Honey Chicken 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.

Honey Chicken

This honey chicken is crispy pieces of chicken breast that are fried to golden brown perfection, then tossed in a sweet and savory honey sauce. A homemade version of the takeout classic that tastes even better than what you would get at a restaurant!

Prep: 25min

Total: 45min

Serving Size: 1 serving

Nutrition Facts: calories 323 kcal, Carbohydrate 40 g, Protein 27 g, Fat 14 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 127 mg, Sodium 156 mg, Sugar 11 g, servingSize 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut into 1 inch pieces)
• 2 eggs
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• oil for frying (canola or vegetable oil)
• 1/4 cup green onions (thinly sliced)
• 1/2 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons water (divided use)
• 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon corn starch

Instruction:

1. Drain the chicken on paper towels.
2. Toss the honey sauce with the chicken. Sprinkle with green onions, then serve.

Easy Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe

Sticky and Easy Honey Garlic Chicken made simple, with the most amazing and addictive 5-ingredient honey garlic sauce that is so good you’ll want it on everything! Quick and easy using chicken thighs or breasts, your new family favourite chicken dinner is here! ORIGINAL RECIPE BY KARINA, CAFEDELITES ©

Prep: 10min

Total: 30min

Yield: 6

Serving Size: 1 serving

Nutrition Facts: calories 384 kcal, Carbohydrate 17 g, Protein 24 g, Fat 24 g, Saturated Fat 6 g, Cholesterol 141 mg, Sodium 281 mg, Sugar 15 g, servingSize 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 6 chicken thighs, (bone in or out, with or without skin*)
• Salt and pepper, (to season)
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder, (to season)
• 6 cloves garlic, (crushed)
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/4 cup water ((or chicken broth))
• 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar ((or apple cider vinegar, or any white vinegar))
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

Instruction:

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