Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe

Name: Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 8 Chicken pieces (legs, thighs or both); 1 tbsp Lemon juice; Salt and Pepper to taste; 30 ml Soy sauce; 30 ml Honey; 1 tsp Garlic (minced); 1 tsp Ginger (minced); 1/2 tsp Paprika; 1/4 inch Cinnamon stick (1/4 inch piece ); 3 Cloves Cloves; 1/2 Star anise (1/2 piece)

October 27, 2017 By Veena Azmanov 26 Comments

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.

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

Let’s talk ingredients and Substitutes. (Save/Pin)

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

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.

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)

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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Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe

Author: Veena Azmanov

5 from 13 votes

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Course: Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine: Asian

Keyword: Honey Soy Chicken

Adjust Servings Here: 4 servings

Calories: 388kcal

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 55 mins