Crispy Garlic Honey Chicken
This is one of those, “throw everything from the pantry into a marinade, coat the chicken with egg and panko and bake” dishes. Make a quick sauce while the chicken bakes and pour all over for a delicious spicy, sweet, garlicky fun dinner. Your kids will love these chicken nuggets, but the flavor is intense enough for a glass of wine and a little salad. No frying, no fussy. Just an easy pan sheet dinner entree you’ll family will love.
Throw them on a skewer and you have a fun appetizer for your next cocktail party.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 2 unit chicken breasts cut into bite size cubes
Mariande
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tsp fresh ginger minced
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce or Tamari
- ½ cup water
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- 2 tsp sesame seeds
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 TBSP sweet chili sauce
For the chicken coating
- 2 unit eggs beaten
- 1 cup flour
- 1 ½ cups panko bread crumbs
For the Sauce
- ½ cup Water
- 2 tsp Cornstarch
- 4 TBSP Low sodium soy sauce or Tamari
- 2 TBSP Seasoned rice vinegar white vinegar will work as well
- ¼ cup Honey
- 1 tps Sesame oil
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- ½ tsp Red pepper flakes
- ¼ cup Sweet chili sauce
- Olive oil spray
- green onions for garnish
Instructions
- Line a rimmed sheet pan with parchment paper. Set oven to 375 degrees.
- In a large bowl combine all the marinade ingredients:
- Garlic, ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, water, red pepper flakes, sesame seeds, honey and sweet chili sauce. Add in chopped up chicken.
- Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile set up two pie plates for dredging . To one pie plate add the eggs- beaten.
- To the other plate combine the flour and the panko bread crumbs.
- Drain the mariande from the chicken after 30 of of marinating. Dip the chicken pieces into the egg and then roll into the flour and panko mixture to coat.
- Place each chicken piece on the lined baking sheet taking care that the pieces do not touch. Lightly spray the dredged chicken with the olive oil spray.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
- While the chicken is baking, in a small bowl combine the water and corn starch to create a slurry.
- Add the slurry to a small sauce pan over low heat and add in the remaining sauce ingredients:
- Soy sauce
- Vinegar
- Honey
- Sesame oil
- Honey
- Garlic powder
- Red pepper flakes
- Sweet chili sauce
- Bring the sauce ingredients to a simmer. Let simmer for 5 minutes adding more water if needed.
- Remove chicken from the oven. Plate onto a serving platter. Pour half the sauce over the chicken and save half the sauce for dipping.
