Honey Soy Chicken. This is my premium recipe for Honey Soy chicken, a step up from this quick Honey Garlic Chicken and easy Baked Honey Soy Chicken, neither of which call for marinating. One mixture is used as a marinade, for basting, and also to make a fabulous glossy sauce to drizzle over the chicken and everything on your plate. This chicken is so flavorful and will make your house smell oh-so-good!
You'll be a rockstar when you serve up this incredible sticky Baked Chicken that kids and grown ups will go nuts over!
One of my favorite dishes to make for my family is various kinds of baked chicken: ginger garlic baked chicken, baked Hoisin chicken, honey lemongrass baked chicken, and this amazing, moist, and super delicious baked honey soy chicken.
It's one of the easiest chicken recipes ever, and everyone loves it.
You can cook Honey Soy Chicken using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Honey Soy Chicken
- You need of boneless, skinless chicken breasts (trimmed of fat and tenders removed.
- You need of vegetable oil.
- You need of low sodium soy sauce.
- It's of sesame oil.
- It's of honey.
- You need of garlic, minced.
- It's of ground ginger.
- You need of black pepper.
- It's of fresh rosemary, finely chopped.
With a mouthwatering honey soy sauce, this is the perfect weeknight or weekend dinner recipe! Honey Soy Chicken is my favorite kind of weeknight dinner; the chicken requires just a few minutes prep time early in the day and the result is a sweet glazed oven-roasted chicken that is incredibly tender. 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! For a gluten-free version, be sure to use gluten-free soy sauce or a suitable substitute.
Honey Soy Chicken instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Line an 8x8 baking dish with 2 layers of aluminum foil. Trust me on this, use the foil... otherwise you'll have baked on honey that will take forever to scrub off!.
- In a bowl, whisk together vegetable oil, soy sauce, sesame oil, honey, garlic, ground ginger and pepper..
- Place the chicken breasts in the foil lined dish, then pour the sauce mixture over the top of the chicken. Turn chicken to make sure the sauce covers all of the chicken..
- Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Check occasionally to make sure the sauce isn't browning too quickly. If it is, cover with foil and continue baking..
- Once chicken is done cooking, if the tops of chicken isn't brown enough for you, broil for a few minutes until they reach the desired golden brown color..
- Remove chicken from the oven and let sit for 5 minutes, then transfer to plate or serving dish. Immediately after plating the chicken, spoon the remaining sauce over the top of the chicken..
- Sprinkle finely chopped fresh rosemary on top of chicken and enjoy!!.
For a paleo version, use liquid aminos instead of soy sauce. For a thicker sauce, you can either add more honey and/or add a tablespoon of cornstarch to the mix. Heat up a teaspoon of cooking oil in the pan. When the oil is hot, add chicken thigh fillets. Delicious Honey and Soy Chicken made in the slow cooker, served with vegetables and noodles.