Happy Cinco de Mayo eve!
I’m feeling a lot better (finally!) and super excited to share with you this easy and delicious chicken marinade recipe that’s just perfect for tomorrow’s festivities. If you’re like me, you’re always looking for new marinade recipes because, well, chicken on it’s own can be kinda boring. And no one wants boring chicken! Yuck. Well marinade lovers, this one’s for you.
This recipe is also for you if you were just looking for an excuse to hit the bottle a liiiiiiiiittle bit early.
Allow me to be the cool, calm and collected voice of reason.
The voice that is telling you to go get your tequila bottle, make this marinade and then have a margarita. I mean, the ingredients are already out! It must be done.
Actually, you should probably make a margarita first….then make this marinade. You wouldn’t want raw chicken hands near your cocktail (I told you I was the voice of reason).
If you are under 21, please disregard this message and don’t tell your mother on me.
You can grill this chicken outside or use your handy dandy grill pan like me. The finished product is perfect on it’s own with a side of black beans, sliced avocado and Mexican rice OR thinly sliced and stuffed into your choice of a Mexican delight. Tacos…fajitas…burritos….get crazy!
The step-by-step recipe is over on The Tasty Kitchen Blog (with a big thanks to Kimberly for providing the original recipe!).
As always, please marinade responsibly.
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Cinco might just be my most favorite non-holiday, holiday. And, on a Saturday…major score. I was thinking of making your cilantro lime flank steak (which is to die for), but maybe we’ll give this a go! Thank you!!
I’m impressed when college graduates can still drink tequila. Maybe it’s just because it was ruined for me all in 1 night?
Oooh yum this sounds delicious! I rarely go to Mexican restaurants but LOVE homemade Mexican food.. especially when tequila is involved.
Mmm….I love lime anything, really. This is definitely up my alley. Gorgeous photos as always Jenna!
That looks like it would be perfect for our Memrial Day Fiesta BBQ. I’ll see who I can convince to do a shot with me ; )
Wow, for someone so seemingly healthy, you get sick a LOT.
What an idiotic thing to say. I personally am VERY healthy and have had 3 sinus infections so far this year-if you have allergies and live in Sonoma county, unfortunately the two often go hand in hand. Its been a particularly bad year for sinus infections, per my physician.
Gosh, that was mean. I was being sympathetic, not idiotic – as in it sucks to do all the right things and still get sick. Geez louise
Sorry sometimes tone is hard to read in a comment. The tone seemed a bit snipey. It didn’t seem like a sympathetic comment, rather an “if you claim to be so healthy why are you constantly sick” comment. If that’s not what you intended, my apologies.
Headed over there! This looks great!
This looks delicious! Perfect for cinch de mayo, or just a regular summer bbq. Thanks for the recipe!!!
Glad you’re feeling better!
I just looked at the recipe and am so thrilled that’s it’s easy. Last night we went to the liquor store close to our apartment and found out that they were closing and we got really good deals for tequilas! We got two bottles! So, I can totally make this chicken happen!
What a wonderful recipe!! Love it!
ahhh right up my flavor alley, love the sound of this so much. Very creative and perfect for the holiay.
Looks delicious. I’ve been looking forward to Cinco de Mayo since March!!
yummm!! i love all of these cinco de mayo recipes popping up! this one is simple and looks delicious
SIGN. ME. UP.
haha so does that mean no one will judge me if I have my margarita at like 10 am..?? This chicken marinade sounds awesome! So perfect for Cinco de Mayo, I love spicy chicken!
Tequilla makes everything better. Have a great holiday
Be warned, this marinade is SUPER spicy! But also super delicious! Thanks again Jenna for highlighting my recipe!
Yum! And Happy Cinco de Mayo Eve to you as well! Such a fabulous holiday!
Happy Cinco de Maya Eve! You are right…chicken on its own can be boring. Thanks for providing this recipe to spice things up, literally!
Can you taste the alcohol in this or does it cook off?
It cooks off!
Perfect justification for buying a whole bottle of tequila. Adding the triple sec to sweeten it up and give it more acidity is a great idea.
Glad you are feeling better. I just finished law school. I think both call for margaritas!!
I’m saving this for the day after Cinco de Mayo. I’m running a half marathon on Sunday so I don’t want to gorge on margaritas the day before. However, this is perfect for celebrating a great race!
Love tequila and love margaritas … this sounds awesome!
I love tequila. Why don’t they celebrate Cinco de Mayo in England eh? This chicken looks fantastic.
So glad I’m not the only one celebrating Cinco de Mayo Eve
YES!
I just used this marinade today for a little post-cinco de mayo bbq (i.e. recovering from cinco de mayo and wanted something easy and delicious). This was so tasty! Thanks for sharing; I will definitely be making again!!
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