Peruvian Chicken Marinade

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by Flawless C Designed
8 thighs
12 hr 30 min

This chicken marinade is my families’ all-time favorite chicken recipe. Ok, I know what you are thinking…grilling in February? But this is Texas and we grill year round here!

The reason this marinade is so good is because it softens the chicken without destroying the texture but leaves each thigh super juicy and full of flavor. Plan to marinate 12 to 24 hours before you grill it. Despite all the spices in the marinade, it is not a spicy chicken just full flavored.

Ingredients


8 chicken thighs


1/2 cup olive oil


8 garlic cloves – pressed


1/2 cup white vinegar


4 lemons – juiced


1 teaspoon salt


1 teaspoon pepper


1 tablespoon Turmeric


1 teaspoon Cumin


1 teaspoon Cayenne


Add the marinade ingredients and mix thoroughly. Then add chicken and marinate covered overnight in the refrigerator.

In the picture above, I am grilling on an antique washing machine lid. It’s an unbelievable way to cook. If you don’t have a spare antique washing lid, consider a cast iron grill pan or use tin foil. The juices in this marinade will cause flare ups so keep an eye on things! Depending on the thickness of your chicken thighs, cook over medium heat roughly 15 minutes and use tongs to turn the thighs over for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. You will want to get the skin nice and crispy and ensure the meat around the bone is done.


Serve this with a green salad and red beans and rice , it’s a great combination. If you are looking to lighten up the heaviness of the red beans and rice, consider cauliflower rice. Don’t forget your favorite hot sauce!

Peruvian Chicken Marinade
Recipe details
  • 8  thighs
  • Prep time: 12 Hours Cook time: 30 Minutes Total time: 12 hr 30 min
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Ingredients
Marinade
  • Ingredients
  • 8 chicken thighs
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 8 garlic cloves – pressed
  • 1/2 cup white vinegar
  • 4 lemons – juiced
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 tablespoon Turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin
  • 1 teaspoon Cayenne
Instructions
Marinate
Add the marinade ingredients and mix thoroughly. Then add chicken and marinate covered overnight in the refrigerator. 
Grill
In the picture above, I am grilling on an antique washing machine lid. It’s an unbelievable way to cook. If you don’t have a spare antique washing lid, consider a cast iron grill pan or use tin foil. The juices in this marinade will cause flare ups so keep an eye on things! Depending on the thickness of your chicken thighs, cook over medium heat roughly 15 minutes and use tongs to turn the thighs over for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. You will want to get the skin nice and crispy and ensure the meat around the bone is done.
Tips
  • If you want this to be spicy, double the amount of cumin and turmeric.
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Comments
  • Redcatcec Redcatcec on Feb 28, 2022

    Made this yesterday and cooked it today on the grill, as shown.

    Would not make this again, it was tender and moist, mostly we could taste vinegar in spite of all the other ingredients.

    • Flawless C Designed Flawless C Designed on Mar 01, 2022

      That's too bad. Perhaps your spices are out of date? With all this fresh garlic and tumeric, cumin, and cayenne...I've never had anyone say that the only flavor is vinegar?

  • Tkv21748463 Tkv21748463 on Mar 02, 2022

    There are 2 recipes for this marinade shown above. The first lists 1/2 cup of vinegar. The 2nd one calls for 1 cup of vinegar. Perhaps this is why the reviewer had a problem with a too strong taste of vinegar.

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