How to marinate chicken to make it delicious?

Chicken usually needs to be marinated before cooking, which can make the meat firmer and the flavor richer. The flavor of the marinated chicken can be adjusted according to your own preferences. The marinating time is generally two to four hours, which will have a better effect.

Method 1:

1. Choose any part of the chicken to marinate. The marinade is delicious with chicken breasts, thighs, drumsticks, and wings. You can choose to marinate the whole chicken, or cut it up. You can choose boneless or bone-in.

2. Wash the chicken and pat dry. This will remove any lingering smell from the packaging and allow the chicken to better absorb the flavor of the marinade.

3. Place raw chicken and marinade in food storage containers. Find a box that is just big enough to hold the chicken so that you can pour the marinade over the chicken and cover all parts of the chicken. Put the lid back on when you are done. If you don't have a glass or plastic storage container, you can use a plastic bag.

Do not use a metal box as the metal element will react chemically with the ingredients in the marinade and change the taste of the chicken.

4. Refrigerate the chicken for at least 4 hours. At this time, the flavor of the marinade will be integrated into the chicken. You can marinate the chicken for four hours or just leave it in the refrigerator overnight.

Method 2:

1. Crush the garlic and other fresh ingredients. In order to allow these fresher ingredients like garlic, onion, chili and ginger to penetrate deeper into the chicken, it is important to grind them as finely as possible. This allows the flavor to be absorbed into all parts of the chicken instead of just one part.

2. Mix all ingredients well. Place all the seasoning ingredients in a bowl and mix well with a mixing stick. The oil should be mixed with all the other ingredients, not separately.

3. You can put all the seasonings in a blender for a few seconds and blend them thoroughly.

4. Some cooks like to put all the ingredients in a jar and shake it vigorously.

5. Don't worry about whether you have prepared the marinade according to the recipe. The beauty of cooking is that you can substitute a lot of ingredients in a marinade. If you don’t have an ingredient, see what you have and easily substitute.