Honey Garlic Chicken is an epic 12 minute dinner with a 5 INGREDIENT SAUCEÂ made using pantry staples. A juicy seared chicken breast with the most incredible Honey Garlic Sauce, this is a brilliant back pocket quick dinner for busy nights to add to your Chicken Breast recipes collection!
My favourite sauce returns with Honey Garlic Chicken!
Another addition to my 15 Minute Meals and quick Chicken Breast recipes collection!
This Honey Garlic Chicken breast recipe is long overdue. The Sauce in this is a variation of my Honey Garlic Salmon which I first shared way back when I started this website.
If I were ever to do a summary of my top 5 Most Used Sauces, Honey Garlic Sauce would probably be right at the top of the list. I love it because it requires so few ingredients that are pantry staples, and when simmered with a seared protein in a skillet so it becomes all bubbly and syrupy…. oh WOW.
It’s just DA BOMB!!! ( <– Who talks like that at my age???! I do. Only in extenuating circumstances. Excitement over crazy delicious secret-weapon sauce falls under this category.😎)
Terrific quick chicken breast recipe
Though I personally have a preference for chicken thighs over chicken breast (better flavour, juicier!), I find myself putting chicken breast in my shopping trolley week after week.
Thus over the years, I’ve built up a wide variety of quick and easy chicken breast recipes – and this Honey Garlic Chicken is one of my favourite quick dinners that I find myself making over and over again.
How to make Honey Garlic Chicken
- Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper, dust with flour (makes sauce cling to it better!)
- Sear chicken, add butter, garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, honey.
- Simmer until the sauce thickens. Turn chicken to coat in the amazing honey garlic sauce. And THAT’S IT!
It really is that crazy simple.
The chicken in this recipe is dusted with flour before searing, and while it is an optional step, I really do encourage you to do this. The flour creates a crust that the sauce can cling to, so the chicken is smothered with the sauce. If you just sear plain chicken, the sauce just sort of slips off – which is fine, you can scoop it up with each bite. But it’s even better when the sauce is clinging to the chicken!
There’s enough Honey Garlic Sauce to squidge your veggies into as well as drizzling over your rice or mopping up with a bread roll. Hope you enjoy! – Nagi x
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Honey Garlic Chicken breast recipe
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Honey Garlic Chicken Breast
Ingredients
- 500 g / 1 lb chicken breast , boneless and skinless (2 pieces)
- Salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup / 60g flour (Note 1)
- 50 g / 3.5 tbsp unsalted butter (or 2 1/2 tbsp olive oil)
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1 1/2 tbsp apple cider vinegar (or white or other clear vinegar)
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce (or all purpose, Note 2)
- 1/3 cup / 90g honey (or maple syrup)
Instructions
- Cut the breasts in half horizontally to create 4 steaks in total. Sprinkle each side with salt and pepper.
- Place flour in a shallow dish. Coat chicken in flour and shake off excess.
- Melt most of the butter in a large skillet over high heat - hold back about 1 tsp for later.
- Place chicken in skillet and cook for 2 - 3 minutes until golden.
- Turn and cook the other side for 1 minute.
- Turn heat down slightly to medium high.
- Make a bit of room in the pan and add garlic and top with remaining dab of butter. Stir garlic briefly once butter melts.
- Add vinegar, soy sauce and honey. Stir / shake pan to combine. Bring sauce to simmer, then simmer for 1 minute or until slightly thickened.
- Turn chicken to coat in sauce. If the sauce gets too thick, add a touch of water and stir.
- Remove from stove immediately. Place chicken on plates and drizzle over remaining sauce.
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
Honey Garlic Chicken breast recipe originally published February 2018, post tidied up 8 September 2018 but no change to recipe (I wouldn’t dare, readers love it as it is!).
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This was the most flavorful, moist, delicious chicken breast recipe I have ever made!
That’s so great to hear!
This looks delicious!! Could I make this in the Instant Pot?
You want a frying pan that will crisp up the chicken and an instant pot is not that good at doing that…IMO
While looking for inspiration for dinner tonight it was luckt thst I cane across this recipe/video on FB! So quick and easy. I was hoping it wasn’t going to be too sweet and it was perfect! My son and I really loved it so I’m printing it out for him so he can make it for himself when we go on holidays next week.
Thanks for another quick, easy and yummy recipe Nagi😊
I meant to say that it was lucky that I came across this recipe/video.
Apologies for the typos!
That’s awesome to hear Maria!
Just made this tonight and it was awesome! My son finished his plate and my wife said this was one of her favorite dishes. Such an easy and delicious recipe.
Wahoo, that’s great Aaron!
I love this. I added a little cornstarch to thicken this up.
I’m so happy you loved it!
This dish is absolutely amazing, even my kids want seconds. We make this multiple times a month. Thank you so much!!!
That’s so great to hear Stefanie!!
I’m a total food snob and look at alot of recipes online, cook them and then wonder what someone was thinking.
THIS. WAS. DELICIOUS. Printed out copies for my kids and sent them in the mail so they could add to their cookbooks.
Thank you for making our meal delicious!
hi, is the soy sauce salty or sweet?
Husbae enjoyed this recipe it was fabulous. Thank u Nagi can’t wait to try more of ur recipes
Thanks so much Baby!
I made this tonight for dinner. It was quick and easy and absolutely delicious!! I will make this again. The chicken was tender and the sauce was perfect!
That’s so great to hear Lesley!
SO DELICIOUS! Super quick and easy and was a huge hit with the family! Love your recipes Nagi xx
I’ve never made a comment on a recipe before, but I’ve never made something like THIS!! As a college student I don’t have much time or cooking expertise, but this was one of the quickest, easiest, and most importantly TASTIEST recipes I’ve ever made!! I’ve sent it to a few of my friends and am saving this for later.
Wahoo thanks for the feedback Molly!
Delicious! Saving this in my bookmarks so I can make it again.
Need to make a larger quantity for a holiday meal. Can it be baked in the oven instead of stovetop?
Awesome!! Love the sauce!! A new and easy favorite!!
Woot!!