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Mom's Easy Honey Garlic Chicken

Mom's easy honey garlic chicken recipe is the best around - it's only FIVE INGREDIENTS that you have in your fridge and uses chicken thighs or breasts!

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 439 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese

Ingredients

  • 6-8 chicken thighs or breasts skin on
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce make it low sodium if salt bothers you
  • 1 cup  liquid honey
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder

Instructions

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  1. Whisk together all of the sauce ingredients in a bowl large enough to hold the chicken as well. Reserve about a 1/2 cup  of the sauce for later. 
  2. Place chicken into the sauce and cover. Marinate for an hour or two if possible, turning if you get the chance.
  3. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees F.
  4. Pre-heat an oven safe skillet with olive oil in it.
  5. Fry the chicken until the skin started to crisp up ( this helps the skin not get too soggy in the oven)
  6. Pour the remaining sauce on top of the chicken.
  7. Place the skillet into the oven and bake until the thighs reach an internal temperature of 185 degrees F. You can occasionally baste the chicken with sauce while cooking if wanted.
  8. Serve with rice, potatoes etc. It's exceptional with rice!

Notes

  • The nutrition on this is wrong and includes ALL of the sauce in the values, which you don't eat. The calories are way less.
  • You can use chicken thighs or chicken breasts and I highly recommend using skin on for the best honey garlic chicken. The skin becomes crispy, sticky and utterly delicious when cooked!
  • Cook the chicken thighs to 185 °F for the best texture. While you can cook it to 165 °F for safety sake, you actually want to cook thigh meat to a higher temperature to break down the meat better. It is tough meat at 165 ° and like butter when you reach 185 °F. This is a trick I learned from some chef friends and it will make you a chicken thigh addict!
  • Cook the chicken breast to 165 °F and no more.
  • The sauce is beyond amazing, make sure to reserve some sauce before you marinade the chicken, I like to use fresh sauce later on and not the marinade.

Nutrition Information

Calories 439kcal (22%) Carbohydrates 49g (16%) Protein 20g (40%) Fat 18g (28%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Cholesterol 110mg (37%) Sodium 1220mg (51%) Potassium 326mg (9%) Sugar 47g (94%) Vitamin A 115IU (2%) Vitamin C 0.5mg (1%) Calcium 16mg (2%) Iron 1.5mg (8%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 439

% Daily Value*

Calories 439kcal 22%
Carbohydrates 49g 16%
Protein 20g 40%
Fat 18g 28%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Cholesterol 110mg 37%
Sodium 1220mg 51%
Potassium 326mg 7%
Sugar 47g 94%
Vitamin A 115IU 2%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 1%
Calcium 16mg 2%
Iron 1.5mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.