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How to Make Honey Balsamic Chicken
To make delicious honey balsamic chicken, I first season some chicken thighs with some salt and black pepper. Then, I slowly pan-fry the chicken on a skillet until both sides of the chicken are gorgeously browned, with a crackly crispy skin and the meat part is nice and crunchy.
Then, I add the honey and balsamic vinegar, and reduce and simmer the chicken until the sauce becomes sticky. Voila, it is so good!
As the name suggests, it’s honey balsamic chicken, so you certainly don’t want to skim on the honey. Honey makes everything better, just like butter.
Ingredients for Balsamic Chicken Marinade
- Garlic
- Butter
- Honey
- Balsamic vinegar
Frequently Asked Questions
How Do You Use Balsamic Vinegar?
Balsamic vinegar is great for cooking because it has a spicy kick while balancing the rich flavor of protein. It is also great for vegetables.
Should You Refrigerate Balsamic Vinegar after Opening?
Make sure to close it tightly after each use and store it properly. It does not need to be refrigerated.
How Many Calories?
This recipe has 435 calories per serving.
Serve Honey Balsamic Chicken With:
For a wholesome dinner, make the following dishes.
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Honey Balsamic Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs. chicken thighs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 dashes ground black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 1/2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoons water
- chopped parsley for garnishing
Instructions
- Season the chicken with the salt and ground black pepper.
- Heat up a skillet on medium heat and slowly pan-fry the chicken, skin side down first, until both sides of the chicken become nicely browned and crispy. Remove the chicken and discard the chicken fat.
- Add the olive oil and butter to the skillet, saute the garlic until slightly browned, follow by the honey, balsamic vinegar and water. Add the chicken back into the skillet, lower the heat to simmer and reduce the sauce until slightly thickened and that the chicken is completely cooked, about 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat, garnish with the parsley and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
How is this considered easy. How can it be done in 20 minutes. It would take 20 minutes or more just to find the ingredents. Then another 20-30 minutes to measure them out.
And who cooks chicken in 10 minutes and call it slowly frying. I get fustrated because I don’t know how to cook and I keep looking for an easy and fast recipes and never find any.
The recipe is very easy if you actually follow the instructions. Once you get a hang of it, it’s 20 mins.
Made this for dinner and it was delicious. Didn’t have to change a thing. Perfect!
I loved the recipe for the honey balsamic chicken thighs. The best chicken I have made in quite some time. I followed the recipe exactly. Dumping the chicken fat gave flavors of the balsamic and honey to the chicken. Really Good!!!
Thanks for trying my honey balsamic chicken recipe.
I just stumbled upon this, trying to mix up my regular chicken rotation. It was delicious! My kids (even my picky 6 year old) loved it. The only complaint was that there were no leftovers. ?