, to combine the ingredients.
That’s it! See how easy it is to make this sauce for the chicken? Set the sauce aside for a moment while you prep the chicken breasts.
Prepare The Chicken Breasts
Pat four, thin (4 oz. each), boneless chicken breasts dry using paper towels, to absorb excess moisture.
Lightly season the chicken with salt and pepper. The next (and final) step is to grill the chicken.
To Grill Outside Or Inside?
There are two ways to grill the chicken. You can grill it outside over medium-hot coals on a BBQ grill, OR you can cook them inside on a grill ridged pan (as shown below).
Either way will work, and the process is the same! The chicken cooks very quickly, so I find it more convenient to cook this dish inside, rather than taking extra time to heat charcoal briquettes on our BBQ grill outside. Whichever method you prefer, go for it!
Making Grilled Marmalade Chicken
If cooking inside, generously oil the grill pan (if using outside, lightly oil the grill grates). You don’t want the chicken to stick!
Turn the heat to Medium-High and add the seasoned chicken breasts once the grill is very hot (but not smoking).
Baste the top of each chicken breast with the marmalade sauce (use ½ the total amount), reserving the remaining sauce for later.
Cook the chicken breasts for 6 minutes, without moving them, on the hot grill.
After the chicken has cooked for 6 minutes, flip the chicken breasts to the other side (shown below). Brush the remaining marmalade sauce over the top of each piece.
Continue to cook the chicken an additional 5-6 minutes, or until it’s cooked through, with an internal temperature of 165°F.
TIP: During the last minute of cooking, you can turn the chicken back over to further brown the first side before serving.
Serve The Grilled Marmalade Chicken
Transfer the grilled marmalade chicken from the heat source and place on serving plates. Serve immediately, while hot.
I am confident you’ll enjoy the bright, tangy flavor of this citrus sauce-topped chicken! It’s such a simple recipe.
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- Crunchy Buttermilk Fried Chicken
- Creamy Chicken Primavera
- Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
- Chicken Enchilada Meatballs
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Original recipe source: Beth Evins, in “Southern Living 1992 Annual Recipes”, page 123, published by Oxmoor House
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Grilled Marmalade Chicken is an easy to make dish, featuring chicken breasts basted with a flavorful orange marmalade, lime, and ginger sauce.
- 4 boneless chicken breasts (thin, 4 ounces each)
- ½ teaspoon salt to lightly season chicken
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper to lightly season chicken
- 3 Tablespoons orange marmalade
- 2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice
- ¼ teaspoon lime zest finely grated green peel
- ½ Tablespoon fresh grated ginger
Place marmalade, lime juice, lime zest, and grated ginger in a small bowl. Stir well, to combine.
Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Lightly season with salt and pepper.
If cooking inside, generously oil the grill pan (if using outside, lightly oil grates). Turn heat to Medium-High; add chicken once grill is hot (but not smoking). Baste top of each piece with sauce (use ½ the total amount), reserving remaining sauce for later. Cook chicken breasts 6 minutes, without moving them.
Turn chicken breasts over. Brush remaining sauce on top of each piece. Continue to cook 5-6 more minutes, or until cooked to an internal temperature of 165°F. During last minute of cooking, you can turn chicken back over to further brown first side before serving. When done, remove chicken from heat source; transfer to plates, and serve hot. Enjoy!
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