My Daughter's Kitchen: Easiest grilled chicken recipe

Barbecued chicken thighs , Photo by Maureen Fitzgerald
Barbecued chicken thighs , Photo by Maureen Fitzgerald
Posted: April 12, 2012

An excerpt from the blog "My Daughter's Kitchen."

I have long wished for a good marinade for chicken on the grill.

My requirements: that it be not too sweet, not too gloppy, not too complicated, not too expensive. I wanted a flavor profile that would appeal to adults and children, that could easily be expanded to feed a crowd, and would be an easy go-to, that could be thrown together with little effort, with ingredients already in the pantry.

With this recipe, from Nina Simonds new cookbook, Simple Asian Meals, I have found the winner. (Although there is really nothing Asian about it.)

Nina combines a bottle of Italian salad dressing, ketchup, soy sauce and garlic. Since I rarely buy bottled dressing, I just subbed my favorite homemade vinaigrette. And even still, the making of the marinade was a five-minute task.

But the real genius of this recipe is that it calls for boneless, skinless chicken thighs, which are readily available now in most supermarkets. Thighs are so much more flavorful, with dark meat that doesn't dry out and is so much more forgiving to a little too much time or heat on the grill. And since they are boneless, they cooked no time, about five minutes on each side over medium high heat on the grill.

I made the recipe with about six chicken thighs, the first time around and it was so good, my husband and I scarfed them all down in one sitting. I look forward to using this recipe over and over, whenever we are looking for simple and tasty chicken on the grill.

Contact Maureen Fitzgerald at 215-854-5744 or mfitzgerald@phillynews.com, or follow on Twitter @mydaughterskit. Read her blog, "My Daughter's Kitchen" at www.philly.com/mydaughter.

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