Beer Marinated Chicken ( A Collection of Beer Marinade Recipes)

Beer Marinated Chicken ( A Collection of Beer Marinade Recipes)

How to prepare a juicy, flavorful beer marinated chicken every time and vary the choice of beer marinade.

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Prep Time: 5

Total Time: 5

Servings:

Author: Milena Perrine

Ingredients

Chili Garlic Lager Marinade

12 oz Munich helles lager or Czech pils
3-4 green onions
2 tablespoon chili garlic sauce
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
¼ cup soy sauce
2 tablespoon lime juice
¼ cup vegetable oil

Honey Citrus Wheat Ale Marinade

12 oz wheat ale American or Belgian wit
1 lemon or ½ preserved lemon
2 tangerines or 1 orange
1 lime
2-3 cloves garlic
5-6 sprigs thyme
¼ cup olive oil
2 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper

Mexican Beer Marinade

12 oz Mexican lager light or dark (such as Negra Modelo, which is really a Vienna lager)
1 lime
1 jalapeno
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon Mexican dried oregano
1 teaspoon chili powder
2 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

Chili Garlic Lager Marinade

Squeeze the lime juice and measure out 2 tbsp. Chop the green onions. Add the ingredients to a bowl (use a large one if marinating a whole chicken) and pour the beer last. Whisk to combine. Submerge the chicken, coat on all sides, cover with plastic wrap and let marinate.

Honey Citrus Wheat Ale Marinade

Zest the lime and the tangerines/orange and squeeze their juices in a bowl. If using fresh lemon – zest it and squeeze 1 tablespoon of its juice, if preserved lemons – remove the pulp and slice thinly. Mince the garlic. Place all the ingredients in a container or zip lock bag and add the wheat ale last. Whisk to combine, submerge the chicken meat and let marinade. Pat dry and season with salt and pepper before cooking.

Mexican Beer Marinade

Mince the garlic, zest the lime and squeeze its juice, thinly slice the jalapeno. Place all the ingredients in a bowl – add the Mexican lager last, then whisk. Submerge chicken meat and let marinate.

Notes

The marinades listed above are appropriate for all types of chicken meat, including a whole chicken.

The yield is sufficient to marinate:

a large whole chicken
about 6-8 chicken breasts
about 10-12 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
about 8-10 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
about 10-12 drumsticks
about 24 chicken wings

Marinate the chicken for 2 to 12 hours.

Pat the chicken dry once you take it out of the beer marinade and season it with salt and pepper.

Don't baste the chicken with used marinade for health safety reasons. Refer to the post for details.

Nutritional information is meaningless in the case of a marinade which does not get consumed per se but rather infuses the chicken meat with flavor. Therefore none is noted.

Nutrition

Serving: 4Servings