Sticky Garlic Chicken Bites
These easy baked chicken nuggets are sweet, sticky, and just finger-licking amazing!
Bite-sized chicken pieces made to absolute crisp-perfect and smothered in the most amazing sweet and sticky sauce. Do you need any more convincing?
No, but really, not only are these finger-licking good but these babies are also baked, not fried, saving you on a ton of calories and some of that artery-clogging goodness. And it’s just so easy with 15 min prep and 20 min in the oven. Easy peasy!
Sticky Garlic Chicken Bites
These easy baked chicken nuggets are sweet, sticky, and just finger-licking amazing!
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 sauce
- ¼ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- ¼ cup honey
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly oil a 9x13 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 soy sauce, honey, garlic, hoisin sauce, ginger and Sriracha until slightly 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
*Panko is a Japanese-style breadcrumb and can be found in the Asian section of your local grocery store.
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Made the dish with exact measurements just without the onions but found the sauce wayyy too salty.. soysauce wasnt low in sodium. What am i doing wrong?
Nada, it is best to use reduced sodium soy sauce as indicated in the recipe.
I use Braggs soy sauce alternative.
I made as directed and it was sooo salty I could hardly eat it. Otherwise I loved it. My husband, who is a good cook thought maybe I reduced it too long? However it wasn’t thickening. I had to add a tad cornstarch to thicken. Really wanna make again but scared it will be too salty again.
This looks so delicious and garlicky sauce is calling my name!
Wow! I love that the chicken is baked in this recipe! I am making this for sure!
This sounds soo good! Only problem is the sodium! 1600+mg of sodium per serving is way beyond the levels for someone who has High Blood Pressure or Kidney disease. Is there any way to reduce it to acceptable limits?
It may be best to use less sauce to fit your dietary restrictions.
Hi Chungah,
What kind of rice do you recommend serving with this dish?
Thank you!!
White rice, brown rice, or even fried rice would be great accompaniments.
I tried this recipe tonight, but the sauce never thickened. There wasn’t any “sticky” to it. I tried raising the heat on the stove, but it just seemed to burn the sauce. Any suggestions?
Did you follow the recipe exactly as written without any substitutions?
I just made this and had the same problem. The only thing I can think of is that I used raw honey from my cousin’s bees. It’s a thinner honey than a store bought honey like clover honey.
Sauce was so thin all the breading got soaked and peeled off the chicken…
I had the same problem, I sprinkled a couple teaspoons of flour in there and it worked out great. So delicious!
BEING ITALIAN I OF COURSE HAVE MADE TONS OF ITALIAN FOODS AND AS A CHILD MY PARENTS HAD A RESTAURANT. I COULD PROBABLY MAKE CHICKEN PARMESAN WITH MY EYES CLOSED! HOWEVER I GET BORED WITH MAKING THE SAME MEALS OVER AND OVER AGAIN THIS SITE IS GREAT BECAUSE I AM TRYING NEW THINGS!
I HAVE A QUESTION CHUNAH WHAT IS SIRACHA?
Sriracha is an Asian-style hot sauce that should be available in the Asian section of your local grocery store.
Hi! I love, love your recipes. I made this dish a few nights ago and it was just delicious. Had leftovers the next day and they were even good cold. My husband thought they were just outstanding. Thanks for all of your great recipes and beautiful photos:)
Mouthwatering! I want to nom all of these little, juicy chicken bites.
Will plain panko crumbs be ok? Or do I specifically need the Japanese Panko crumbs for taste?? LOVE this idea! Trying it this weekend.
Panko Breadcrumbs are Japanese so yes, the plain one should work just fine.
Omigod these look amazing. I can’t get over how quick they are, and how incredibly yummy those photos are! pinned!
I am a complete novice when it comes to cooking so please bear with me! When you say “stir in chicken” are you saying that I should remove the chicken bites from the baking dish and plop them into my saucepan to “gently toss to combine”? Or should I leave the bites in the baking dish and pour the sauce over the chicken? I’m good at following instructions if I know what the instructions mean! 🙂
The directions refer to the former, but you can really do either.
Wow, this looks great! Im wondering if I could accommodate the vegetarians in the house by doing this with cauliflower of broccoli instead of the chicken? I know the consistency would be different but I would think the flavor would be the same? What are some of your thoughts?
A cauliflower version sounds amazing!
Sooooo Yummy!! I’ve tried several of your recipes and two today. Keep it coming girl!!!!
can I use thighs instead of chicken breast?
Yes, of course!
Your recipes amazing. I’m trying right now thighs so hopefully turns out yummy
Hi Adonica. Please let us know how the thighs turn out. I was thinking of using thighs as well.
Thanks, Talithia
These look absolutely delicious!! Sweet, savory and sticky…they definitely have to be awesome!
This looks like it will be a great meal to make, I have to say that your photography is absolutely spot on and really makes the food come to life.
I think that it must be the honey that must be giving that awesome glaze- nice one
Sebastian
Anytime sticky and garlic are in the same sentence, I know that my taste buds are going to be ALL over it. I could pop these bites all day long! Pinned!
Sticky delicious indeed, love these bites!
I made this tonight and served with DD Wonton Soup. I changed out the shrimp dumplings for pork. My husband said this was the best meal I ever made. We have been married 20 years so this is saying something. The chicken was simply amazing. My five year old even loved it. I did find I needed to use about a 1/4 cup more panko for my version, but the recipe worked very nicely. Thank you!