Chicken Marinade is an interesting mix of spices, herbs and sauces that gets soaked into the chicken pieces used for cooking so as to give them the desired flavor and aroma. Although it may be kept as simple as the ingredients readily available in the kitchen cabinet, there are much elaborate chicken marinades which uses red wine, sherry, brown sugar, crushed garlic and such other ingredients that catch one's fancy. Barbecuing, grilling, pan-frying, braising etc are the styles of cooking which uses chicken marinade to add a distinct flavor to the pieces cooked.