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Honey Soy Chicken Recipe – This honey soy chicken recipe comes together for a quick, easy and delicious meal! It is perfect with all cuts of chicken making it just as perfect for a busy weeknight supper as it is for a serving company when entertaining!
In my house, we love chicken. You can depend on it being served at least two or three nights a week without complaint. And this honey soy chicken recipe is hands down one of my absolute favorites.
You can use chicken breasts, chicken thighs, drumsticks, or even wings. Any and all work perfectly and taste amazing. You can choose to use boneless, skinless chicken or go with bone-in, skin-on pieces. Whatever suits you works great.
Ready in 30 minutes, this is one recipe that I turn to time and again that never disappoints. Flavorful and delicious, I can depend on it being one that my whole family enjoys.
As quick and easy as it is to mix up and make, I also love to mix up the honey soy mixture and pour half of it over my chicken to let it marinate throughout the day before cooking. Then, as it cooks, I use the remainder of the honey soy mixture on my chicken. While this is delicious, it isn’t absolutely necessary. The honey soy mixture imparts so much flavor while the chicken cooks!
Here’s my recipe for Honey Soy Chicken. I think you are going to love it!
Honey Soy Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6-8 chicken thighs , breasts, quarters, or legs
- ¼ cup soy sauce or coconut aminos
- ½ cup honey
- 2 cloves minced garlic or ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- pinch red pepper flakes optional for heat
- chopped fresh parsley optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º F.
- Drizzle olive oil into medium skillet set over medium heat. Add chicken to the skillet and cook on each side until browned, about 3-5 minutes per side.
- Meanwhile, mix together soy sauce (or coconut aminos), honey, garlic, salt, pepper, ginger, and red pepper flakes. Pour mixture over chicken and place the skillet into the preheated oven. Bake the chicken until it registers 160ºF when checked with an internal thermometer at the thickest part of the chicken. The time will vary depending on the cut of chicken that is used. Generally, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven, top with parsley, if using, and serve..
Nutritional Information
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
From the Add a Pinch recipe archives. Originally published 2011.
I had planned to do pork chops when this came in so decided to go ahead anyway with pork instead of chicken. Worked fine but as another commented, pity sauce is so thin?
Hi Valerie –
I’ve found that the leaner the meat, the thicker the sauce. The fattier the meat, the more it thins down the sauce. Not sure if that is the case with your pork chops, but could be. Thanks!
Can you tell me what “Coconut Amigos” are? Coconuts who are friends? Thanks in advance.
Coconut AMINOS 🙂
It’s a soy-free seasoning sauce 🙂
100% Organic Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Non-GMO
I made this tonite. Realized I did not have a skillet that could go in the oven (rubber handles) so I just left it on the stove to cook for about 30 min. After about 20 min the sauce thickened and it was delicious.
So happy you enjoyed it, Carla! Thanks!
It also works really well if you add lemon instead of the ginger!
Glad you like it, Joe! Thanks for sharing that! 🙂