Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe

This Honey Garlic Chicken recipe is so easy to prepare and will be a family favorite! Made with chicken breasts and a four ingredient honey garlic sauce. Add cut up broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, carrots or peas for honey garlic chicken stir fry.

A weeknight dinner doesn’t get much easier than this honey garlic chicken! It’s even faster than takeout if you take into account the time it takes to drive to the restaurant, wait for the food and then drive home again.

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How To Make Honey Garlic Chicken

Step One: Honey Garlic Sauce

Start by making the sauce for this honey garlic chicken by whisking together the honey, soy sauce, olive oil, and hoisin sauce. Set the sauce mixture aside until later.

Step Two: Chicken

For this recipe, I used boneless, skinless chicken breasts. You could also use chicken thighs if you prefer your meat to have more fat.

Try to cut the chicken into evenly sized pieces so that they will finish cooking at the same time. After cubing the chicken, season it with salt, black pepper, and garlic powder.

Step Three: Flour

To get a nice, crispy coating on the chicken, coat it with flour before frying it. I’ve found that the easiest way to do so is to put the chicken pieces in a gallon sized plastic bag.

Add the flour, close the top of the bag, and shake the chicken to coat it evenly with flour.

Step Four: Frying

Next, it’s time to cook the chicken. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Add the seasoned and coated chicken.

Cook for about three minutes before flipping it over to cook on the other side.

Add the minced garlic, stir and cook for two minutes.

By the way, this is our favorite frying pan. You see it in so many of my videos and blog posts. We have this size as well for making omelets.

Step Five: Sauce

Finally, it time to add the sauce mixture. Turn the heat down to medium and pour in the sauce. Stir and cook for 3-4 minutes.

Garnish with toasted sesame seeds and sliced green onions before serving over rice, noodles, or cauliflower rice.

My son has already asked me to make this twice in the past week! I’d say it was a huge hit with my family.

Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe FAQs

1. Do I have to use chicken breasts for this recipe? The recipe calls for chicken breasts but chicken thighs or chicken tenderloins would work as well.

2. Why are the chicken breasts cut into small pieces before cooking? Chicken breasts are cut into pieces in this recipe so that it cooks faster, there are more crispy bits and you get honey garlic sauce on more areas. But the chicken breasts can be left whole if you prefer but you will need to extend the cooking time depending on the thickness of the chicken breasts.

3. What else can I add to this honey garlic chicken? Stir in cut up broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, carrots or peas for honey garlic chicken stir-fry.

4. My sauce won’t thicken. What should I do? If you want a thicker sauce, mix one tablespoon of cornstarch into two tablespoons of cold water. Stir the mixture into the sauce.

5. My honey garlic sauce is too thick? What should I do? If you want a thinner sauce, add a little water at a time until it reaches the consistency you prefer.

6. How can I make this recipe gluten free? To make this gluten free, use a gluten free flour or cornstarch in place of the flour or skip the flour coating and thicken the sauce with cornstarch as mentioned above. Also, be sure to use gluten free soy sauce, hoisin sauce, and sesame seeds.

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Honey Garlic Chicken

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

12 mins

Total Time

17 mins

 

This Honey Garlic Chicken recipe is so easy to prepare and will be a family favorite! Made with chicken breasts and a four ingredient honey garlic sauce.

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Chinese

Keyword: chicken, honey garlic chicken

Servings: 4

Calories: 444 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• salt, black pepper, and garlic powder
• 1/4 cup flour
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 3 tsp minced garlic
• 2 tbsp sliced green onions
• 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Honey Garlic Sauce

• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/4 cup light soy sauce
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp hoisin sauce

Instructions

Honey Garlic Sauce

1. Whisk together honey, light soy sauce, olive oil, and hoisin sauce in a small bowl. Set aside for later.

Honey Garlic Chicken

1. Cut boneless, skinless chicken breasts into pieces. Sprinkle with salt, black pepper, and garlic powder.
   

2. Put the chicken pieces in a gallon sized plastic bag. Add the flour, close the top of the bag, and shake the chicken to coat it evenly with flour.
   

3. Heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the flour coated chicken. Cook for about three minutes, flip the pieces over and cook for another three minutes.

4. Add the minced garlic, stir and cook for two minutes.

5. Turn the heat down to medium. Add the honey garlic sauce. Stir and cook for 3-4 minutes.

6. Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and sliced green onions.

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Nutrition Facts

Honey Garlic Chicken

Amount Per Serving

Calories 444 Calories from Fat 162

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 18g 28%

Saturated Fat 2g 10%

Cholesterol 72mg 24%

Sodium 1009mg 42%

Potassium 482mg 14%

Total Carbohydrates 44g 15%

Sugars 36g

Protein 27g 54%

Vitamin A 1.3%

Vitamin C 3.4%

Calcium 3.7%

Iron 9.1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.