Tender chicken marinated in bold Asian flavors and grilled to juicy perfection, makes this Grilled Asian Chicken a family favorite. The easy to make marinade is incredibly tasty and gives the chicken mouth-watering flavor. Pair with your favorite side and dinner is served!

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• ❤️ Why You'll Love This Grilled Asian Chicken Recipe
• 🛒 Ingredients for Grilled Asian Chicken
• 🔪 How to Grill Asian Chicken
• 💡 Tips
• ☑️ Storage Instructions
• 🍴 What to Serve with Asian Chicken
• 🔄 Substitutions and Additions
• What seasoning goes on Asian chicken?
• Does soy sauce tenderize chicken?
• What are some common mistakes to avoid when marinating chicken?
• What are common grilling mistakes for chicken?
• 🍽️ More Easy Grilling Recipes

❤️ Why You'll Love This Grilled Asian Chicken Recipe

• Tender juicy chicken
• Marinated with classic bold Asian flavors
• Glazed and grilled to perfection
• Serve with your favorite side
• Use this same marinade for grilling beef, pork or seafood
• Low carb and gluten-free

If you’re looking to add more flavor to your grilled chicken, wait until you try this recipe! It all starts with the most flavor-packed marinate you’ll ever make, and it takes just minutes to prepare.

Loaded with classic Asian flavors, the chicken is marinated allowing it to absorb all that deliciousness. It’s then grilled to give it that traditional BBQ flavor and a tenderness that you won’t believe.

Give this recipe a try and you’ll want to use this flavorful marinade with beef, pork, fish or shrimp.

🛒 Ingredients for Grilled Asian Chicken

• Chicken
• Liquid aminos
• Garlic
• Rice wine vinegar
• Sambal
• Avocado oil
• Sugar-free honey
• Toasted sesame oil
• Sriracha
• Fresh ginger

*Exact measurements are listed in the recipe card below.

🥣 Recommended Tools

• Mixing bowl
• Whisk
• Brush
• Meat mallet
• Meat thermometer
• Outdoor grill or indoor grill pan

🔪 How to Grill Asian Chicken

Add all of the ingredients except the chicken, into a small mixing bowl.

Whisk until well combined. Then reserve ⅓ cup to brush over the chicken later, and se the rest aside.

Slice each chicken breast in half, to give you 6 thinner pieces. Using a meat mallet, pound out the thicker part of the chicken, making each piece level and flat.

Place the chicken in a food storage bag or container, and pour the majority of the marinade over the top.

Seal up the bag, making sure all the chicken is covered, and marinate for 4 hours, or up to 8 hours in the fridge.

Heat your outdoor grill or indoor grill pan and grill for 5-6 minutes, then flip. Grilling time will depend on how thick your chicken is.

Brush a generous amount of the reserved ⅓ cup of marinade over the tops and close the cover.

Grill until the chicken reaches at least 165°F, when checked with a meat thermometer.

Let the chicken rest for a few minutes before slicing and serving.

💡 Tips

• Don’t rush the marinating time.  4 hours is a good amount of time for the chicken to absorb the flavors in the marinade, where 8 hours is even better. It also helps to tenderize the chicken, which is key.
• When you slice your chicken into thinner pieces, make sure to pound out the thicker parts. This helps the chicken cook evenly, so you don’t have one part overcooked and tough.
• Be generous with brushing the marinade over the tops of the chicken, once you’ve flipped it over.  Closing the cover helps create a nice glaze over the chicken, giving it much more flavor.  Don’t skip this step, it’s really worth doing!

☑️ Storage Instructions

Store leftover chicken in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze.

🍴 What to Serve with Asian Chicken

• Asian Cabbage Slaw
• Easy Grilled Asparagus
• Oven Roasted Broccoli
• Grilled Mushroom Skewers
• Crispy Smashed Potatoes

🔄 Substitutions and Additions

• If you don’t have rice wine vinegar, you can use white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar instead.
• If you’re not trying to keep your carbs and sugar low, you can use regular honey.
• If you don’t have liquid aminos, you can use coconut aminos, tamari or soy sauce.
• If you’d like a little more heat, add 2 teaspoons of the Sriracha.
• Slicing the chicken against the grain will give you the most tender bites ever, just as you do with steak.
• You can use this same (unused) marinade to grill beef, pork, fish or shrimp. You’ll want to marinate the beef and pork for the same amount of time, where the fish or shrimp will only need about 2 hours.

What seasoning goes on Asian chicken?

The marinade in this recipe is loaded with the classic flavors that makes for a tasty chicken, including the traditional garlic, soy sauce (liquid aminos), ginger, rice wine vinegar and more.

Does soy sauce tenderize chicken?

Absolutely and it also helps keep the chicken juicy when you grill it.

What are some common mistakes to avoid when marinating chicken?

Either not marinating it long enough, which will result in less flavor and tenderness, or marinating it too long, which will turn the texture mushy and undesirable. And never, ever reuse the marinade, as it contains bacteria from the raw chicken. The only exception to this rule, which I've done often, is to simmer the leftover marinade, which makes it safe to consume and can be used as a glaze to brush over the chicken.

What are common grilling mistakes for chicken?

Cooking the chicken with the heat turned up too high is probably the most common. This chars the outside, giving the impression that the chicken is cooked through, when the inside might not yet have reached the proper temperature. Grill on a lower flame and always use a meat thermometer to ensure your chicken is cooked through.

🍽️ More Easy Grilling Recipes

• Greek Grilled Chicken
• Grilled Beef Kebabs
• Grilled Peach Burrata Salad
• Grilled Steak with Chipotle Lime Butter
• Easy Grilled Pork Chops