In fact one pound of muscle is about 72% water and contains about 100 grams of protein. This being the case, shouldn't the emphases be on consuming more water to increase muscle size? This also is overly simplistic.
They can actually make your chicken too mushy after two hours. This is because the enzymes break up the muscle fibers. If you add any of the following ingredients to your marinade you will want to make sure that you only marinate the chicken for 30 minutes to 1 hour: fresh pineapples, fresh melons, figs, and papaya. In some countries, cooks wrap their chicken in papaya leaves to tenderize them.
Directions. 1  Mix all marinade ingredients in a zip lock bag add chicken. 2  Chill and marinade for 4 hours. 3  Grill chicken on a well oiled grill until well browned on all sides, turning once, 30 to 40 minutes (meat near thigh bones should no longer be pink when tested with the tip of a knife). 4  FYI.