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Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe

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Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe

This spiced honey soy chicken is a perfect blend of hot and sweet. Marinated with ginger, garlic and some warm spices this chicken is full of flavor and color. Simple easy and an effortless recipe that can be made on a busy weeknight or lazy weekend lunch.

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Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe

If you like the combination of honey and soy sauce, you will love this honey soy chicken recipe. I personally love this recipe because of how easy it is to put together. Nothing, can be easier than marinade and bake – right? Plus look at that gorgeous color? It’s begging you to come enjoy!

The best part?  This recipe uses simple ingredients you usually have at home. So you can just plan this last minute and still not be worried about an ingredient list.

Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe

Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe

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  • Chicken – I prefer to use thigh or legs because you can bake them longer with a beautiful color, unlike breast that cooks much faster.
  • Soy Sauce – highly recommend using low sodium soy sauce so you can control the amount of salt. If you must use the regular soy sauce I suggest you omit the salt in the recipe
  • Honey – adds sweetness but when mixed with the soy sauce and the spices it really makes a huge difference. The chicken is not overly sweet.
  • Spices – I am using a mix of cloves, cinnamon and star anise with a hint of rosemary today but you can omit the spice completely or add less of any that you don’t care for much.
  • Lemon juice – helps cut and enhances the flavor of the sweetness in the chicken and no it does not taste lemony.
This spiced honey soy chicken is a perfect blend of hot and sweet. Marinated with ginger, garlic and some warm spices this chicken is full of flavor and color. Simple easy and effortless recipe that can be made on a busy week night or lazy weekend lunch. 

Spiced honey Soy chicken Recipe

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Ingredients

For the Chicken

  • Chicken pieces – 8 legs, thighs or both
  • Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Garlic cloves with skin on – 8 cloves

For the Marinade

  • Soy sauce – 30 ml (1/4 cup)
  • Honey – 30 ml (1/4 cup)
  • Garlic – 1 tsp minced
  • Ginger – 1 tsp minced

For the spice mix (optional)

  • Paprika – 1/2 tsp
  • Cinnamon – 1/4 inch piece
  • Clove – 3 pieces
  • Star anise – 1/2 piece
  • Rosemary – 1/2 sprig

 

This spiced honey soy chicken is a perfect blend of hot and sweet. Marinated with ginger, garlic and some warm spices this chicken is full of flavor and color. Simple easy and effortless recipe that can be made on a busy week night or lazy weekend lunch. 

Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe

Method: 

Prepare Spice Mix

  • Add the ingredient to a spice grinder or mortar and pestle
  • Grind to a fine powder.

Prepare Chicken

  • Clean, skin and pat dry the chicken pieces
  • Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice
  • Set aside.

This spiced honey soy chicken is a perfect blend of hot and sweet. Marinated with ginger, garlic and some warm spices this chicken is full of flavor and color. Simple easy and effortless recipe that can be made on a busy week night or lazy weekend lunch. 

Prepare Marinade

  • In a baking pan add all the marinade ingredients -Soy sauce, honey, garlic, and ginger.
  • Add only 1 tsp of the spice mix to the marinade as well.  Stir well to combine
  • Place the chicken pieces in the marinade, coat well.
  • Add the spare garlic cloves in too (with skin)
  • Cover with Cling/ plastic wrap and leave (fridge) until you are ready to cook. (can be marinated overnight)
This spiced honey soy chicken is a perfect blend of hot and sweet. Marinated with ginger, garlic and some warm spices this chicken is full of flavor and color. Simple easy and effortless recipe that can be made on a busy week night or lazy weekend lunch. 

Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe

Bake Chicken

  • An hour before cooking thaw chicken
  • Preheat the oven to 200 C /400 F
  • Cook uncovered for 35 to 45 minutes turning the pieces over and basting them at least once in between
  • When done remove and let sit for at least 10 minutes before serving.
  • The pan juices are absolutely delicious and can be served over white rice.
  • Alternatively, You can transfer the pan juices to a saucepan and reduce over medium-high heat until you get a thicker consistency.

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This spiced honey soy chicken is a perfect blend of hot and sweet. Marinated with ginger, garlic and some warm spices this chicken is full of flavor and color. Simple easy and effortless recipe that can be made on a busy week night or lazy weekend lunch. 

Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe

This spiced honey soy chicken is a perfect blend of hot and sweet. Marinated with ginger, garlic and some warm spices this chicken is full of flavor and color. Simple easy and effortless recipe that can be made on a busy week night or lazy weekend lunch. 

Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe

This spiced honey soy chicken is a perfect blend of hot and sweet. Marinated with ginger, garlic and some warm spices this chicken is full of flavor and color. Simple easy and an effortless recipe that can be made on a busy weeknight or lazy weekend lunch. 
5 from 13 votes
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Course: Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: Asian
Keyword: Honey Soy Chicken
Adjust Servings Here: 4 servings
Calories: 388kcal
Author: Veena Azmanov
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

For the Chicken

  • 8 Chicken pieces legs, thighs or both
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

For the Marinade

  • 30 ml Soy sauce
  • 30 ml Honey
  • 1 tsp Garlic minced
  • 1 tsp Ginger minced

For the spice mix

  • 1/2 tsp Paprika
  • 1/4 inch Cinnamon stick 1/4 inch piece 
  • 3 Cloves Cloves
  • 1/2 Star anise 1/2 piece
Metric - US customary

Instructions

Prepare Spice Mix

  • Add the ingredient to a spice grinder or mortar and pestle 
  • Grind to a find powder. 

Prepare Chicken

  • Clean, skin and pat dry the chicken pieces
  • Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice
  • Set aside. 

Prepare Marinade

  • In a baking pan add all the marinade ingredients -Soy sauce, honey, garlic, and ginger. 
  • Add only 1 tsp of the spice mix to the marinade as well.  Stir well to combine 
  • Place the chicken pieces in the marinade, coat well.
  • Add the spare garlic cloves in too (with skin)
  • Cover with Cling/ plastic wrap and leave (fridge) until you are ready to cook. (can be marinated overnight)

Bake Chicken

  • An hour before cooking thaw chicken 
  • Preheat the oven to 200 C /400 F
  • Cook uncovered for 35 to 45 minutes turning the pieces over and basting them at least once in between
  • When done remove and let sit for at least 10 minutes before serving. 
  • The pan juices are absolutely delicious and can be served over white rice. 
  • Alternatively, You can transfer the pan juices to a saucepan and reduce over medium-high heat until you get a thicker consistency.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 382grams | Calories: 388kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 30.1g | Fat: 9.5g | Saturated Fat: 2.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 134mg | Sodium: 386mg | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 40g | Vitamin A: 0% | Vitamin C: 0% | Calcium: 0% | Iron: 0%
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  2. We eat so much chicken that it’s always a real delight to find a recipe that will tantalize the tastebuds. We’ve always liked the combination of honey and soy. Then if you add garlic and lemon, we are salivating.Now, with your spices, I’m getting a hint of Chinese Five Spice.arisa I’m definitely trying this recipe once we’re home. It sounds so good!! It’s a welcome change from our normal spices.

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  3. I like this spiced chicken legs, this best recipe with garlic, soy sauce and festive spices like cloves, cinnamon, paprika and star anise. So yum great for gatherings.

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  4. Love the spices and the honey soy glaze that you have used in the recipe. I use my mortar and pastel for making spice rubs. In fact I bought a very large one this time from India that I am yet to use.

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  11. I love this recipe! Can’t wait to try it! We always have chicken in the freezer and I like to try new ways of prepping it. Thighs were on sale at my grocery the other week and I stocked up. Thanks Veena!

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