Fiesta Chicken Marinade

Sometimes you just need a go-to grilled chicken recipe that’s packed with flavor and versatile enough to use all week. This Fiesta Chicken Marinade is bursting with bold, tangy Tex-Mex flavor and is perfect for everything from tacos and salads to meal prep or weeknight dinners. Whether you're planning meals for busy nights or firing up the grill for a weekend cookout, this easy grilled chicken recipe is one you'll come back to again and again. Try it out, and don’t forget to follow for more simple and delicious meal ideas. Let me know how you enjoy this fiesta favorite!

Ingredients

Ok ya'll. When I say this is the easiest marinade you will ever make...I am not kidding!

• oil
• distilled vinegar
• Packet Hidden Vally Ranch FIESTA Dip Mix
• chili powder
• cumin
• garlic powder
• black pepper

See exact quantities in recipe card and tips.

Instructions

I use this recipe as a salad dressing See Fiesta Salad and a marinade! All you do is mix all the ingredients together and shake well. I love to use a pint size mason jar with these Awesome lids!

Storage

This dressing stays good for a couple weeks in the fridge. Try it on salads, as a marinade, drizzled on chicken tacos etc.

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Fiesta Chicken Marinade

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This Fiesta Grilled Chicken is juicy, bold, and full of Tex-Mex flavor. Perfect for tacos, salads, wraps, or meal prep—easy, versatile, and always delicious!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Servings 1 cup

Ingredients

  

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Dressing to add to marinade then use on salads...

• ½ cup oil canola or vegetable will keep it from hardening or do half canola and half olive
• ½ cup distilled white vinegar for less tang use red wine vinegar for half the amount
• 1 packet Hidden Valley Ranch FIESTA dip

Marinade for chicken

• ⅓ cup prepared dressing from above
• 1 tsp chili powder
• ½ teaspoon cumin
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Chicken

• 1 ½ pound chicken breasts or chicken thighs trimmed and pounded to all same thickness

Instructions

 

• For the dressing add all 3 ingredients to a dressing cruet or mason jar.

  Shake vigorously until emulsified.

  Store in fridge for about 2 weeks.
• To make marinade, mix together ⅓ cup of the dressing and add rest of ingredients to a gallon size zip top baggie.

  Take the trimmed chicken and using a fork pierce holes all over chicken.

  Add trimmed chicken and let marinate for 30 minutes to 8 hours.

Keyword chicken, marinade, texmex

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