Pepper Grilled Chicken – Healthy & Delicious

In most the fridge, chicken thighs are the go-to meat. They are not only more flavorful than breast meat, but they are also more affordable, more adaptable, and quick to prepare as a meal. This black pepper marinated chicken that you just roast in the oven or grill is one of no one has ever been disappointed by the flavours of pepper grilled chicken, and it always comes out excellent.

For those of you who prefer breast meat, you can use bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs in place of the breast meat in this recipe. 

Try boneless chicken thighs with the skin if you don’t like eating chicken that has been cut off the bone. 

The ideal summer grilling meal is this pepper grilled chicken. Lemon, garlic, and onion flavours are infused throughout the juicy chicken to make the dish delightful and keep you going back for more.

Flavours in Pepper Grilled Chicken

The wonderful lemon pepper marinate is left on the lemon chicken for the entire night. The sweetness and tartness are in perfect proportion, and the lemon flavor is barely detectable. The chicken cooked up flawlessly and was incredibly juicy and delicious with the proper amount of flavor.

Grilling is the easiest summertime activity there is! You can have dinner ready in about 30 minutes if you marinate some meat and vegetables and fire up the grill!

The marinate is very simple and can be used to grill both vegetables and meat.

Here we have a recipe to grill chicken and grilled paneer to suit your taste buds.

Both recipes are simply healthy and delicious and can be enjoyed any time of the day. 

Ingredients for Pepper Grilled Chicken

Chicken thigh-leg pieces- 4

For marination

• Thinly sliced onion – 1
• Ginger – 1- inch
• Garlic bulbs – 4
• Chopped tomatoes – 1 
• Chicken pepper grill – 2 tsp
• Chopped coriander leaves – ¼ cup
• Mint leaves – 2 tbsp
• Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
• Salt – ½  tsp

Method to prepare Pepper Grilled Chicken

1. All the marinade components like 1 thinly sliced onion, 1-inch ginger, 4 garlic bulbs, 1 chopped tomato, ¼ cup chopped coriander leaves, 2 tbsp mint leaves  should be placed in a blender.
2. Use just a little water as you ground it into a thick paste.
3. Take 4 chicken thigh-leg pieces, add the marinade mixture, 2 tsp chicken pepper grill powder, 1 tbsp lemon juice – ½ tsp salt and mix well.
4. Refrigerate the chicken for at least an hour or marinate it overnight with plastic wrap covering it.
5. Prepare the grill by coating it with nonstick cooking spray.
6. Spray the chicken with oil, then place it on a grill set to medium heat.
7. Spray cooking spray on the opposite side, flip it over, and allow it to cook.
8. Grill till golden brown on both sides.
9. While the chicken is grilling, you may also drizzle some lemon juice over it.
10. Avoid over-grilling to avoid the chicken becoming dry.
11. Remove the chicken from the grill once it is well cooked and has a golden brown hue.
12. Serve with your preferred salad.

Pepper Grilled Chicken in oven

1. Use your oven for baking this if you don’t have a grill.
2. Place the marinated chicken on a baking sheet that has been coated with cooking spray and lined with aluminum foil.
3. Set the oven to 375°F.
4. Bake for 45 minutes total with the baking sheet inside the oven.
5. After the first 20 minutes of baking, then bake again for an additional 25 minutes, after spraying cooking spray on the chicken.
6. You might even add a little lemon juice.
7. Even better, add some lemon juice right before taking it out of the oven.

Tips and tricks to prepare Pepper Grilled Chicken

• If you want your food spicy, add extra ground pepper to the chicken since the marinade wasn’t particularly hot.
• You can use ginger-garlic paste in the recipe; it’s a common ingredient in Indian cuisine.
• You can add vegetables of your choice like mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, etc to the grilled vegetables.
• Pepper grilled chicken marination is very important to get the juicy pepper flavours in the kitchen.
• You can also grill paneer and vegetables first with little oil and then combine the spice marinade mix to it.
• Just toss the vegetables and paneer in the spice mix and enjoy it with some stir-fried noodles or rice.
• Any food can be spiced by using some chaat masala spice blend. It tastes extremely nice when sprinkled over pakoras or sliced cucumber and tomato. The chaat masala can be prepared in bigger quantities and kept on hand whenever you need it.

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Pepper Grilled Chicken Recipe – Healthy & Delicious

Grilled chicken and grilled paneer are 2 simple flavorful dishes that can be enjoyed with minimum ingredients

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Prep Time 8 hours hrs

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Total Time 8 hours hrs 45 minutes mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Indian

Servings 4

Calories 291 kcal

Ingredients

  

Ingredients for Pepper Grilled Chicken

• 4 no Chicken thigh leg pieces

For Marination

• 1 no Thinly sliced onion
• 1 inch Ginger
• 4 no Garlic Bulbs
• 1 no Chopped Tomatoes
• 2 tsp Chicken Pepper Grill
• ¼ cup Chopped Coriander Leaves
• 2 tbsp Mint Leaves
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• ½ tsp Salt

Instructions

 

Method to prepare Pepper Grilled Chicken

• All the marinade components like 1 thinly sliced onion, 1-inch ginger, 4 garlic bulbs, 1 chopped tomato, ¼ cup chopped coriander leaves, 2 tbsp mint leaves  should be placed in a blender
• Use just a little water as you ground it into a thick paste
• Take 4 chicken thigh-leg pieces, add the marinade mixture, 2 tsp chicken pepper grill powder, 1 tbsp lemon juice – ½ tsp salt and mix well
• Refrigerate the chicken for at least an hour or marinate it overnight with plastic wrap covering it
• Prepare the grill by coating it with nonstick cooking spray
• Spray the chicken with oil, then place it on a grill set to medium heat
• Spray cooking spray on the opposite side, flip it over, and allow it to cook
• Grill till golden brown on both sides
• While the chicken is grilling, you may also drizzle some lemon juice over it
• Avoid over-grilling to avoid the chicken becoming dry
• Remove the chicken from the grill once it is well cooked and has a golden brown hue
• Serve with your preferred salad

Pepper Grilled Chicken in oven

• Use your oven for baking this if you don't have a grill
• Place the marinated chicken on a baking sheet that has been coated with cooking spray and lined with aluminum foil
• Set the oven to 375°F
• Bake for 45 minutes total with the baking sheet inside the oven
• After the first 20 minutes of baking, then bake again for an additional 25 minutes, after spraying cooking spray on the chicken
• Lemon juice can be added
• Even better, add some lemon juice right before taking it out of the oven

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