Brown Sugar Mustard Grilled Chicken starts with a simple to make marinade that is so flavorful. This chicken marinade is easy to make at home and has simple ingredients, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, prepared mustard, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
Do you love a great piece of grilled chicken? This is the BEST chicken marinade ever! Super simple to make this delicious marinade for chicken with only a few simple ingredients and a large zip-style bag.
Be sure and try this grilled chicken with some Homemade Pickles. Marinating chicken makes it super juicy and so flavorful!
I love grilling outside! Besides saving me from having to clean up the stove, grilling gives such wonderful flavors to food. Since it’s summer and we’re eating lighter meals, we’re incorporating more fresh vegetables into meals and making a few simple changes.
Using boneless skinless chicken breasts instead of chicken with skin or removing the skin from chicken thighs. This overnight chicken marinade is a life saver for meal prep.
For more great summer recipes be sure to try Summer Sangria, Pink Bikini Cocktails, Easy Strawberry Cocktails, Homemade Strawberry Lemonade, and Peach Sweet Tea.
One of my favorite things to whip up is this easy chicken marinade. It’s packed full of flavors, with just the right touch of brown sugar that caramelizes as it cooks. Serve this yummy chicken on a toasted brioche bun or over a garden salad.
You can even shred this grilled chicken and add it to flatbread with sauteed onions, peppers, and mushrooms. Oh, that is so good! Other summer dishes to try: Hawaiian Pineapple Chicken, Creamy Chicken with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Lemon Pepper Chicken, Southwestern Chicken Tomato and Avocado Salad, Grilled Chicken Avocado Sandwiches.
Marinade Chicken in the Refrigerator:
You want to be sure and always marinade chicken in the fridge! Never marinade in room temperature or outdoors when barbecuing, as bacteria can quickly multiply on raw chicken.
I hope you love this grilled chicken as much as we do! It’s super simple to make and my go to meal for everyday meals! So simple to make and super flavorful!
For more great grilling recipes be sure and try Marinade for Flank Steak, Best Steak Marinade, Citrus Chicken Marinade, and Blood Orange Grilled Chicken.
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Brown Sugar Mustard Grilled Chicken
Ingredients
Chicken Marinade
- 4 to 5 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
- ⅓ cup brown sugar packed
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ⅔ cup whiskey or dry white wine
- ⅓ cup stoneground mustard
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
Chicken Marinade
- In a large zip style bag or in between two layers of plastic wrap, pound the chicken to about ¾-inch thickness, with either a meat tenderizer or a wooden rolling pin.
- In another large zip style bag, place all of the ingredients for marinate and squish around with your hand, from the outside of the bag. Place the flattened chicken breasts into marinate. Let marinate for about 2 to 6 hours, or even overnight.
- Cook on the grill, over medium to high heat for about 3 minutes each side. Or cook in a large skillet with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter. Let rest a few minutes before slicing.
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Wanda Lopez says
You are making me so hungry. Love the flavor combinations you use in this recipe.
Pradnya says
Wow looks very tasty. Will be definitely trying out the recipe.
Silvia says
Brown sugar and mustard is one of my favorite flavor combinations, so easy and so flavourful!!
Hollie says
Thank you for sharing. I am always looking for recipes with chicken. I feel like I make it so bland but it doesn’t have to be.
Kamapala Chukwuka says
This looks divine and I love how easy the preparation all is. Thanks for sharing, will give it a try seeing how summer picnics are en vogue 🙂
ROsey says
It’s smart to plan ahead of time. Especially true with meals during the busy school year season which is definitely right around the corner. Oh…and now you have me dreaming of pecans. 😉
Jessica Joachim says
OoOoI love to use mustard to cook with! It goes so well with chicken, and I know this is going to be absolutely delicious!
Tara Pittman says
The brown sugar sounds so delicious on this sandwich. I need to make to make this for my husband’s lunch.
Laurie @ www.lifewithasideoftheunexpected.com says
Sounds like a great flavor to do something a bit different with grilled chicken. I must try it!
Sarah Bailey says
Now this sounds like an absolutely delicious way to enjoy grilled chicken! I most definitely need to think about making it for myself one evening.
Ally says
This chicken recipe looks so good! I love the salty sweet combo, we’ll definjtely add this to the menu!
Terri Beavers says
Oh good grief, you’ve just succeeded in making me as hungry as a bear. This looks and sounds so amazing. I love chicken every which way and I’m certain I’d really love this. I’ll have to try it next week when the grandkids are here because all they’ll eat is chicken lol.
Melissa says
This sounds delicious!! Will have to give this a try.
Amber Myers says
This sounds incredible! What a fantastic flavor. I need to make this for dinner one night. I’m sure it’ll be a hit!
Lisa Torres says
Now I can’t make chicken any other way! My husband LOVED it….Delish.