This Italian marinated grilled rooster is simple to make with a fast marinade of olive oil, recent rosemary and thyme! It’s flavorful, juicy and may be served in a wide range of methods for dinner. 

For the right mild summer time dinner, this Italian marinated rooster is a household favourite! We like to serve it with breaded grilled tomatoes however you’ll be able to serve it in a wide range of methods from making it right into a grilled rooster salad or serving with grilled eggplant.

 

The rooster is marinated in a few of my favourite Italian herbs and spices together with recent rosemary and thyme with a splash of olive oil. It provides the perfect taste profile to the rooster! 

Grilled to juicy and tender perfection, a recent squeeze of lemon juice is added proper earlier than serving to brighten the flavors and it’s so scrumptious! 

Why You’ll Love This Grilled Rooster

• Easy and flavorful: You solely want a handful of components for this marinated grilled rooster recipe and the outcomes are tasty each time!
• Versatile: This grilled rooster tastes nice whether or not marinated for half-hour or 12 hours plus you’ll be able to serve it in so some ways from utilizing it for meal prep or serving it for lunch or dinner. 

Italian Marinated Rooster Recipe Substances

• Rooster: 6 boneless skinless rooster breasts which have been trimmed and pounded to even thickness.
• Italian marinade: All you want for this Italian dressing rooster marinade is recent rosemary, olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme.
• Grilled tomatoes: 2 massive tomatoes, cracker crumbs and Parmesan cheese. 
• Garnish: Recent lemon juice, recent basil and recent thyme. 

Substitutions And Variations

• Different protein: Use skinny turkey breasts or cutlets. Boneless skinless rooster thighs or pork chops would additionally work nice with these easy components. 
• Recent garlic: Recent garlic and loads of it’s at all times nice in an Italian rooster marinade recipe!
• Spice: Add some pink pepper flakes when you like a bit of warmth in your seasoning.
• Herbs: Along with recent rosemary, attempt recent basil, parsley or recent thyme. Add some dried Italian seasoning if you need. 
• Add a splash of vinegar: This will help stability the oil within the marinade and add extra taste! Strive pink wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, white wine vinegar and even apple cider vinegar. 
• Creamy: Add a Tablespoon or two of Greek yogurt to the marinade, it actually helps make the rooster tender! 

How To Make Italian Marinated Grilled Rooster

To begin, marinate the rooster. In a medium bowl add the rooster, toss with rosemary, salt, pepper, thyme and olive oil. Cowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate.

If making the grilled tomatoes, wash and minimize tomatoes into three thick slices. On a medium-size plate combine collectively the cracker crumbs and Parmesan cheese, dredge the tomato slices separately within the crumb combination and grill, then transfer to a clear plate.

Take away rooster from the marinade and shake off extra marinade. Grill the rooster on a sizzling grill for a couple of minutes on all sides till now not pink. 

Assemble your grilled rooster with the tomatoes by putting a slice or two of rooster on high of the tomato slice. Drizzle with lemon juice and garnish with recent basil and thyme.

How To Serve This Rooster? 

We like to serve it over the grilled tomatoes however it could even be nice in a lettuce wrap or on high of a salad! 

You might additionally serve it with some scrumptious sides like Italian roasted greens or oven roasted rosemary potatoes. Through the summer time, it goes nice with this creamy Italian pasta salad and when my youngsters had been youthful, they at all times requested this straightforward tiramisu recipe for youths! 

Extra Rooster Recipes

I’m fairly positive this Marinated Grilled Rooster dish was eaten quicker than I may get it on the desk. So right here’s to summer time grilling and barbecuing! Buon Appetito!

Up to date from June 23, 2015.

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