Baked Honey Garlic Chicken
A take-out favorite that you can make right at home, baked to crisp perfection. It’s healthier, cheaper and so much tastier!
Baked chicken bites. Honey. And garlic. I think the title says it all, right?
Yes, there’s absolutely no hot pot of oil here. No splattering of hotness of any kind. And after my oil splatter burn the other day, I think it’s safe for me to stay away from any fried foods for the time being.
Best of all, this chicken here still has that amazing crisp-tender texture, smothered in that sweet garlicky sauce. A sauce so good that you’ll want to double or triple it for other uses. Like an extra drizzle of sauce. Or for guzzling. Take your pick.
Baked Honey Garlic Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch chunks
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 cup Panko*
For the honey garlic sauce
- ⅓ cup honey, or more, to taste
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha, optional
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly oil a 9×13 baking dish or coat with nonstick spray.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper, to taste. Working in batches, dip chicken into eggs, then dredge in Panko, pressing to coat.
- Add chicken to prepared baking dish. Place into oven and bake until golden brown and crisp, about 15-20 minutes.
- In a medium saucepan over medium high heat, combine honey, garlic, soy sauce and Sriracha, if using. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and 1/3 cup water. Stir mixture into the saucepan until thickened, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in chicken and gently toss to combine.
- Serve immediately, garnished with green onions and sesame seeds, if desired.
Notes
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hi,
Made honey garlic chicken yesterday . It was awsome . My kids ate the whole thing in minutes . Thx for the recipe .
Do u know any sushi recipe ? 🙂
I’m so glad you were able to try this! As of right now, I do not have any sushi recipes.
We just have to try this for dinner! I love honey and garlic and the crispy coating looks amazing too, I have a bag of Panko breadcrumbs waiting to be used actually!
This looks amazing!! Can I make the sauce in advance?
I actually do not recommend making the sauce beforehand as it will thicken up more and more as it sits out. You can certainly coat the chicken before though. Just be sure to leave it in the fridge until you’re ready for it.
I love this recipe and make it all the time!
Do you think I could bread the chicken the day before and refrigerate so that I can easily bake and prepare the sauce with limited time?
Yes, of course!
I made this tonight and it was delicious, the only thing is I used too much chicken, so was a little short on sauce. Next time, will do 1-1/2 times the sauce. Thanks, my family loved it…
It’s not even lunchtime yet and I’m already salivating over this! Must try immediately! Pinning
I seriously am so excited to try this! Sounds heavenly!
This is such a winning recipe. Simple and so ‘damn delicious’. I had to pin it.
Looks delicious! What kind of rice did you use with it in the picture?
I used Japanese rice.
Made this last night for the first time. I had 2 huge bowls. Absolutely delicious. Full of flavor and better than any Asian chicken dish I’ve had at a restaurant. Magnificent!
thanks for the link! your version looks amazing — as always! love your recipes
Thanks for the awesome recipe. We LOVED it!
This chicken looks incredible, the texture is spot-on!
Love your recipes and made several, but could you include nutritional info so I can eat them more responsibly!
Pam, unfortunately, as I am not a registered dietician, I am not comfortable sharing nutritional information of any of my recipes. I recommend utilizing online calorie counters at your discretion to obtain such information.
HI its really simple to figure out calories of it I might make it tonight and if I do I will figure it out and let you know
Did you ever figure the calories in this
I never fry anything at home, so I love this version of a favorite in baked-form!
mmm . . . I wish I was eating this for dinner tonight!
This looks great ChungAh! Looks super crispy!
This looks absolutely fantastic Chung-Ah!
I hope the burn gets better soon, it always seems to get better than worse, and then finally it heals! I burnt myself in the kitchen last weekend and it’s only just started to recover properly, sigh – you live and you learn ey? Have a fantastic weekend! x
Oh. My. Gosh. I have Panko in the cupboard AND I have a new oven element – this is meant to be – PLUS this happens to be one of our all time favorites – thank you yet again!
Chungah: A thousand thank yous for this fab recipe. I have been looking for a Chinese style recipe like this for the past year; either for a baked Orange Chicken or Honey Garlic Chicken. I do not fry anything in my cooking, so the baked part is essential! Perhaps you can develope an Orange Chicken Sauce recipe to use in place of the Honey Garlic Sauce?
You can try to use the sauce from my Chinese orange chicken recipe: https://damndelicious.net/2013/10/19/chinese-orange-chicken/.
Loove that this is baked, AND especially that I have all the ingredients on hand so I can totally make this soon! Pinned 🙂
This looks delicious!