Easy Marinated Grilled Chicken (30 Minutes!)

I admire that you make your recipes so widely applicable for different diets. I’m intrigued to try this marinade for some tempeh. SO many marinades call for sweeteners and I don’t like sneaking sugar in that way.
Since you’re the go-to and are expanding your recipes, I’d LOVE to see some egg recipes. I’m trying to eat eggs again to widen my food list and some non-sweet recipes to start eating eggs again would be helpful.

Disappointed by the change of the blog to include meat recipes. You had a niche blog which was one of the best in the vegan realm. There are plenty of meat based recipe websites available, what’s the point in following MB now?
Please get back to your roots. Until then, won’t be able to follow or recommend to friends.
Thanks.

Wow – your site is amazing – your recipes look amazing – the responses from the Vegan community … I’m speechless and stunned – how privileged are we that just the sight of meat is so offensive to some people? Obviously they have not seen some of the places in the world I have – Especially if you have health reasons (which that shouldn’t even matter) behind your decision. Please keep doing what you are doing – I’m going to try this chicken – and super excited about making the cauliflower rice burrito bowl to go with it. I can not comprehend the outrage I’m reading below. I’m very thankful to have found you and your site. If I don’t like something – it’s simple – I won’t make it.. but it all looks delicious.

What I believe you did with this website was gain a stable vegan fanbase to then introduce meat recipes after you had already secured the followers.

I will not take this decision personally, and neither should any of the vegan followers you used to have, but I will admit that I have cancelled my subscription and will not come back to your website because I don’t have any interest in checking animal recipes, which the internet is full of.

It is far more difficult to find a really well done vegan website like the one you presented us for years than to find a meat-eating recipe index, which is why I’m a bit sad about the fact that vegans will, in some way, miss your recipes.

But beyond personal beliefs of animal cruelty (it doesn’t matter how bio is the meat you eat, it is still being butchered), I don’t think its helpful or even respectful to support the meat industry, which is one of top 3 main reasons behind our environmental crisis.

I stay responsible, with my fellow animal companions, and mostly, with our fellow home planet. So farewell and thank you for the recipes in the past, it was a delicious ride ;)

I adopt a 70% plant-based and 30% meat and fish diet. I eat meat/fish on the days when I do strength training and plant-based on the days when I do cardio training. Some animal protein is essential as it has the complete list of amino acids we need. I eat chicken once a week, beef once a week, salmon once a week and cod once a week. I find this website perfect as it has few fish/meat dishes and majority of it is vegan/vegetarian. Keep up the good work Dana! ?

I look forward to trying this spice combo on tofu! And would also like to thank you for this treasure trove of free, delicious recipes that you give to us. Thank you for all of your hard work.

Everyone loves to be a hater on the internet! Don’t get down by these negative comments. What is truly sad is the alienation that the vitriol coming from the angry vegans causes – that’s surely not going to win anybody over. Personally, I don’t think anybody on the internet knows what’s best for your health or how you are feeling in your body. I’ve followed your blog for years now, and am not vegan – I will continue to read, as your recipes have always proven healthy and delicious. If people stopped thinking in such binary and polarizing terms, they would realize that here is a wealth of recipes here and that if you don’t like one, don’t make it. Move on to the next and enjoy what you’re interested in. Cheers to you, Dana, for doing what you needed to do.

I’m very happy that you are expanding your recipes! Seeing how judgemental people can be and how they grab their proverbial pitchforks when you make a decision in your own business and your own life, makes me very sad. You are unbelievably cool, your recipes are fantastic and I support you 100%. Keep doing you and ignore the “culty” and offensive comments from people who feel “betrayed” because this is only a very negative reflection of who they are and how they deal with life and its normal changes, not on you or your professionalism. Thanks for what you do!

I am honestly just shocked at the aggressive comments especially from that of “ethical” vegans that are so devout to veganism but have seemed to forget the concept of compassion for fellow human beings. Climate change is an extremely important topic but I encourage all to look at how devastating soy, corn and wheat and other vegan crops are to the environment. Also I would be curious to see the other steps you are taking in supporting the planet like avoiding flying in an air plane or avoiding driving a car because transportation is said to be the biggest culprit with greenhouse emissions. The reality is sustainably farmed meat is not only supportive but it is the only type of farming that is regenerative. REGARDLESS; she has clearly stated she is battling health issues that require her intake of animal protein. Many fall deficient in key b vitamins or encounter hormone imbalances following a vegan/vegetarian diet. Most importantly there is no one size fits all approach for any human being. How boring would that world be in where everyone has and does and thinks the exact same way. It is 2019 can’t we all be compassionate and open to growth and change and open to learning and understanding new ideas? Let’s all be better, more compassionate human beings both towards the planet and especially towards each other.

I’m sure my comment will get lost in the crowd, but…

Ex-vegan here. I tried so hard for about a decade – before it was cool. I have a vegan tattoo. I worked for vegan organizations. I protested. I was convinced it would save the world. I was committed. It was my whole life.

My health failed.

There are actual GENETIC variances that, for example, make converting plant ALA into EPA and DHA in our bodies impossible. Some people are more genetically predisposed to success on a vegan diet than others, and getting a B12 shot is not a panacea to transform how your particular body operates. I have no doubt some people can be vegan for decades with no issues. But those people absolutely doubt that anyone else CANNOT. I am sick and tired of the “you didn’t do it right” argument, I am sick of zealotic vegans, I am sick of the narrow view that veganism is the singular way forward for all of humanity, even if it kills many of us in the process. Like it or not veganism IS a religion, and leaving it is emotionally similar to leaving other fundamentalist groups: you will be ostracized and exiled.

Since you’ve started opening up your blog to non-vegan options, I for one am visiting much more. I know you’re taking a thrashing for it, but so did all of us that had to make the heartbreaking decision between our own life and the death of animals. It’s not something anyone does lightly. But the scores of ex-vegans demonstrate that there are real health issues that most people run into on this diet, and maybe that’s because it’s not actually sustainable long-term. I suppose time will tell.

This chicken looks delicious! Great recipe :)

I’m glad to see a chicken dish on this website! I’ve made a couple of your plant-based recipes and they have always turned out perfect. It’s nice to have even more variety from a trusted recipe developer.

I am gluten and dairy intolerant, and often cook for gatherings which will include vegan/vegetarian eaters. I have NO background in eating/cooking purely plantbased and your website has been my inspiration and mainstay! Dare I say I’m even getting a reputation for tasty alternatives!! and we are starting to spontaneously eat more plant based. (Cauliflower Rice!!)
Please be encouraged to continue!!

Honestly, I too was surprised to see meat on this site, and initially, somewhat confused… But I immediately thought that I knew that this recipe would still encompass what I have come to expect from Minimalist Baker: healthy recipes that I can trust. My partner is a meat eater so although I will not make this for myself, it is nice to know the recipes from this site can now be shared with him. It is unfair for people to attack this site and the creator for being more transparent on her lifestyle. Veganism may be a healthy lifestyle, but it does not work for everyone! It seems more disingenuous and misleading for the creator to continue to post only vegan recipes when she herself finds this lifestyle does not fully work for her. Sorry to burst your virtual bubble of illusion but I commend the creator for be being open about her adventure with veganism. Besides shouldn’t the point, in the end, be to provide healthier choices for the broader community to help people to transform their current eating habits to a healthier vegan/vegetarian/less meat lifestyle! This in the end is the most sustainable option! Anyway, I will continue to visit this site as my go to for never fail, delicious recipes. Best –

This is just…weird to see from you

Dana, I’ve given this some thought after my knee jerk reaction of when this article came out. I self identify (!) as hard core vegan. I also self identify as tolerant, compassionate and empathetic. I didn’t act according to my values and I apologize to you, publicly.

What you did was an act of courage. You stood by your convictions and did not act by fear, fear of judgment, of losing followers etc etc etc.

While I still don’t think that the solution to any heath issues can possibly be adding animal protein to one’s diet, I respect and support your choice and I encourage all ky fellow hard core vegans do the same. We’re not doing ourselves a favour by being more catholic than the pope.

I wish you to be healthy and stay inspiring to us all, Dana. Your vegan recipes still kick ass :)

Lotta love,

Aza, Montreal

This makes me genuinely sad. I have followed this blog religiously and have made many of the recipes (and still have many saved in my notes). Regretfully, I am no longer interested.

I am amused by the supposedly avid fans who are surprised by this post, when you’ve intermittently posted meat and egg dishes for the last several months.

I am impressed by Dana’s graciousness toward the repeated criticism each time she’s posted one of those dishes in the past months.

Also, the marinade looks tasty! I’d not thought of pairing smoked paprika and cayenne with what I usually think of as an “Italian” herb combo. Thanks!

Really sad to see the transaction to meat here.

:(

unsubscribed. don’t kill animals.

Super disappointed to see this. I agree with others, of course eat what you’d like… but you have grown your blog and your brand as a vegan cook.=

Also, I’n not talking about all vegans of course, just the complaining ones.

Okay, I need to say something because all these vegans are driving me nuts. First of all, this is DANA’S BLOG. If you don’t like it, then leave. Plain and simple.
Second, I thoroughly respect her choice to show what she really eats in order to stay nourished. Too many times have “vegans” posed as eating only plant-based foods and showing off their health, when in reality they stuff their face with meat products behind-the-scenes. Esepcially for younger audiences, it is important to be clear on HOW you are healthy, not just show off all the “trendy” foods.
Third, the fact that people are getting offended by this is ridiculous. You don’t have say on what other people eat, and she hasn’t gone full-blown carnivore. Chill out. She’s still posting some bomb vegan recipes. I even saw a comment on how she should’ve listed chicken as an option and should have photographed one of the veg options instead and that’s just ridiculous. How sheltered do you have to make yourself from everything? Seriously? She is trying her best to cater to her plant-based fanbase and all you can do is be nit-picky on what she decides to photograph. That is what’s disgusting, putting down ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. We’re ALL trying our best to take care of the environment and ourselves. I will not get into a meat vs plant nutrtion argument, but if Dana feels her best when she eats animal products, then she decides what she wants to do. You aren’t Mrs. Food dicator. STOP putting down other human beings. She’s trying her best to please everyone, and you just full-on refuse it. YOU are the one who’s not trying to help. You just want to please yourself and feel safe in your own space, making sure everyone does what you want.

This recipe looks amazing, and I’m sure the veg options are great too!

Can I just say that if people are offended by seeing a piece of cooked meat on a blog (and go out of their way to comment on how upset and offended they are), then they live a very, VERY privileged life. No one is forcing them to cook and eat chicken– the mere sight of it sends them into rage. Seriously, how egocentric. Thank you so much for being transparent with your readers and offering them options (with substitutions ALWAYS). I appreciate your commitment to helping eaters of all lifestyles find healthy and well-curated recipes at a moment’s notice! I can’t wait to try this (with the additional cauliflower sub for my vegetarian roommate!).

Thanks for sharing such a wide variety! Your recipes have made it much easier to accept my dairy sensitivity. (The cashew queso has been a game changer.) I’m excited to incorporate this recipe into my weekly meal prep!

I, for one, am thrilled you’re expanding your recipe/diet base!

Perhaps some posts on how to responsibly source products from well-treated animals would help people understand that you can consume these products in a purposeful way. Have been following for years and will be making this this weekend.

Hi Dana,

Just here to lend a word of encouragement for making your recipes whatever you would like them to be! My husband and I have been vegan for many years, and while he has decided to stay such, I am chronically ill and have been struggling to get adequate nutrition as my diseases progress. I’ve been extremely nervous and honestly quite upset about the impending switch. But sometimes we have to do what’s best for us as individuals and our individual health and needs. I’ll be making this dish this weekend to try and get myself used to eating meat again. I’ll be sure to check back to rate it!

Thank you for offering various dietary choices with your dishes, as well as options for your strictly vegan readers by having a “vegan only” email subscription list. And thank you for having the courage to go public about no longer being vegan. I haven’t told anyone except my closest friends and family due to the backlash, so I can only imagine how difficult it was for you to decide to be open about the switch. But seeing this has been very helpful for me, so I greatly appreciate you sharing!

This is really disappointing, and I hope you will hear me out as to why. I’ve been an avid follower of yours for over 6 years, and I am really sad and shocked to see you posting an actual meat dish. I don’t expect everyone to be strictly vegan, but considering that your website has always been a plant-based haven of recipes, and a fabulous source for friends who are looking to learn more about eating plant based, it’s jarring to see it tainted with meat all of the sudden. Especially in a time in which climate change is more prevalent than ever, and consumers need to be taking smart action to do whatever we can to combat a global crisis. I know you are a smart woman, and you should know about the severity of climate change and the effect that the meat and dairy industry has on the environment. I always thought that you saw an importance in promoting plant-based eating as much as possible. Promoting something like this isn’t just an innocent difference of opinion, it’s tone-deaf and insulting in our current climate. I hope you will listen to those of us who are very hurt and betrayed by this post, and rethink what you decide to do going forward. Quite honestly- if you continue with the meat dishes, I will have to stop being a follower, because that proves to me that you care more about business and money than about what is the right thing to do. Take care.

Personally, I’m happy to see meat and fish options on your site. People can make their own choices about what to cook and eat. Thanks for the flavorful and healthy options!

Hi, Dana!

Love that you’re honest with your readers and sharing new recipes ;) While I’m almost 100% plant-based, my children aren’t and I often cook meat. I’ll add this recipe to my meal prep for the family.

I love Minimalist Baker recipes (have for years) and am sure this one is great, too! I love that you are sharing recipes you eat behind the scenes and hope you continue to do so! Keep up the great work and thank you for all of the wonderful content!

Hey Dana,
I have followed your blog for years and have always admired your beautifully simple yet flavorful dishes and your eye for food photography. I am neither a vegan nor a vegetarian but that didn’t matter to me as the recipes were easy and very adaptable. I see that many of your followers are upset at your change to adding non-vegan and non-vegetarian dishes to this blog. I don’t have a stake in the whole “diet debate” and as a recovering anorexic I simply am looking for delicious and healthy meals that inspire me to want to eat. We need to do what is best for our bodies ans our health. I hope you continue to develop and cook amazing dishes and I will continue to follow you on your journey

I was about to complain about receiving emails for meat dishes, but I just saw you can change the email preferences to vegan recipes only, so nevermind! And thanks for the option. Not a fan of the meat dishes either but have made your plant-based recipes on many occasions and love them!

I want to thank you for including a chicken dish! It looks delicious. I eat and make predominantly plant based meals, but I do need animal protein in my diet so I appreciate you giving me ideas on how to balance that with some of your other recipes. There’s are lots of your recipes that don’t work for me, but I just move past them and look forward to the next one you have coming. I’m sorry for the negativity that you’ve received. It’s not helpful or encouraging. The world needs more love, happiness, and tolerance, which is something I gain from your website, emails and recipes. Thank you. Keep being you. You’re one of my favorite recipes blogs to follow and I hope you feel appreciated and joyful about what you do. You deserve it.

Hi, Dana!

I have been using your website for wonderful plant-based recipes for a while now. Recently, I have discovered some serious health issues regarding my diet and had to stop my slow switch to vegetarianism and incorporate more poultry and fish to ensure proper nutrition. I just wanted to say thank you for all your recipes, they are simple yet wonderful and have helped me navigate this recent change.

I know that you are starting to get some flak for incorporating meat into your recipes, but know that there are quite a few of us that a. just can’t do pure vegetarianism/veganism b. live with meat-eaters and c. are making transitions to more sustainable eating habits. I am still recommending your website to my friends and coworkers. We all should be glad as well that your dedication to plant-based recipes is not gone, but rather you are honestly reflecting your own eating habits which is a combination. One of the things I enjoy about cooking and researching recipes is the ability to not use ones that I do not like or have chosen to abstain from, and your website has given all of us a wide array of recipes to pick and choose from for all diet types.

Thank you for all the time and effort you put into maintaining this blog. My family and friends love every recipe I make for them.

Grace and peace,
James Jackson

This looks great! I’m truly terrible at cooking chicken breasts without drying them out so I’ll have to try your tips here. I’m very intrigued by the idea of vinegar keeping things moist without being overpowering!

I appreciate you posting simple omnivore recipes with lots of options for people! I’m trying to get better about meal prepping and look for meals that are fast/taste good/healthy since my work hours are quite long at times! Your site has always been a go-to for me :)

I personally appreciate a recipe that doesn’t contain any soy products, dairy, sugar, or gluten. This one sounds yummy! Thanks!

Dana,

I for one am happy to see you mixing in non-plant based recipes into the mix. It’s not like you’ve gone Paleo! There are plenty of families like mine who eat a balance of plant based and organic, local chicken and eggs.

For everyone else who is upset, just skip the non-vegan recipes. You don’t have to eat them or see them, if you use the recipe index.

I just want to offer support. I’m very pleased with the new options that you are offering. It’s very helpful for us that have multiple diet styles under one roof. I know others are claiming their disappointments with the change but I want to encourage you to keep providing a variety of protein choices. I welcome the inclusiveness of everyone because it can be stressful trying to create dinner for a family with multiple lifestyles.

I appreciate the variety of recipes! I am a meat-eater, probably about once a week, but I do prefer to eat vegetarian/vegan when I can. I hope others can understand that just because you post the occasional fish or meat recipe does not mean they can no longer use the rest of your recipes, the vast majority being vegan :)

Thank you for all the amazing recipes and hard work you do!

I am afraid I’m going to have to unsubscribe. Leading a vegan lifestyle, I don’t appreciate pictures of grilled meat popping up in my inbox.

Wow – what a disappointment. You have been my favorite site for vegan recipes. What happened?

Very sad to se that this page promotes eating meat in this time of climate change :(

Aw Dana I LOVE your cooking and your blog and I was just shocked when I saw the email come through today. I was like is there a vegan type of chicken I don’t know about?! lol! I definitely respect your choices (personal and professional) but I felt it was important to share my disappointment since I know many of your other loyal readers are probably feeling the same.

My husband and I have followed your blog for years – we mostly eat a plant based diet because he is vegetarian, but I eat meat from time to time. While we both LOVE the vegan recipes and the diversity they’ve brought to our diets, I AM SO STOKED TO TRY THIS and enjoy more minimalist baker recipes that include animal protein. Thank you for keeping it real :)

Also unhappy to see the meat:(

I thought this was a Vegan recipe email list for which I had signed up. I, like others I see, was taken aback seeing this recipe for chicken, one of the worst animals in terms of bacteria that one could bring into their kitchen to cook/eat. I did a double take, thinking perhaps it was a ‘Seitan’ version . I am glad to read there is a Vegan list option before I hit the ‘unsubscribe’. I’ll switch my preferences.

Excited to try this!!!

Looks awesome! I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for all you do.

While veganism is an ethical stand against considering non-human animals of any less moral worth which you clearly seem to have missed. I have nothing against you but I don’t intend to subscribe to animal flesh recipes so I have unsubscribed from your website.

Thank you for providing some nice vegan recipes over the months.

Can’t express just how disappointed this post made me. Love this blog for one reason – it’s plant based and I could make and eat every single recipe on it with ingredients in my cupboard. The vegan crowd is a difficult one to re-brand to by including meat recipes. Please please please, start another blog if you’d like to share meat ones, but leave this one as plant based only! We love it that way.

If your reason for switching is running out of ideas…we’d far rather have less recipe posts than have meat ones. What makes you special is the small amounts of good recipes for plant based out there. Keep being special please! Adding meat recipes will not add value.

I used to recommend this blog to patients for vegan recipes. Unfortunately, I cannot continue to do that. While I respect that those choices may be how you eat at home, it’s challenging to switch from one niche to another and maintain your clientele.

I loved this site because it was plant based only. Not digging the meat…

I’m very disappointed in all these non-vegan recipes lately.

Oh no…. and all this time, I thought you were a vegan-food-meister !. Unsubscribed … Just kidding. I do highly doubt whether tofu could take chicken’s place for this dish … will pass on this one.

I’m so confused, I thought this was a vegan cooking website. Is the site changing, will there be more meat dishes coming?

How to alienate your whole reader base with one post.
I was quite shocked to see chicken here, most eaten animal on the planet, drenched in antibiotics tasting like sadness and suffering. I’m sorry for the words, I’m just honestly surprised and shocked to stumble across a meat recipe here.

Hi Dana,

I’ve loved your blog from day one and your book is my culinary bible — and I have about 3 dozen vegan cook books. Your blog is the only one I recommend to my friends and acquaintances trying to go vegan.

It’s the first tome ever I am disappointed in one of your posts…. This is a recipe for actual chicken, meat….. I don’t think it’s a secret that the great majority of your fans are hard core vegans…. while I know you personally eat a mostly plant based diet, this still comes as a shock to me.

I would have expected maybe the recipe for tofu, tempeh, cauliflower (currently added as options) and maybe keep chicken under the options??

I respect your personal choice of course, but I do not think this the best public approach.
A few years back, a very popular chain restaurant in Montreal and surrounding area went from vegetarian to flexitarian proposing some chicken and fish options, while keeping everything else on the menu…. within months they went bankrupt… just saying.

I still love you and am grateful for all your awesome recipes and that recent thing on cycle seeding. It was a wow moment for me.

Best,

Aza, Montreal, Canada

Hi Dana! I wanted to comment that incorporating chicken into the mix could be really helpful for people who live with a meat-eater, but abstain from eating meat themselves! Cooking for two different types of eaters can be challenging on a daily basis so I imagine I’ll be able to use some of your new recipes for us both (following this recipe and doing one piece of chicken and a tofu steak with this same marinade for example). Looking forward to seeing what you have for us over the coming months!