Honey Soy Chicken Breasts
Honey Soy Chicken Breasts. Only 6 ingredients & so easy to prepare! It's one of the most popular chicken dishes ever on Rock Recipes. These chicken breasts bake up to shiny, deliciously honey soy glazed perfection.
Originally published January 2013.
Update, this recipe has now been updated with a demo video and nutritional information with the recipe. Originally published January 2013.
We are all about great easy workday dinners here at Rock Recipes and this honey & soy glazed chicken is a perfect example.
I've used bone in chicken breasts here but you can use any chicken parts you like. I often break down a whole chicken for recipes like these.
It takes just a few minutes to prepare a 5 ingredient marinade in the morning or the previous evening to have this chicken ready to pop into the oven when you arrive home from work.
Only about 45 minutes open roasting time is all these golden sticky chicken chicken breasts need; more than enough time to throw together a great salad, steam rice or prepare your favourite noodles.
If serving with noodles or rice, I recommend doubling the marinade/sauce recipe.
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Honey Soy Chicken Breasts
Honey Soy Chicken Breasts - one of the most popular chicken dishes ever on Rock Recipes, these breasts bake up to shiny, deliciously honey soy glazed perfection.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup honey
- ⅓ cup low sodium soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger root
- 24 ounces chicken breast
Instructions
- Stir together all the ingredients except the chicken breasts and pour into a large Ziploc bag.
- Add the chicken breasts and marinate in the fridge for a couple of hours or overnight.
- Place the marinaded chicken breasts on an aluminum foil lined cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees F, uncovered, for about 45 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked. I use a meat thermometer to make sure the internal temperature is between 170 and 180 degrees F.
- Do not throw out the marinade. While the chicken is cooking simmer it over low heat and brush it on the chicken about every 10 minutes as it cooks.
Notes
The total prep time reflects the marinating time as well. The cook time will vary from 45-60 minutes depending on the actual size of your chicken breasts,. Use a meat thermometer to be sure they are completely cooked.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
gAmount Per Serving Calories 364Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 145mgSodium 885mgCarbohydrates 20gFiber 0gSugar 18gProtein 55g
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
can i substitute maple syrup for the honey?
Worth a try but the sauce will have to be reduced further. Sounds like an interesting idea though.
my chicken breasts are in the frig marinating now, going to make for dinner tonight...will let you know how it turns out...can't wait...looks delicious!
Thanks for the recipe, the chicken breasts turned delicious.
Excellent! Great to hear.
Mine are in the oven now, I used skinless breast and ground ginger. . . it smells divine. . .I'm making it with steamed white rice and veggies! . . . I can't wait to try this. . . apparently neither can my husband as he is hanging out in the kitchen lol
O M Wow!! I Love it!! It turned out excellent!
Excellent! So glad you enjoyed it. It's a keeper.
When I simmered the marinade it turned kind of lumpy. Is that normal?
No not normal at all I'm afraid.
Simple and easy,,,I try making it,,,,,was very nice..
I'm making this at the moment 😀 super excited to taste it! I used only two chicken breasts cuz it's just me i'm cooking for while at uni. I know the sauce is amazeballs cuz I tasted it :D. I didn't leave my chicken to marinate as long cuz my chicken breasts were already marinating in herbs and spices so I let it soak up some of that lovely sauce for bout half hr both sides. I'm having this with coconut rice and steamed veggies :D. #excited 😀
I have made this a few times now using boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Marinate for minimum 30 mins, grilled on the BBQ. 6 -8 mins each side, Sear on high for 2 mins, then very low heat for 6 mins. Add 3 tablespoons of water to the remaining marinade into BBQ capable pan, and place chicken breasts in pan with veggies. Covering veggies (long broccoli stem or jullienne carrots etc...) with breasts. Keep on BBQ 350F indirect heat for another 10 mins while sauce thickens. Excellent with any type of rice and green onions.
chicken fully cooked it 165 degrees
That's the minimum safe temp. I usually go a little higher for darn meat myself. http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/charts/mintemp.html
Made this tonight!! OMG It was amazing. Definitely will make again.
I came across this recipe while trying to find something new to do for dinner with the chicken breast I had in my fridge tonight.. however the ONLY thing I had even flavored like ginger, was vernors soda lol so I used that instead of actual ginger.. and it still turned out amazing 🙂
Well that's certainly unusual but if you liked it.... 🙂
Oh My.... Made this tonight. Marinated it for six hrs then grilled it on the BBQ ( too hot to turn on the oven). Turned out great. Hubby says a keeper. Thank you for sharing. Will be making it again soon.
I make this for dinner tonight and... OMG!!!!! Came amazing and i just marinated for a couple of hours i can't imagine how good will be if i let them for the next day!!!!! Definitely doing again! !!!
try chicken thighs. very juicy. melt in your mouth
I prefer thighs in many chicken dished myself.