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Takeout? No need! Tonight, you can serve up your Asian-inspired main course! Easy Honey Garlic Chicken features tender chicken coated in sticky, lick-your-fingers 5-ingredient honey garlic. This dish is packed with garlicky flavors, sweet honey, savory soy sauce, and tangy rice wine vinegar. Make Easy Honey Garlic Chicken and you’ll have a hearty Asian-fusion dish you’ll devour delightedly!
Takeout? No need! Tonight, you can serve up your Asian-inspired main course! Easy Honey Garlic Chicken features tender chicken coated in sticky, lick-your-fingers 5-ingredient honey garlic. This dish is packed with garlicky flavors, sweet honey, savory soy sauce, and tangy rice wine vinegar. Make Easy Honey Garlic Chicken and you’ll have a hearty Asian-fusion dish you’ll devour delightedly!
Ingredients
- 6 chicken thighs bone in or out, with or without skin
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 6 cloves garlic crushed
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- green onions optional, for serving
- sesame seeds optional, for serving
Directions
- Season the chicken with the salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
- Heat a pan or skillet over medium-high heat on the stove-top.
- Lightly sear the chicken thighs on both sides until golden and cooked through, registering 165 degrees F in its thickest part, about 6-8 minutes per side. If you are using bone-in thighs, reduce your heat after searing on both sides, cover the skillet with a lid, and flip the chicken every 5 minutes to ensure it is cooked evenly.
- Drain 3/4 of the excess oil from the pan, leaving the rest to ensure properly moist, and delicious chicken.
- Arrange the chicken skin-side up in the pan.
- Place the crushed garlic cloves between the chicken, frying for around 30 seconds.
- Gently pour in the honey, broth, vinegar, and soy sauce.
- Increase the heat to medium-high and continue to cook until the sauce reduces and becomes slightly thick, about 3-4 minutes.
- Garnish the honey garlic chicken with the chopped green onions or sesame seeds.
- Serve.
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