Name: Italian Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 77 min
Ingredients: 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts (4 ounces each); 1/2 cup Italian Dressing

Italian Chicken. Deliciously simple with only 2 ingredients, just in time for picnicking, tailgating, and learning to cook.

This Grilled Italian Chicken is SO flavorful.

Italian Chicken is a perfect recipe for beginners.

My Italian Chicken is one of the simplest, but tastiest, chicken recipes I make. You can grill the chicken indoors on a George Foreman Indoor Grill (I love mine!) or outdoors on a gas or charcoal grill. What's the secret?

I never would have thought about making chicken this way. In the early 1990s I went to a Milwaukee Brewer's game with a friend. We tailgated before the game and he brought the food. When I tasted it, I couldn't figure out why it was so juicy and delicious. He finally gave up his secret, and I've been making it this way ever since.

Don and I enjoyed this chicken last week with Risotto and Indian Ratatouille, but it pairs nicely with a green vegetable and a baked potato, too.

It takes only two ingredients and a simple trick to making this delicious chicken. So what's the secret? Marinating the chicken in Italian dressing.

What You Need

For this recipe, you need either an indoor grill or an outdoor grill, and a dish to marinate your chicken. Buy the very best tools you can afford and they will last a lifetime.

Italian Chicken Recipe

Cooking Italian chicken is quick, but don't forget this trick: You need to marinate the chicken for at least an hour.

Author: Recipe Idea Shop

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Prep 5

Cook 12

Marinating Time 1

Total Time 1 17

Course Chicken, Entree, Main Course

Cuisine American, Italian

Servings

Calories 270 kcal

Ingredients

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts 4 ounces each
½ cup Italian Dressing

Instructions

Put the chicken in a shallow dish and pour the Italian dressing over it.
Marinate the chicken in the Italian dressing for at least one hour in the refrigerator.
Grill about 6 minutes a side on a hot outdoor grill or 6 minutes total on a George Foreman Indoor Grill (or similar indoor grill).

Notes

NOTE 1: Be careful if you are using the George Forman Grill. It cooks both sides at the same time, so it will only take about 6 minutes total to cook a breast.

NOTE 2: The nutrition calculator includes all of the Italian dressing in the label. However, it's likely that only a couple teaspoons (or maybe a tablespoon) of dressing sticks to the chicken after marinating it and cooking it. The label on the dressing says 170 mg sodium per tablespoon, for instance.

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Kathy Owen

Kathy acquired the blog, Recipe Idea Shop in 2024. She was raised on a farm in Arkansas where having a big garden and good food to eat was the norm. She shares recipes for homemade comfort food and new trending dishes.
Kathy began her blogging journey in 2011 when she founded PetticoatJunktion.com, a home décor blog focused on repurposing and upcycling furniture, and thrift store finds.