Sticky Honey Soy Chicken - baked
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4.8
204 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
5 mins
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Cook Time
5 mins
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Total Time
55 mins
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Servings
5 - 6 people
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Calories
492 kcal
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Course
Main Course, Dinner
Sticky Honey Soy Chicken - baked
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Recipe video above. This is still the best, EASIEST sticky honey soy chicken recipe I have come across. And I've tried many over the years! Marginally adapted from this recipe by Sprinkles and Sprouts. The sauce is very thin when you put it together and gets even thinner while baking, but miraculously, it suddenly thickens into an incredible glaze to squidge the chicken in. It's salty and sweet with a lovely hit of sesame.Please do not double the recipe or sauce, this will prevent the sauce from reducing down to the sticky glaze you see pictured.
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Ingredients
- 1.2kg / 2.4lb bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs OR drumsticks (5 - 6 pieces) (Note 1)
- 1 red onion , peeled, cut into wedges
Glaze
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- 3 tbsp honey
- 3 tbsp soy sauce (Note 2)
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar or ordinary white vinegar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Garnish (optional)
- sesame seeds
- Fresh coriander/cilantro leaves (or other green things like green onion, parsley, chives)
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C/390°F (180°C fan).
- Line pan: Line a baking dish with foil then baking paper. The baking tray should fit the chicken comfortably, not too spaced apart (glaze will dry out), not too snug (glaze won't thicken enough). (Note 3)
- Glaze: Mix the Glaze ingredients together.
- Pour glaze over chicken: Place onion and chicken in the baking dish skin side down, then pour the Glaze over.
- Bake 50 - 60 minutes: Bake for 25 minutes, then turn and bake for a further 25 to 35 minutes, until the chicken is browned and the glaze is sticky. If the glaze is not syrupy, remove the chicken to a plate and put the pan back in for a few minutes (it will reduce quickly).
- Squidge/coat chicken - Turn chicken and squidge in the glaze, then also spoon it over.
- Serve! Serve with rice and steamed greens, sprinkled with sesame seeds and fresh cilantro/coriander leaves.
Notes
- Chicken - Bone in, skin on thighs work best because the sauce should reduce down to a syrup in the same time it takes for the chicken to cook. Drumsticks also work, without any alteration to the recipe.
- Boneless skinless thighs and breast - Pour sauce over onion, bake 15 to 20 minutes until syrupy. Place boneless thighs in, turn to coat. Bake at 220°C/425°F for 20 minutes, basting once or twice, until chicken is cooked through. Caramelisation won't be as good as pictured (need skin).
- Soy sauce - Use ordinary, all purpose soy sauce. Sub light soy sauce (though sauce colour will be slightly paler).
- Do not use dark soy sauce or sweet soy sauce.
- Sauce thickness - Factors such as pan size, space around chicken, how much juice the chicken leaches in the oven (sometimes chicken is injected with brine, frozen is more watery etc), how evenly you oven circulates heat will all affect exactly how thick the sauce is at the end of the bake time.
- However, it's an easy fix - just take the chicken out then return the pan into the oven. It reduces really quickly.
- This recipe doesn't make a lot of sauce, which is the way it is supposed to be because it is quite strong in flavour. It reduce to a jammy sticky glaze, enough to coat the chicken. That's all you need!
- Nutrition per chicken, assuming all sauce is consumed.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
207g
Calories
492cal
(25%)
Carbohydrates
12g
(4%)
Protein
34g
(68%)
Fat
34g
(52%)
Saturated Fat
9g
(45%)
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
196mg
(65%)
Sodium
658mg
(27%)
Potassium
471mg
(13%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
10g
(20%)
Vitamin A
157IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
26mg
(3%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 5- 6 people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 492 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 207g | |
| Calories | 492cal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 12g | 4% |
| Protein | 34g | 68% |
| Fat | 34g | 52% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 196mg | 65% |
| Sodium | 658mg | 27% |
| Potassium | 471mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 10g | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 157IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 26mg | 3% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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