Sweet Chili Chicken is sweet and spicy with flavors of garlic, fresh ginger, soy, and sweet chili sauce. This easy chicken marinade is perfect for a grilled chicken.
For summer, I love using this sweet chili chicken marinade. The ingredients are easy to find and it’s such a flavorful chicken marinade recipe! And, who doesn’t love quick and easy meals for the summer?!
Be sure and try my other great marinade recipes Best Chicken Marinade, Best Steak Marinade, and Chicken Fajitas recipe.
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.
Try some of my other great grilling recipes that you can swap out corn oil in the recipe to make them better for you! Blood Orange Chicken, Citrus Marinated Chicken, Whiskey Marinated Steak, and Grilled Pork Chops.
The charcoal grill helps provide such wonderful flavors with everything we grill. But, we also have a gas grill for busier nights.
I mean, how good does this chicken look?! And it’s so wonderfully flavorful and juicy. It’s the perfect grilled chicken recipe!
Mazola has a smoke point higher than most cooking oils at 450°F and performs well in a variety of cooking applications. Many home cooks may not realize that all cooking oils have a smoke point that, once exceeded, not only negatively affect the food’s flavor and nutritional value. I hope you love this Sweet Chili Chicken as much as we do!
For more great grilling recipes be sure and try Honey Chipotle Ribs, Barbecue Chicken Kebabs, Citrus Marinated Chicken, and Whiskey Marinated Steak.
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Sweet Chili Chicken
Ingredients
Sweet Chili Chicken Marinade
- 1 cup sweet chili sauce
- 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons Mazola Corn Oil
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger minced
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 2-3 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts
Instructions
Sweet Chili Chicken
- In a large zip-style bag add the marinade ingredients and push around on the outside of the bag with your fingers to combine.
- Lightly flatten the chicken by placing one piece at a time inside a plastic bag or between two pieces of plastic wrap. Use a wooden rolling pin or a meat tenderizer to flatten the chicken slightly and make it even thickness.
- Place each piece of flattened chicken into the marinade. Place in the refrigerator for 2 hours and up to 24 hours.
- Preheat your gas grill to medium to high heat. If using a charcoal grill, pile charcoal bricks in the center of the bottom of the grill in a pile. Use lighter fluid to get them going. Wait until the flames are gone to spread the heated charcoal bricks out evenly in the grill.
- Grill the chicken over medium to high heat for about 3-4 minutes on each side. Turn occasionally with tongs. Pour the remaining marinade over the chicken while it cooks. Cook until the internal temperature of the chicken is 165 degrees F.
- Remove from the grill and let rest for 5 minutes before slicing. Enjoy with fresh, seasonal vegetables.
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Yum! I need to make this before summer ends!!!
What sweet chili sauce do you use?
Hi Liz,
You can really use whatever brand you prefer. Honestly, I love the store brand in Food Lion. Often times, store-brands are made in the same factory as the name brands!
This looks really good and I can’t wait to try it. However, since when is corn oil a lighter, more heart-healthy option than extra virgin olive oil?
Jenny,
Glad to hear you’ll be trying this one! There has been studies that help support corn oil is a better option than Extra virgin olive oil.
Is the sweet chili sauce an Asian sauce ? If not what department in the store can I find it ?
Thx, judy
Yes, it’s a sauce in a bottle. It’s down the aisle with all the ethnic items.
This looks really good, but would it work well with a while chicken as well as pieces?
Michele!
you absolutely can use whole chicken, chicken thighs, chicken pieces, anything you want.
Awesome! Great marinade! New family favorite 🙂
Heidi,
Glad to hear that you loved it!
My picky family loves the way the chicken tastes with this marinade. A family go-to recipe. Thank you
Fatemah,
So glad to hear that they loved this chicken marinade!
This was delicious, I only had time to marinate for an hour and cooked the chicken in a cast iron pan! Very good!
Yes can this recipe be smoked on a smoker and if so please provide instructions
Brenda,
Yes, you can certainly smoke this. You could smoke at 200 degrees until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees. Please let me know if you have other questions.
I have never left a comment on someone’s recipe before but i felt compelled to write one for this recipe as it was amazing!! I am an avid cook and baker and have tried many sauces, but this one tops them all! Will be directing friends and family to your site for this recipe and checking out some of your other ones. Great job!!
Thanks so much Joni!! So happy to hear you loved this chicken! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment! Greatly appreciated!