Keep the juice in your possession the next time you go for the final pickle in the jar. Grilled chicken that has been marinated in pickle juice is incredibly tender. You must like dill pickles, albeit the pickle flavor is not overpowering, to appreciate this.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 4 hrs |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 skinless chicken thighs
- 1 ½ cups dill pickle juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon seasoned salt
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon freeze-dried dill
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Place chicken thighs in a gallon-sized resealable bag. Pour pickle juice over the chicken. Seal bag and refrigerate for 4 hours.
- Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
- Whisk olive oil, seasoned salt, paprika, dill, and pepper together. Remove chicken from pickle juice; discard the juice. Brush all sides of the chicken with the seasoned oil.
- Grill chicken for 6 minutes. Flip and grill until no longer pink in the center, about 6 minutes more.
- Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of pickle juice. The actual amount consumed will vary.
Reviews
Very good. Used leftover Claussen pickle juice and marinated overnight.
This was so delicious! Thank you for the idea and recipe, Nicole. I doubled the recipe and next time won’t double the salt. The brine I used was on the salty side so a full teaspoon was a bit too much
Made it exactly as written and it was great. The only changes I may make next time is use half pickle juice and a little water. Also, I have fresh baby dill I think would have a little more zip. Will definitely make again!
Fantastic recipe – one note about the sodium per serving another person mentioned. That number includes ALL the pickle juice. You’d have to drink the marinade to reach that sodium level per serving. Dump the marinade after using and enjoy your pickle chicken!
Try it with Bread and Butter pickle brine- I had used all of the left over dill pickle brine. It was Amazing! and the flavor is really great! Try this with caramelized onions over the top- its really good! We have had this made both ways, but use chx breasts. When doing the dill pickle brine version -I used fresh finely chopped dill, and the flavor of the fresh dill is so much better.