Vinegar Grilled Chicken

  4.3 – 49 reviews  • Chicken Breast

a tasty marinade for grilling chicken.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Additional Time: 4 hrs
Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 chicken breasts

Ingredients

  1. ⅔ cup water
  2. ⅔ cup white wine vinegar
  3. 1 tablespoon fresh-ground black pepper
  4. 2 tablespoons garlic salt
  5. 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  6. 1 tablespoon hot sauce
  7. 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
  8. 4 (10 ounce) bone-in chicken breast halves

Instructions

  1. Place the water, vinegar, pepper, salt, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and melted margarine into a large, resealable plastic bag. Shake to combine ingredients, then add chicken, seal, and shake to coat. Place in refrigerator to marinate at least 4 hours.
  2. Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat, and lightly oil grate. Remove chicken from marinade, and shake off excess. Discard remaining marinade.
  3. Cook on preheated grill until no longer pink in the center; about 10 minutes per side.
  4. The nutrition data for this recipe includes information for the full amount of the marinade ingredients. Depending on marinating time, ingredients, cooking method, etc., the actual amount of the marinade consumed will vary.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 400 kcal
Carbohydrate 4 g
Cholesterol 162 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 60 g
Saturated Fat 3 g
Sodium 3134 mg
Sugars 1 g
Fat 15 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Ronald Marshall
This is my favorite gilled chicken recipe. I omitted the butter/oil, and doubled the vinegar. Marinated for 24 hours.
Peter Martin
moist chicken with hint of vinegar. add Monterey seasoning to chicken before grilling.
Adam Wilson
Wow! So tender, juicy and flavorful! I’m prone to burn my grilled chicken when I use sauces. These turned out beautifully. One week ago we had this for the first time. The family loved it! I’ve managed to hold out 7 days despite my kids begging for it. Tonight’s the night…finally! Perfect the say it is- no changes, except I increased the time given to marinate.
Caitlin James
Everyone loved it! Marinated about 24 hours. Used regular white vinegar because I had it on hand. Delicious.
Ross Hamilton
This was delicious, although I did tweak the recipe based on what I had and what I thought would go well. First as another person stated I switched out the Worcestershire for soy sauce. Also I switched out the margarine for sesame oil and used saracha as the hot sauce. I marinated five chicken thighs for about 18 hours. I ended up baking them in a cast iron pan with foil over the top for a hour at 400 degrees, removed the foil and cooked for about ten then broiled them for around five minutes. They came our moist, up to temperature and full of flavor.
Jeffrey Torres
very good. I never eat the skin on chicken but did this time. so crispy! chicken remained very most.
John Martin
I use my George Foreman grill a lot for grilled chicken and this was no exception so I cannot comment using an outdoor grill. However, I followed the instructions but ran out of vinegar so I used a bit of apple cider vinegar and fresh lemon juice to make up the difference. I used 5 chicken boneless chicken from Sam’s and had to pound a couple of them to get the thickness that I needed to get them all equal in thickness. I cooked them for 5 mins with top down and they were all very juicy and flavorful. Grill marks will appear on the top only because of all the juices on the bottom so I cook 3 mins and then flip over over for 2 more mins. Just a preference. Only problem was that I did not make enough! Next time will double and then cut up for a grilled chicken green salad the following day. Excellent!
Lacey Burns
Vinegar Grilled Chicken Haiku: “Very moist chicken, sad that it lacked flavor punch. Ate over salad.” Used olive oil and marinated my chicken cutlets for 4 hrs. b4 grilling and while very moist, they didn’t taste like a whole lot of much, so I’m glad that I sliced it over a salad rather than making it a “starring” entree protein.
Katelyn Andrade
I love this. My son who is a picky eater loves it too. I did make two changes. I use olive oil instead of butter and garlic powder instead of garlic salt. I think this needs to be in everyone’s recipe box.
Denise Steele
I followed the recipe but using olive oil and twice the chili sauce., and baked it for 50 min at 350. Tasted too vinegary for me. Edible and juicy, but not to my taste. I will not be making this one again.
Eric Watts
I switched the margarine for olive oil and marinated for 6 hours. It was delicious; definitely going to make this again!
Kevin Dougherty
This has become my go-to grilled chicken. My family of 6 unanimously loves this recipe — which is almost unheard of. Flavors are best when the chicken marinates over night (and until dinner time), and I prefer drumsticks to chicken breasts. Otherwise, I follow this recipe precisely. FYI, this recipe is perfect for one family pack of drumsticks (13 pieces), and I make the marinade right in the gallon-size ZipLoc bag and add in the chicken. No clean up! Enjoy!
Brenda Gonzalez
Great chicken !
Justin Curry
I am giving this 3 stars because as written it is very salty. The marinade has a nice flavor but again for our taste its too salty. I think using either garlic powder or fresh would make the difference. I will try this again using powder or fresh garlic. Also, I used red wine vinegar because I didn’t have white on hand.
Timothy Harris
Very good! I used chicken thighs and they were very moist and flavorful! There was a slightly salty taste, however, it was sort of like teriaki. I will use this recipe again!
James Haas
Made this but used a Raspberry Balsamic Vinaigrette instead of white wine. Very good.
Alice Gonzalez
Really, really good. Especially cold the next day. The vinegar flavor really makes it over the top! Used red wine vinegar and subbed olive oil for the margarine. Also, baked in the oven.
Casey Leonard
this was very good.. i doubled the hot sauce and left out the margarine.. used on boneless/skinless thighs and legs.. marinated for 24 hrs.. cooked it on the foreman.. and it came out perfect.. spicy, vinegary, and moist.. ty for the recipe
Amy Cervantes
I didn’t have white wine vinegar, but apple cider vinegar was a fine substitute. Also used Franks hot sauce and wayyyyy more than 1TB, probably more like 1cup of hot sauce. Used a flavor injector to really get it in the chicken and then marinated it for a few hours. Super yummy, and not too spicy for my 2 year old
Gloria Martinez
OH wow, oh yum, I’m a convert. I usually eschew the breast of the chicken because it’s too dry, but this recipe made the meat tender, juicy and so tasty. Marinated 24 hours, made the following modifications to suit personal taste: 1 Tbsp garlic powder + 1/2 Tbsp sea salt instead of garlic salt; about half the hot sauce due to kids; and EVOO instead of butter. What decided me to try this recipe on some chicken breasts I was unsure what to do with was another reviewer’s comment that this recipe gave the chicken the tang you usually only find in restaurants. Very true, and as a result this will go into my regular rotation.
Dr. Jessica Brown
Made it exactly as written. LOVED IT!!! One change for next time… I will use garlic POWDER instead of garlic salt. It was a tad on the salty side.

 

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