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Spicy and sweet honey chicken is great to serve with rice or noodles. Add your favorite veggies to make it even better!
Honey chicken is one of our favorite quick & easy Asian entrees! We like to serve it with a side of Fried Rice and some Cream Cheese Wontons.
Sweet + Delicious!
We love Asian dishes for dinner, especially the ones with chicken.
This honey chicken recipe isn’t breaded and is heated up in a small amount of oil. With the flavors of honey and soy sauce, it has the perfect sweet and salty touch that everyone loves with Chinese food.
Why we love it:
- Easy. With a quick prep, it’s simple for an Asian weeknight meal!
- Tasty and light! With no breading and a tasty flavor with a little spice, this dish is healthier than other Asian dishes we make.
- A perfect dinner. Enjoy it with white and brown rice (even Cauliflower Rice) or even Noodles or Chow Mein.
Ingredients
- boneless skinless chicken breasts – chicken thighs also work great!
- honey
- soy sauce
- red pepper flakes
- paprika
- garlic salt (with parsley flakes)
- olive oil
- broccoli
- brown sugar
How to Make Honey Chicken
- CHICKEN. Cut chicken into bite-size pieces and season with some garlic salt & paprika
- SAUCE. In a small bowl, whisk together your honey, soy sauce, red pepper flakes, brown sugar, paprika, and garlic salt.
- COOK. Cook chicken pieces in a pan of hot oil and stir until lightly brown, about 5 minutes. Pour in the honey mixture and chopped broccoli and continue to cook and stir until the chicken is no longer pink and the sauce has thickened.
- SERVE. Serve over white or brown rice (or noodles).
- GARNISH. Top with sesame seeds and chopped green onion or chives.
Recipe Tips
- Tender chicken. Soak the chicken pieces in buttermilk for a few hours before draining and using them in the recipe. The acid in the buttermilk will help tenderize the chicken making them tender, flavorful, and moist.
- Add vegetables. Easily add in or replace the broccoli with some of your favorite veggies like bell peppers, snow peas, and carrots.
- Gluten-free. This recipe is gluten-free. Many recipes coat chicken with flour before frying, but this recipe doesn’t.
Storing Info
- Making ahead of time. Prepare the ingredients for this honey garlic chicken recipe ahead of time, but save the cooking until you’re ready to serve. Cut the chicken breasts and mix up the sauce then place them in separate airtight containers.
- Store in the fridge for 1-2 days before cooking, or store in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight before cooking.
- STORE leftover easy honey chicken recipe in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
- FREEZE for 2-3 months.
- Reheat leftovers in a large skillet, and stir until hot. The oven or slow cooker will also work to reheat. If you’re in a hurry, reheat in the microwave.
For More Asian Chicken Dishes:
Honey Chicken Recipe
Spicy and sweet honey chicken is great to serve with rice or noodles. Add your favorite veggies to make it even better!
Ingredients
- ½ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt (with parsley flakes)
- 1½ tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup broccoli chopped
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
Instructions
- Cut chicken into bite-size pieces and season with some garlic salt & paprika
- In a bowl, whisk together your honey, soy sauce, red pepper flakes, brown sugar, paprika, and garlic salt.
- Cook chicken in hot oil and stir until lightly brown, about 5 minutes. Pour in honey mixture and chopped broccoli and continue to cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink and sauce has thickened. Serve over white or brown rice and ENJOY!
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Notes
Making ahead of time. Prepare the ingredients for this honey garlic chicken recipe ahead of time, but save the cooking until you’re ready to serve. Cut the chicken breasts and mix up the sauce then place them in separate airtight containers.
Store in the fridge for 1-2 days before cooking, or store in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight before cooking.
STORE leftover easy honey chicken recipe in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
FREEZE for 2-3 months.
Reheat leftovers in a large skillet, and stir until hot. The oven or slow cooker will also work to reheat. If you’re in a hurry, reheat in the microwave.
Nutrition
Calories: 266kcal, Carbohydrates: 40g, Protein: 14g, Fat: 7g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 36mg, Sodium: 873mg, Potassium: 322mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 38g, Vitamin A: 356IU, Vitamin C: 21mg, Calcium: 16mg, Iron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Adapted from allrecipes.com
I love love love Asian honey chicken. I order it at PF Chang’s and get excited when Its on the Panda Express menu. This recipe is equally delicious.
My favorite type of meal is Chinese food, so I am so happy to make it at home. This recipe is easy & so delicious! My family loves when I make it!
Chinese food and healthier is always a go to for me. It’s the best!
Hi KRisten,
Do we use fresh brocolli or frozen that we’ve already cooked ?
I usually use fresh, but you can definitely use frozen, as well. I would just thaw it out & maybe squeeze the liquid out.
Made this tonight and we loved it! Thank you so much for the recipe!! Only thing id say is if children are eating, maybe dont use pepper flakes! Its wonderful but ProBably to spicy for kids!
Thank you so much for sharing that!! I am so happy you liked it!
This was so good and easy! My husband loved it and so did I. I definitely will be making this again!! Thank you Soo much!
Happy to hear that!! Thank you for trying it!
Question about the honey chicken recipe. It says to cook the chicken in hot oil and the add the honey mixture and brocolli. How much oil do you use and do you add the honey mixture to the hot oil with the chicken? I’m a little confused.
You cook the chicken in the 1 1/2 Tablespoons of olive oil & yes, once you’ve cooked the chicken for a little bit, you add the honey mixture & broccoli & continue to cook. Hope that helps! Enjoy!
This Honey Chicken was amazing! Served it over sticky rice and have made it with broccoli and asparagus as the veggies. It’s on the menu for this weekend as well. Can’t get enough of it. So easy and delicious; it has a permanent spot in our weekly dinner rotation. Thanks for sharing.
Isn’t it the best!? I love it & I am happy to hear you love it, too! Thank you for letting me know! I’ll have to add those veggies!
This was super delicious and so easy! I made it using pre-cooked and chopped frozen chicken and I just mixed the sauce and chicken all together and cooked at the same time – it turned out wonderful! I added a little bit of ground ginger as well. Very tasty!
Thank you so much for letting me know!! That works just as good 🙂
Hi Kristyn,
This looks delicious and I can’t wait to make it but when do you add the broccoli?
Thanks!
It’s in step two of the instructions 🙂 It’s about 5 minutes after cooking the chicken. Hope you love it, as much we do. Thank you!