5 Low FODMAP Chicken Marinade Recipes For Weekly Meal Prep (2024)

Here’s my 5 low FODMAP chicken marinade recipes that are 100% gluten free, dairy free and a lifesaver for weekly meal prep!

As most of you with allergies and intolerances know, eating often means cooking from scratch every meal, every day, every night. That’s why meal prepping is so essential for me. My 5 low FODMAP chicken marinade recipes are the best favour you could do for yourself ahead of time!

So, where should I start with my low FODMAP chicken marinade recipes? Hmm… how about the different marinade flavours? Well, from top to bottom in the photo above, you’ve got Chinese-style, Peri-Peri, mild curry, BBQ and Mexican-style. A lot of meal prep ideas I’ve seen always advocate eating the same thing for multiple days in a row. I don’t know about you, but after day 2 I’d probably go mad!

With this in mind, I basically took a few spice blends and marinade mixes we’ve used in the past to create 5 low FODMAP chicken marinade recipes in one eclectic post. So here it is! Here’s a few tips before we get to the recipe:

  • If you want to use two chicken breasts in one bag, it’s simple: just double the marinade ingredients.
  • If you’re freezing your chicken after marinating it too, make sure you get it out of the freezer 24 hours before, minimum. Not just to defrost the meat, but to give your chicken time to marinate. It won’t marinate while frozen!
  • You can add in the chicken pre-chopped too so more of the surface of the chicken gets to absorb the marinade. Being a blogger, I just presented it as above because it looks pretty (shame on me) but it makes much more sense to chop them up if you’re not eating the breast whole.
  • You can either keep these chilled in the fridge until the use-by date of your chicken, or freeze for up to three months.

Onwards with thelow FODMAP chicken marinade recipes!

1. Chinese Chicken Marinade

This marinade was actually passed onto Mark from his Mum! I think they call it black chicken in Malaysia (or she does at least!) but ours isn’t as black because dark soy sauce isn’t gluten free! But apart from the colour, it doesn’t really affect it much and it tastes every bit as beautiful.

I’d recommend you chop the chicken up before marinating it, then simply fry the chunks on their own in oil. Add these to your favourite stir-fry or even just boiled rice and pak choi. It’s a great marinade for chicken wings too!

Be wary, because some brands of five spice put garlic powder in, which is not low FODMAP. Our supermarket own-brand five spice doesn’t have this… just the five spices like it probably should!

Here’s the first of my 5 low FODMAP chicken breast marinade recipes.

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Chinese Chicken Marinade

SERVINGS: 1

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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp gluten free soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp garlic-infused olive oil
  • 1 tsp minced ginger
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp five spice make sure it's low FODMAP

Instructions

  • Place your chicken breast in a zip-lock bag. Write the name of the marinade on it and the date, so you know how long it's been frozen.

  • Add all of your spices and ingredients to your zip-lock bag.

  • Zip up the bag and massage the chicken in the spice mix until evenly coated.

  • Freeze for up to 3 months or chill until the use-by date of your chicken.

Notes

Make sure you remove your chicken from the freezer in advance, so it has time to marinade. It won't marinate while frozen.
Double the ingredients if using two chicken breasts.
The longer it marinates, the better the flavour will be!

2. Peri-Peri Chicken

Who doesn’t love Peri-Peri chicken these days? The only excuse not to love it is because there’s usually onion or garlic involved. But of course, that isn’t even an excuse now either!

This Peri-Peri chicken breast is a great way of spicing up chicken and plus, it just goes with anything. We grill our chicken breasts to perfection and serve them up with sweet potato fries and spicy rice. You can always up the amount of minced chilli if you like a bit more of a kick, because we like ours quite mild!

Here’s the second of my 5 low FODMAP chicken marinade recipes…

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Peri-Peri Chicken Marinade

SERVINGS: 1

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/4 tsp oregano
  • 1/4 tsp minced red chilli
  • 1 tsp lime juice
  • 1 tbsp garlic-infused olive oil
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  • Place your chicken breast in a zip-lock bag. Write the name of the marinade on it and the date, so you know how long it's been frozen.

  • Add all of your spices and ingredients to your zip-lock bag.

  • Zip up the bag and massage the chicken in the spice mix until evenly coated.

  • Freeze for up to 3 months or chill until the use-by date of your chicken.

Notes

Make sure you remove your chicken from the freezer in advance, so it has time to marinade. It won't marinade while frozen.
Double the ingredients if using two chicken breasts.
The longer it marinates, the better the flavour will be!

3. Mild Chicken Curry

This is a really simple way to almost cheat your way to a beautiful curry flavour, without having to create your own paste by grinding ingredients. You do have to be careful because regular curry powder is never low FODMAP. So if you can’t find any without onion/garlic you’ll have to make a big ol’ jar of your own first.Here’s the link for the recipe to mine.

This is another marinade where I’d recommend you chop your chicken breast before you marinade. Once you’re ready to cook it, you can then just fry it up and throw it together like I do, with a big ol’ bowl of salad! Of course, if you’re making a chicken korma for example, it’s the perfect chicken to throw in!

Here’s the third of my low FODMAP chicken marinade recipes…

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Mild Chicken Curry

SERVINGS: 1

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Ingredients

  • 1 tsp curry powder low FODMAP
  • tsp lime juice
  • tbsp coconut milk
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  • Place your chicken breast in a zip-lock bag. Write the name of the marinade on it and the date, so you know how long it's been frozen.

  • Add all of your spices and ingredients to your zip-lock bag.

  • Zip up the bag and massage the chicken in the spice mix until evenly coated.

  • Freeze for up to 3 months or chill until the use-by date of your chicken.

Notes

Make sure you remove your chicken from the freezer in advance, so it has time to marinade. It won't marinade while frozen.
Double the ingredients if using two chicken breasts.
The longer it marinates, the better the flavour will be!

4. BBQ Chicken

I don’t remember the last time I had anything BBQ flavour since going low FODMAP. Luckily, FODY Foods came to my rescue recently! This is another bit of a cheat, but you will not find a better BBQ chicken marinade!

Is there anything BBQ chicken doesn’t go with?! I personally missed Hunter’s chicken sooo much… BBQ chicken breast, wrapped in bacon and smothered with cheese. Yes please! I’d recommend throwing a little extra BBQ sauce on top when you service it up too.

Here’s the fourth of my low FODMAP chicken marinade recipes!

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BBQ Chicken Marinade

SERVINGS: 1

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Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp of BBQ sauce low FODMAP & gluten free, I use FODY Foods BBQ sauce
  • 1.5 tbsp gluten free soy sauce.

Instructions

  • Place your chicken breast in a zip-lock bag. Write the name of the marinade on it and the date, so you know how long it's been frozen.

  • Add all of your spices and ingredients to your zip-lock bag.

  • Zip up the bag and massage the chicken in the spice mix until evenly coated.

  • Freeze for up to 3 months or chill until the use-by date of your chicken.

Notes

Make sure you remove your chicken from the freezer in advance, so it has time to marinade. It won't marinade while frozen.
Double the ingredients if using two chicken breasts.
The longer it marinates, the better the flavour will be!

5. Mexican-Style Chicken

Think tacos, fajitas, burritos, nachos… now that’s Friday night food! That’s why we always save our favourite marinade until last.

Pre-chop your chicken before you marinate it with this one and just fry it up with red and yellow peppers in garlic-infused olive oil. Again, you can add a little extra minced chilli depending on how much of a kick you’re going for!

Here’s the last of my low FODMAP chicken marinade recipes!

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Mexican-style Chicken

SERVINGS: 1

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 1/4 tsp minced red chilli
  • 1 tbsp garlic-infused olive oil

Instructions

  • Place your chicken breast in a zip-lock bag. Write the name of the marinade on it and the date, so you know how long it's been frozen.

  • Add all of your spices and ingredients to your zip-lock bag.

  • Zip up the bag and massage the chicken in the spice mix until evenly coated.

  • Freeze for up to 3 months or chill until the use-by date of your chicken.

Notes

Make sure you remove your chicken from the freezer in advance, so it has time to marinade. It won't marinade while frozen.
Double the ingredients if using two chicken breasts.
The longer it marinates, the better the flavour will be!

And that’s how to make your chicken awesome all week with my 5 low FODMAP chicken breast marinade recipes! I hope I’ve given a few good suggestions of how to serve up your marinated chicken too, but why not let me know how you served up yours? Just leave me a comment below!

I know plastic bags aren’t exactly environmentally friendly, so any suggestions of an alternative that will fit in my (very small and very often full) freezer are more than welcome!

Did you try my chicken marinades? Any questions? Please do let me know by leaving a comment below or on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram!

Thanks for reading and have a great day,

Becky xxx

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FAQs

Can you marinate chicken breast for a week? ›

Avoid over-marinating

While you can cook and eat chicken that has been marinating for more than 24 hours, you're risking exposing yourself to some strange textures. Chicken can get both mushy and tough when it's been left to marinate too long. If it's been more than 48 hours, the USDA recommends throwing it out.

Can you eat rotisserie chicken on low Fodmap diet? ›

It didn't come as much of a surprise, then, when I discovered that this is about all you can eat during a low-FODMAP diet elimination phase. As for the store-prepared rotisserie chicken, make sure you pick up a plain one (or as plain as it gets - always read the ingredient labels).

Is chicken low Fodmap diet? ›

Why is chicken low FODMAP? Chicken is high in protein and does not contain carbohydrates or fermentable sugars. Be wary of added sauces, marinades or spice mixes that may be added which are high in FODMAPs.

Is soy sauce low in FODMAP? ›

Soy sauce is made using fermented soybeans. It is possible that the fermentation process reduces the oligosaccharides in the soybeans, which is why the soy sauce is low FODMAP. Soy sauce is low FODMAP in 2 tablespoon serves (2).

Is it safe to marinate chicken for 7 days? ›

Most recipes for marinating meat and poultry recommend six hours up to 24 hours. It is safe to keep the food in the marinade longer, but after two days it is possible that the marinade can start to break down the fibers of the meat, causing it to become mushy.

Can I keep marinated chicken in the fridge for a week? ›

For how long can I keep marinated chicken in the fridge? Marinated chicken can be kept in the fridge for 2 days; after that, any uncooked marinade should be discarded.

Why avoid Costco rotisserie chicken? ›

Costco's rotisserie chicken is arguably the most controversial piece of poultry in America. In the span of just one year, customers have claimed that the rotisserie chicken tastes like chemicals and causes gastrointestinal issues.

Is chicken a trigger for IBS? ›

Avoid sausage, bacon, pepperoni, salami, and marbled cuts of meat. Examples of lean meats you should add to your diet if you have IBS include white-meat chicken, white-meat turkey, and cuts of beef like sirloin and top round. Your doctor or nutritionist may also recommend eating pork, veal, duck, and fish.

What kind of butter is low FODMAP? ›

In fact, butter, as a fat, contains no FODMAPs at all. This means that butter is totally suitable on the low FODMAP diet. However, there is a caveat. Fats can affect gut motility, and, as Monash writes, can be an additional symptom trigger when consumed in excess.

What foods are surprisingly low FODMAP? ›

10 Low FODMAP Foods you Didn't Know you Could Eat
  • Fruit. ...
  • Cheese. ...
  • Greek yoghurt. ...
  • Strawberry jam. ...
  • Beer and wine. ...
  • Chickpeas. ...
  • Dark chocolate. ...
  • Sugar (sucrose)
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Are eggs bad for FODMAP? ›

Are Eggs Low Fodmap? Yes, eggs are considered a low FODMAP food and are generally well-tolerated by individuals on a low FODMAP diet. Eggs are a good source of protein and can be prepared in many ways, such as boiled, poached, fried, or baked.

Is sweet potato low in FODMAP? ›

Sweet potato contains fructose, a type of FODMAP, but in small amounts. It's considered a low FODMAP food, but you should consider keeping your intake to 1/2 cup (75 grams) cooked. Comparatively, yam is lower in FODMAPs. You may be able to eat larger amounts of it on a low FODMAP diet.

Can you eat hummus on a low FODMAP diet? ›

To create a FODMAP safe, homemade hummus we need to use well-rinsed, canned chickpeas which have a low FODMAP serving size of ¼ cup or 42g. The easiest way to keep your portion low FODMAP is to use no more than 42g of chickpeas per serving and multiply this by how many portions you would like to make.

Is balsamic vinegar low in FODMAP? ›

Most varieties of vinegar are low FODMAP in 42g (2 tablespoon) serves, so you can choose whichever you prefer. One exception to this rule is balsamic vinegar, which is only low FODMAP in 1 tablespoon (21g) serves.

What Chinese food is low FODMAP? ›

Stir-fry is a better option than curry, which often has high FODMAP ingredients. Ask for without onion and garlic. Low FODMAP options include steamed jasmine rice, firm tofu, and mild chilli. Some low FODMAP vegetables for stir-fry include capsicum, green beans, and carrot.

Is it OK to marinate meat for a week? ›

The same goes for meat. You can marinate chicken, steak, pork, and lamb for too long. And the meat doesn't like that at all. Generally speaking, you shouldn't marinate meat for more than a day.

How long can marinated meat stay in the fridge? ›

Refrigerated Shelf Life and Safety

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends storing marinated meat in the refrigerator for no more than 3-5 days. This time frame accounts for the potential growth of harmful bacteria that can cause food poisoning.

How long can you leave raw seasoned chicken in the fridge? ›

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), raw chicken can be kept in your fridge approximately 1–2 days. The same applies to raw turkey and other poultry (1). Meanwhile, cooked chicken can last in the refrigerator approximately 3–4 days (1).

Does marinating longer make a difference? ›

The Bottom Line

Time in a marinade definitely matters as far as its brining effect is concerned. In general, longer marination results in deeper seasoning, better moisture retention, and increased levels of browning or char (provided that there is sugar in the marinade).

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