so today I'm sharing with you guys five different healthy chicken marinades that
you can use one for basically every day of the workweek because let's face it
chicken plane by itself can get really boring
but the good thing is you could have a lot of different flavors and a lot of
different ways that you can have it and you can marinate this and then have it
on hand for the whole week so if you're new don't forget to subscribe and let's
get into it so the first marinade we are making is this coconut curry one I'm
starting off with some full fat coconut milk really great for your gut health
and a great healthy fat to that I'm adding in the juice of half of a lime
really helps to give it lots of flavor and then I'm adding in a little bit of
freshly cracked pepper along with a pinch of Himalayan salt and you can do
both the salt and pepper to taste and then I'm adding in about a teaspoon
of this curry paste along with a little bit of olive oil and then all you have
to do is whisk back together until everything is nice and combined and
smooth and what's great is that this marinade is really quick to make and
then all I do is I take my chicken and I like getting chicken thighs I find they
have a lot more flavor than chicken breasts and they're not also as dry plus
I find them to be more filling than a chicken breast because they have some of
that fat on there which is really not only gonna stabilize your blood sugar
and fill you up but it's really great for you so then I just add the marinade
into my bag lock it up and then you are good to go it's a really simple recipe
what's great is that these are also freezer friendly so you can definitely
throw this in the freezer if you're not going to be eating it within the next
couple days the next one is a classic lemon garlic so this one is more of a
basic one that you can use with many different vegetables because it's kind
of got more of a neutral flavor to it so I'm starting off with some lemon juice
as well as some lemon zest both the juice and the zest of lemon have tons of
vitamin C we're always healthy vitamin C great for collagen production great for
your immune system for your adrenals vitamin C is just always great to have
more F so I'm testing some the lemon in there and then I'm going to
be adding in a fresh clove of garlic that I'm just grading you could also
mince it up but since I was already assessing the lemon I thought I might as
well just grate the garlic over top so to do that finely and I just did one
medium-sized clove and then I'm adding in some freshly ground of pepper as well
and I find that the lemon and the pepper also really go well together
a little bit of Himalayan salt you guys know it's my staple salt it's a better
salt for you than your traditional salt because it's got lots of trace minerals
in it I'm adding in some olive oil and then whisking that together and with
olive oil you really want to make sure you get a good quality olive oil you
want to make sure that it's in a dark bottle that way doesn't get rancid you
also want to look for a harvest date and you want it to be organic so those are
some of the things I look for Wednes really trying to find a good
olive oil and the great thing is Costco even has great options I get mine at
Costco and yeah it's really affordable so you just pay attention to a couple
little things and just do your homework you can get really affordable options so
I add the marinade in there lock it up and there we go we have our lemon garlic
marinade next up I have a honey garlic which is more of an asian-inspired one
so I'm starting off with coconut aminos which is basically a healthier
alternative to soy sauce it's made from coconut I'm adding in some lime juice
and this combo the coconut aminos on its own is definitely a great staple gives
it a really nice Asian flavor but I'm gonna add in some ginger as well fresh
ginger is warming it's great for digestion it's one of the best things
that you can eat along with garlic going in to the cooler months as well because
it really helps the support in Ian's system it's great for information again
adding in some of the olive oil and then you can also add in a little bit of
pepper too I kind of just do this - most of my marinades and then I'm also adding
in a small teaspoon of honey just to really get that like honey garlic flavor
whisk that all together and then you have a great basic honey garlic marinade
sauce really flavorful so again I'm just taking my chicken and I add it to these
silicone bags and these are called stasher bags is the brand and basically
it's a healthier alternative plastic so when we use lots of plastic
bags especially if we're marinating or we're leaving it in there for a long
time the plastic can actually lead into our food and then we consume it and we
burden our bodies with lots of plastic so I really like these reusable silicone
ones you can also heat them up and they're heat stable which is really good
so I like using these and I'm gonna link it down below but you can get them on
Amazon next up we're making a balsamic a basil marinade so of course you need
some balsamic vinegar a couple tablespoons of that along with some
pepper and I will leave all of the measurements down below and for each of
them I'm putting in a couple of chicken thighs I would suggest one breast or
about two chicken thighs per measurement that I leave down below but you can
easily double triple or quadruple that as well so basil olive oil and then
again putting that into my bag and pouring it in this is a great thing to
do also with a bunch of chicken so if you want to try and one every week and
like this week you want to do like coconut curry all you have to do is make
a big bag of it and then I would just leave it in there and just make your
chicken whenever you want so you want to let it sit for a minimum of about four
hours to really get the flavor in there but after that it's up to you and then
we're making a fajita lime so I'm using some olive oil as well as some lime
juice I feel like fajita lime really goes well
together so just squeeze the juice of that in there you can also use the lime
juice that you can just get at the grocery store for this and to that I'm
adding in some taco seasoning I use the one from simply organic because I just
find it easier to buy it already made than to buy all the separate different
spices that go into it but if you can't find taco seasoning I will leave a DIY
recipe in the description box with all the different spices that go into it and
the ratios and everything in case you want to make your own but like I said I
just find it easier to buy the taco seasoning as is as opposed to buy all
the different spices separately so put that into my bag I ran out of small bags
we're using any larger stasher bag and then you are good to go alright guys I
hope you enjoyed these marinades if you try them out be sure to tag me so that I
can share let me know which one you're most excited to try or which one you
think would be your favorite I think my favorite is probably the coconut
I just I'm really into that flavor right now especially with the fall time but
the runner-up is probably like a lemon garlic but I also like the honey garlic
so I mean they're all really good anyways I hope you guys are all having a
great day and I will see you in my next video bye guys