Honey Soy Chicken
This honey soy chicken recipe creates beautifully tender bites of chicken in a rich and sticky sauce served simply with tender steamed broccoli and rice. This is the perfect weeknight dinner when you’re craving takeaway. It’s easy, healthy, dairy free and with a gluten free option.
Servings 4 servings
Calories 648kcal
Ingredients
Sauce
- ⅓ cup honey
- ¼ cup soy sauce or tamari
- 1 teaspoon crushed ginger
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
Chicken
- 500 grams chicken thigh
- ¼ cup cornflour/cornstarch
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil for cooking
To serve
- 1 cup white rice
- 2 cups broccoli
- sesame seeds optional
- green onions (shallots) optional
Instructions
- Get your rice started. Add rice and water to a rice cooker according to directions, or prep rice your usual way.
- In a small bowl, mix all sauce ingredients together and set aside.
- Chop up chicken thighs into 1.5inch sized pieces. Place in a large zip lock bag with the cornflour. Seal and shake until all chicken pieces are evenly coated.
- In a frying pan, heat about a tablespoon of peanut oil.
- While oil is heating, crack eggs into a shallow bowl and whisk. In batches, dip each piece of chicken into the egg, coating it completely before allowing any excess egg to drip off and placing the chicken piece into the hot pan being sure not to overcrowd it. Cook chicken on each side until golden. It’s ok if the chicken is not cooked through at this stage. Repeat until all chicken has been used, adding more oil if needed between batches.
- Once all chicken is golden, use a paper towel to wipe out any excess oil from the pan before adding back in all the chicken pieces. Add in sauce and turn down heat to medium/low.
- Using a wooden spoon, stir the chicken to make sure each piece is covered in the sauce. Allow to simmer on medium/low heat for about 10 minutes or until the sauce has become thick and sticky and the chicken is cooked all the way through. Take off the heat and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- While the chicken is cooking, lightly steam or boil your broccoli until just tender.
- Serve chicken with cooked rice, broccoli and a sprinkle of sesame seeds and green onions.
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Notes
Gluten Free Option: Make sure to use Tamari or a gluten free soy sauce.
Nutrition
Calories: 648kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 204mg | Sodium: 956mg | Potassium: 533mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 491IU | Vitamin C: 40mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 2mg
