Yummy Marinade

So tonight it was .. um.. chicken .. yet again..  But only because I wanted to experiment with a marinade for BBQ. And because my hubby really wanted a BBQ (since its Father's day)..  It turned out really good!

I took 4 chicken breasts and cut them in half lengthwise. Then split them through the middle so they were thin. I then marinated them in the ingredients below for about half hour. Then onto the nice hot grill about 3 minutes or so each side (or until no longer pink inside). These cooked up fast because they were thin. For thicker pieces,you will need to cook longer.
 They were very tasty, flavorful and juicy!!Especially for such a short marinade time. Made a great chicken salad.  YUMMM!!
                 I tried to get a photo of the entire plate of chicken I cooked, but before I could get back into the kitchen with my phone, they had eaten all but these two.. The chicken was apparently a success.

Marinade
1/4 cup black soy sauce (this is usually sweeter than regular soy sauce. Can be found at Asian markets)
1/4 cup low sodium tamari sauce (regular soy sauce would probably work)
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
juice from 1 lime
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder
about 1 tsp of grated fresh ginger

Put into a ziplock baggie and shake to mix well. Let sit - so flavors marry- while you prepare your chicken.. or for about 10 minutes or so. Add the chicken, toss to coat all pieces and let marinate (I left mine at room temp) for about half hour. It could probably go longer, but I would put into refrigerator if it was longer than half hour.

UPDATE
I have now used this marinade several times. But only with chicken. It would probably be good with other meat, but we don't eat pork much, and I just have not had anything but ground beef, so no experimenting there. We eat quail, sometimes, so next time we are planning quail I will marinate those and see how they turn out. I once let chicken marinate for over 24 hours (because I was busy and forgot about it..). It is very good no matter the amount of time marinated. Every time I have made chicken that has been in this marinade, it flies off the plate! I grilled (literally) an entire 7lb bag of boneless, skinless chicken thighs that I had marinated and they were gone so quick I didn't even get the chance to freeze some for my lunches. I was able to hide one piece, and when I ate if for my lunch the next day I didn't even warm it up. It was still so dang good, even cold!!! My kids keep asking me to make more of "that chicken". We ran out of propane one night, and my son cried when I told him we would do the chicken another night.. So then I had to go get propane so he didn't have to wait. I have chicken that I just put into the refrigerator to thaw, but shhhh.. don't tell the kids I plan on marinating it, or I won't get a chance to put up any for my lunches.