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Easy 20-Minute Honey Garlic Chicken
Juicy chicken thighs with golden skin are coated in a thick, sticky honey garlic sauce. This easy honey garlic chicken recipe is ready in just 20 minutes with simple ingredients. It features a flavorful glaze that clings to every piece.
Prep
14 min
Cook
6 min
Total
20 min
Serves
4
Instructions
- 01
Place each chicken thigh bone-side up on a cutting board. Locate the center bone and make shallow cuts around it with a sharp knife until the bone can easily be removed.
- 02
Pat both sides of the chicken thighs completely dry with paper towels.
- 03
Evenly season both sides of the chicken with salt, black pepper, and garlic powder. Set aside.
- 04
In a small bowl, whisk together the honey garlic sauce ingredients until the cornstarch and honey have fully dissolved.
- 05
Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan over medium heat. Once hot, place the chicken skin-side down in a single layer and cook for 4-5 minutes without moving it, until the skin is golden. Flip and continue cooking for another 2-3 minutes or until the thickest part reaches an internal temperature of 165°F.
- 06
Reduce the heat to medium-low. Whisk the sauce again, pour it around the chicken, and let it simmer until thick and glossy. Flip the chicken skin-side down for 15 seconds to coat it in the sauce, then return it skin-side up. Garnish with green onions and serve immediately.
Nutrition
per serving · 1 serving
- Calories
- 412
- Protein
- 24g
- Carbs
- 21g
- Fat
- 26g
- Fiber
- 0.3g
- Sugar
- 18g
- Sat. fat
- 7g
- Sodium
- 531mg
- Cholesterol
- 142mg
Variations & swaps
Ingredients & Substitutes
- Exact ingredient amounts are listed in the recipe card at the bottom of this page.
- Skin-on, Bone-in Chicken Thighs: I use bone-in thighs and remove the bones before cooking. Skin-on boneless thighs work even better and save you the deboning step. Skinless boneless thighs also work, but reduce the cooking time and note that they won't have the same golden, seared skin.
- Vegetable Oil: Or use any neutral cooking oil with a high smoke point, such as canola or refined avocado oil.
- Salt & Black Pepper
- Garlic Powder: To season the chicken. Do not substitute with minced garlic, or it can burn in the pan and make the chicken taste bitter.
- Green Onions
Variations
- Gluten-Free: Substitute the regular soy sauce with gluten-free soy sauce or tamari.
- Spicy: Add ½ teaspoon of red pepper flakes to the honey garlic sauce.
- Egg Fried Rice: Savory rice pairs well with the sweet honey garlic sauce.
- Spicy Garlic Bok Choy: Tender-crisp vegetables and spice balance the sweet chicken.
- Egg Drop Soup: A light, savory starter that complements the chicken.
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