Here’s a simple, sticky-sweet Honey Garlic Chicken recipe—crispy edges, glossy sauce, and big flavor with minimal ingredients.
🍯 Garlic Chicken (Honey Garlic Chicken)
🛒 Ingredients
- 500–700 g chicken thighs or breasts (cut into bite-sized pieces or strips)
- Salt & black pepper, to taste
- ½ cup all-purpose flour or cornstarch (for coating, optional but recommended)
- 2–3 tbsp oil (for frying)
🍯 Sauce
- ⅓ cup honey
- 3–4 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1 tbsp vinegar (rice vinegar or white vinegar)
- 1 tsp sesame oil (optional but great for flavor)
- ½ tsp chili flakes (optional)
👨🍳 Instructions
- Prep the chicken
- Season chicken with salt and pepper.
- Lightly coat in flour or cornstarch for crispier texture (optional but recommended).
- Cook the chicken
- Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
- Cook chicken until golden brown and cooked through.
- Remove and set aside.
- Make the sauce
- In the same pan, lower heat.
- Add garlic and sauté for ~30 seconds (don’t burn it).
- Stir in honey, soy sauce, vinegar, and sesame oil.
- Simmer 2–3 minutes until slightly thickened.
- Combine
- Add chicken back into the pan.
- Toss until fully coated in glossy sauce.
- Finish
- Simmer another 1–2 minutes until sauce clings to chicken.
🍽️ Serving Ideas
- Serve over steamed rice or noodles
- Top with sesame seeds and chopped green onions
- Pair with stir-fried veggies or broccoli
🔥 Tips
- Thighs stay juicier, but breasts work fine if not overcooked.
- Want extra sticky glaze? Let the sauce reduce a bit longer before adding chicken back.
- Add a splash of water if sauce thickens too fast