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    Home > Blog > Quick & Easy > Honey Garlic Chicken

    Honey Garlic Chicken

    by Jenny Park · Published: May 14, 2021 · Modified: Jun 12, 2022

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    Our Honey Garlic Chicken is a simple and delicious meal that comes together in just 35 minutes. Serve it over rice with some steamed vegetables or toss together with some noodles for a ridiculously delicious dinner that everyone will love!
    Honey garlic chicken dinner recipe in two bowls ready to be eaten.

    We’ve been on such an easy dinner recipe kick lately and our Honey Garlic Chicken fits right into that category! We love how quickly this recipe comes together, the simple ingredient list and that it all results in a super delicious and flavorful dish!

    There are some asian notes in this dish for sure, but the honey is the real stand out in this recipe. Don’t worry though, this honey garlic chicken isn’t overly sweet and the flavor balances out nicely with the garlic, sesame and soy sauce.

    How to Make Our Honey Garlic Chicken

    MARINATED CHICKEN

    Marinated chicken ingredients for honey garlic chicken.
    1. Place chicken into a large bowl and add remaining chicken marinade ingredients.
    2. Stir together until evenly combined. Allow mixture to sit for 15 minutes.
    Marinating chicken for honey garlic chicken recipe.
    Chicken marinating in a glass bowl to make honey garlic chicken.

    HONEY-GARLIC SAUCE

    Honey garlic sauce ingredients.
    1. Stir together all sauce ingredients. Set aside
    Honey garlic sauce ingredients in a bowl to be mixed up.
    Honey garlic sauce in a bowl.

    COOKING AND ASSEMBLY

    Honey garlic chicken garnish ingredients.
    1. Place a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and melt butter.
    2. Add chicken and sauté for 4 to 5 minutes.
    Melted butter in a skillet to make honey garlic chicken.
    Chicken cooking in a skillet to make honey garlic chicken.
    1. Pour sauce over chicken, lower heat to medium and stir together.
    2. Simmer mixture for 4 to 5 minutes or until sauce thickens enough to coat chicken.
    Honey garlic chicken in a skillet cooking.
    Honey garlic chicken in a skillet with a spoon.
    1. Remove from heat and top with sesame seeds and green onion. Serve.
    Close up on one bowl of honey garlic chicken.

    Tools You Will Need

    • knife
    • cutting board
    • mixing bowls
    • liquid measuring cup
    • measuring spoons
    • large sauté pan or skillet
    • wooden spoons

    Can this Honey Garlic Chicken be Made with a Different Protein?

    Absolutely! While we prefer using cubed chicken thighs for our honey garlic chicken, you can use whole thighs, (cubed or whole) chicken breasts, salmon, tofu, pork, and shrimp! The cooking times will vary depending on the protein and cute you use, but the method will almost always be the same.

    Just note that for seared salmon, there’s no need to coat the salmon in the cornstarch, garlic mixture to begin with. Just give the salmon a nice sprinkle of salt and pepper, sear for a minute or two on each side before pulling it from the pan to make the sauce. Once this sauce has slightly thickened, add the salmon back into the pan and simmer, flipping once or twice to really get the entire piece of fish coated in delicious honey-garlic sauce!

    Honey garlic chicken dinner recipe with sesame seeds and green onions.

    What to Serve with Our Honey Garlic Chicken?

    We love serving this dish over some steamed rice and usually next to some vegetables (like roasted broccoli, green beans, cauliflower, etc), but you can also serve it with cauliflower rice, kimchi fried rice, garlic noodles, chow mein, and macaroni salad just to name a few!

    Can this Dish be Made Ahead of Time?

    Yes! While we love enjoying this dish fresh, you can make it up to 2 days ahead of time, stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. When ready to enjoy, just pour it into a skillet and heat over medium heat, stirring occasionally until heated through. If the dish gets too thick add 1 to 2 tablespoons water to thin it out.

    Alternatively, you can also prep all the ingredients out up to 2 days ahead of time and store in the refrigerator until ready to use. This will save you about 10 to 15 minutes of prep work, so when you’re ready to cook, that’s really all you have to do since everything will already to chopped, minced and prepped.

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    Honey Garlic Chicken

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    Our Honey Garlic Chicken is a simple and delicious meal that comes together in just 35 minutes. Serve it over rice with some steamed vegetables or toss together with some noodles for a ridiculously delicious dinner that everyone will love!
    RECIPE BY Teri & Jenny
    Prep Time: 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time: 10 minutes mins
    Inactive Time: 10 minutes mins
    Total Time: 35 minutes mins
    Servings: 4

      INGREDIENTS  

    marinated chicken

    • 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite sized pieces
    • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
    • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
    • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
    • 1 minced garlic clove

    honey-garlic sauce

    • 1/3 cup honey
    • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
    • 1 1/2 tablespoons water
    • 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
    • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
    • 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
    • 2 minced garlic cloves

    rest of dish

    • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
    • 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
    • 1 thinly sliced green onion

      INSTRUCTIONS  

    marinated chicken

    • Place chicken into a large bowl and add remaining chicken marinade ingredients.
    • Stir together until evenly combined. Allow mixture to sit for 10 minutes.

    honey-garlic sauce

    • Stir together all sauce ingredients. Set aside

    cooking and assembly

    • Place a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and melt butter.
    • Add chicken and sauté for 4 to 5 minutes.
    • Pour sauce over chicken, lower heat to medium and stir together. Simmer mixture for 4 to 5 minutes or until sauce thickens enough to coat chicken.
    • Remove from heat and top with sesame seeds and green onion. Serve.

      NOTES  

    To Make Ahead of Time
    This dish can be made up to 2 days ahead of time, stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. When ready to enjoy, just pour it into a skillet and heat over medium heat, stirring occasionally until heated through. If the dish gets too thick add 1 to 2 tablespoons water to thin it out.
    Alternatively, you can also prep all the ingredients out up to 2 days ahead of time and store in the refrigerator until ready to use. This will save you about 10 to 15 minutes of prep work, so when you’re ready to cook, that’s really all you have to do since everything will already to chopped, minced and prepped.
    Calories: 368kcal Carbohydrates: 26g Protein: 35g Fat: 14g Saturated Fat: 6g Trans Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 177mg Sodium: 993mg Potassium: 485mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 24g Vitamin A: 246IU Vitamin C: 1mg Calcium: 34mg Iron: 2mg
    CUISINE: asian, asian-american
    KEYWORD: chicken recipe, quick and easy dinner
    COURSE: dinner, Main Course

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    May 14, 2021 / 5 Comments

    About Jenny Park

    Jenny Park is half of Spoon Fork Bacon. She is also a food stylist and recipe developer. One of her favorite foods is donuts. #sfbJENNY

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    1. Diana

      February 03, 2025 at 5:10 pm

      5 stars
      Most Asian recipes call for oyster sauce (or worse – fish sauce). This did not and the whole family really liked it. Easy to make. Thank you.

      Reply
    2. Beck and

      October 23, 2021 at 2:32 am

      5 stars
      Lovely dish. I make something similar by adding 1/2″ slices of chorizo sausage and use olive oil in place of butter to turn it into Spanish lemon chicken. Try adding peppers, carrots or whatever takes your fancy. Yummy….

      Reply
    3. Ashley

      October 13, 2021 at 2:38 pm

      5 stars
      I really liked this recipe for an easy weeknight dinner. I added some broccoli and served it over rice and it was delicious, fast and easy. I honestly think I should have doubled the recipe because there were NO leftovers! I have a family of four and they devoured 1 1/2 of chicken so next time I’m gonna double it so I have some left for lunches. :)

      Reply
    4. desicart

      July 30, 2021 at 1:47 am

      5 stars
      Yum! This looks so delicious and tasty!

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    5. Stephen

      June 08, 2021 at 2:58 pm

      5 stars
      Perfect flavor! Well done!

      Reply

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