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
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
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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 to use 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.
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 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)
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 sauce pan and reduce over medium high heat until you get a thicker consistency.
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Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe
Spiced Honey Soy Chicken Recipe
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Yield 4 servings
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.
Ingredients
For the Chicken
- Chicken pieces - 8 legs, thighs or both
- Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp
- Salt and Pepper to taste
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
- Paprika - 1/2 tsp
- cinnamon powder - 1/4 inch piece
- Clove powder - 3 pieces
- Star Anise - 1/2 piece
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 sauce pan and reduce over medium high heat until you get a thicker consistency.
Courses Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine Asian
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 382 grams
Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
Calories 388 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 9.45 g | 15% | |
Saturated Fat 2.12 g | 11% | |
Unsaturated Fat 2.39 g | ||
Trans Fat 0.028 g | ||
Cholesterol 134 mg | 45% | |
Sodium 386 mg | 16% | |
Total Carbohydrates 48 g | 16% | |
Dietary Fiber 5 g | 20% | |
Sugars 40 g | ||
Protein 30.12 g | 60% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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I love the hot and sweet flavor combination! This is a recipe I’ll be saving to make soon for the family. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Tina – SO happy to hear that. Let me know if you try it. Thanks
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.
Thank you Marisa. I love my spices and I love playing with flavor combination. This really has a perfect blend
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.
Thank you Swathi. Yup it so flavorful you will love it.
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.
I love my mortar and Pestel Sandhya.. People think it’s hard work but I think it’s therapy !!
Veena, what a beautiful chicken dish! I love the flavors of this recipe…I know this is something my family would thoroughly enjoy!
Thank you Catherine So happy to hear that.
This chicken is going to be a family favorite! All these flavors, and it looks perfectly cooked. Thanks for the recipe.
Thank you Debi – Do let me know if you try it
This looks like a great chicken dish to me. I love the legs and thighs, so much more flavour…and nice and juicy too. I love the spice profile here too. I will have to give this a try.
I almost always use legs and thighs Gloria…so much more flavorful then breast meat
Soy and honey are such a perfect combo! I need to make this soon, yum!
Absolutely Andrea. Definitely a winning combination
This chicken dish looks so irresistible, with all the garlic and the flavorful spices mix all together.. this is a winner for me.
Thanks Calleigh. Definitely a winner for us.
The sweet and spicy combination is always a winner. This chicken looks so good with that sticky sauce!
Absolutely Joanna It’s always a winner
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!
I love using thighs more than breast for sure. I hope you try it. Let me know
My mouth is watering at this recipe! It’s very similar to a Filipino chicken dish my mom made all the time as I was growing up and it was so delicious. Would love to enjoy this with a big bowl of rice!
Thanks Marlynn. Absolutely the kids love it with rice.
What a delightful and yummy dish, the combination of sweet and savory really si the best. Pure umami! That chicken looks so tender too. Yummy!
Thanks Adriana – Yes it was so yummy