Chicken Breast Recipe

Honey Garlic Chicken is an epic 12 minute chicken breast recipe with a magic 5 ingredient Honey Garlic Sauce! This is a terrific back pocket quick dinner idea for busy nights that’s made with pantry staples. It’s quite amazing how so few ingredients can transform into such a tasty sauce for chicken!

This sauce for chicken breast is a variation of my Honey Garlic Salmon which has been popular with readers for many years.

If I were ever to do a summary of my top 5 Most Used Sauces, Honey Garlic Sauce would probably be right at the top of the list. I love it because it requires so few ingredients that are pantry staples, and when simmered with a seared protein in a skillet so it becomes all bubbly and syrupy…. oh WOW.

It’s just DA BOMB!!! ( <– Who talks like that at my age???! I do. Only in extenuating circumstances. Excitement over crazy delicious secret-weapon sauce falls under this category. )

Honey Garlic Chicken Breast

Recipe video above. An incredible quick and easy way to serve up chicken breast – seared then simmered in the most amazing honey garlic sauce. Don’t be deceived by the short ingredient list! It’s absolutely worth the extra step of dusting the chicken with flour because it creates a crust for the sauce to cling to. BONUS: See notes for how to make this with any protein – beef, pork, lamb, prawns/shrimp, tofu!

Prep: 4min

Total: 12min

Serving Size: 166 g

Nutrition Facts: servingSize 166 g, calories 323 kcal, Carbohydrate 23 g, Protein 28 g, Fat 13 g, Saturated Fat 7 g, Cholesterol 107 mg, Sodium 400 mg, Sugar 21 g

Ingredients:

• 500g / 1 lb chicken breast (, boneless and skinless (2 pieces))
• Salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup flour ((Note 1))
• 3 1/2 tbsp (50g) unsalted butter ((or 2 1/2 tbsp olive oil))
• 2 garlic cloves (, minced)
• 1 1/2 tbsp apple cider vinegar ((or white or other clear vinegar))
• 1 tbsp soy sauce (, light or all purpose (Note 2))
• 1/3 cup honey ((or maple syrup))

Instruction:

1. Cut the breasts in half horizontally to create 4 steaks in total. Sprinkle each side with salt and pepper.
2. Place flour in a shallow dish. Coat chicken in flour and shake off excess.
3. Melt most of the butter in a large skillet over high heat – hold back about 1 tsp for later.
4. Place chicken in skillet and cook for 2 – 3 minutes until golden. Turn and cook the other side for 1 minute.
5. Turn heat down slightly to medium high.
6. Make a bit of room in the pan and add garlic and top with remaining dab of butter. Stir garlic briefly once butter melts.
7. Add vinegar, soy sauce and honey. Stir / shake pan to combine. Bring sauce to simmer, then simmer for 1 minute or until slightly thickened.
8. Turn chicken to coat in sauce. If the sauce gets too thick, add a touch of water and stir.
9. Remove from stove immediately. Place chicken on plates and drizzle over remaining sauce.

Baked Chicken Breast

Baked Chicken Breast couldn’t be easier to make or more delicious! Learn how to make tender, juicy, perfectly seasoned oven baked chicken breasts. This recipe is sure to become a regular in your dinner rotation!

Prep: 10min

Total: 28min

Yield: 4

Serving Size: 1 serving

Nutrition Facts: calories 165 kcal, Carbohydrate 1 g, Protein 24 g, Fat 7 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 72 mg, Sodium 423 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 1 g, Trans Fat 1 g, unSaturated Fat 4 g, servingSize 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano (or Italian seasoning)
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Instruction:

1. Preheat oven to 425° F.
2. Pat chicken breasts dry with paper towels. Place them in a large zip-top bag or between two sheets of parchment paper or plastic wrap and pound them to an even thickness using a meat mallet or rolling pin.
3. Place chicken breasts in a baking dish. Drizzle with the olive oil and rub over both sides of chicken.
4. Combine the seasoning rub ingredients in a small bowl.
5. Rub the seasoning rub over both sides of the chicken.
6. Bake chicken breasts according to their size: bake 5-6 ounce breasts for 13-16 minutes, bake 8 ounce breasts for 16-19 minutes, bake 11-12 ounce breasts for 22-26 minutes. Check that chicken has reached an internal temperature of 165° F by inserting an instant read thermometer into the thickest part of the meat.
7. Remove the pan from the oven and let the chicken rest for 5 minutes before slicing and serving.

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