# Honey Garlic Chicken

This is a quick and easy honey garlic chicken recipe that is better and faster than takeout.

- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- chicken
- salt
- pepper
- oil
- cornstarch
- soy sauce
- honey
- red pepper flakes
- paprika
- water
- garlic
- sugar
- green onion whites
- butter

## Instructions

1. Start your chicken with salt, pepper, a little bit of oil, and cornstarch, then mix until well coated.
2. For the sauce, whisk together soy sauce, lots of honey, red pepper flakes, a little paprika, water, garlic, more garlic, and sugar.
3. Heat some oil in a pan.
4. Add your chicken in and cook until it reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit and is nice and golden brown.
5. In the same pan, add your green onion whites.
6. Once your butter melts down, add in your sauce mixture.
7. The sauce should start to thicken up quite a bit.

## Equipment

- pan

## Tips

- For crispy skin, coat the chicken thigh with bread flour or corn starch.
- Soak chicken in a brine (500 ml water, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar) for at least an hour or overnight before coating.
- Make sure chicken is dry before coating.
- Pan fry skin side first, then flip, and then add the sauce until thickened.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/mMI7es0fX1M?si=CCkAthhP7H67RFUv
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3daad8b3-f851-4373-b1e4-dd410a8b8aa7
- Extracted: 2026-01-18

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