I always use a lovely chinese ginger and honey marinade, it's quite sweet but very very yummy and fantastic for bbq's... or whenevr i feel like having chicken....
This will coat one chicken...
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp Chinese Wine or dry sherry
2 tsp sesame seed oil
1 tsp salt
2 tsp of finely grated ginger (i use my microplane grater)
2 tbsp of clear honey or golden syrup
1 oz of sugar
1 - 2 garlic cloves crushed
marinade for 3-4 hours, then take the chicken out and roast in the oven (or bbq), use the left ove marinade for basting.... yum yum!
or this which i pinched from the Ocado recipe site... a sort of lemon rosemary chicken marinade... very nice and light!
4 Chicken Breast Fillets
3 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 unwaxed lemon
handful fresh rosemary, chopped
1 tsp paprika
Place the chicken breasts either between 2 layers of clingfilm or in a large, clean plastic food bag, seal then beat them with a rolling pin to flatten out to about a 1cm thickness.
Place 2 tablespoons of the oil, the garlic, zest and juice of the lemon, the rosemary and paprika in a shallow dish. Add the chicken and turn to coat. Cover and place in the fridge and allow to marinate for 3-4 hours.
Heat a large, heavy-based frying pan or griddle pan until very hot. Add the chicken with the marinade and cook for 6-7 minutes on each side until thoroughly cooked, the juices run clear and there is no pink meat. Remove from the pan and keep warm.