Honey Lime Chicken

Chicken is our favorite protein; I make chicken many times a week so I am constantly developing new recipes. Two ingredients that I love most are honey and lime.

This honey lime chicken is inspired by a recipe on Eating Well, but I simplified the recipe to make it easier for you. The recipe takes only 20 minutes to make!

Moist, Juicy and Tender Chicken

This honey lime chicken recipe turned out to be a perfect 10. It’s absolutely moist, juicy, tender and utterly delicious. The honey, lime, soy sauce and garlic marinade do wonders to the chicken.

The end result is sticky sweet, savory and citrusy chicken that you will be begging for more.

Bone-in Chicken vs. Boneless Chicken

As usual, my favorite is boneless chicken thigh (check out how to debone chicken thighs video).

You have the glossy, lacquered, perfectly charred and baked chicken skin, with the meat bursting with the chicken juice. You can also make the chicken with bone-in chicken thighs.

Whichever part of chicken you use, you can make this dish all year long: bake in the oven, outdoor on the grill, or just cook on skillet or cast-iron pan.

Skillet or Oven-Baked?

This recipe is absolutely versatile; you can choose to bake the chicken in the oven, or you can just cook it on the stove-top. I personally love oven-baked because I love crispy and charred skin, like the pictures here.

However, skillet is an easy way to cook and you don’t want to wait that long to savor this delicious chicken.

What Dishes to Serve with this Recipe?

This meal is best served with a main dish or side dishes. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.

How Many Calories Per Serving?

This recipe is only 360 calories per serving.

Creamy Garlic Parmesan Fettuccine

Brown Butter Garlic Honey Roasted Carrots

One-Pot Pasta with Spinach and Tomatoes

Sauteed Asparagus

Yield: 3 people

Honey Lime Chicken

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Honey Lime Chicken - crazy delicious chicken with honey lime. The BEST chicken that you can make for your family, takes only 20 mins.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 lb chicken thighs, deboned, skin-on
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1.5 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 3 dashes cayenne pepper
• 1 big pinch salt
• chopped parsley
• lime wedges

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 400F.
2. To debone the chicken thighs but keep the skin on, please refer to this video and post for the step-by-step. The skin makes this recipe extremely delicious.
3. Rub the minced garlic on the chicken thighs with your hands. Add honey, soy sauce, lime juice, cayenne pepper and salt to the chicken. (Double the marinade if you want it to be more "saucy"). Stir to combine well. Transfer the chicken and the honey mixture to a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil. Cover the chicken with aluminum foil to prevent burning.
4. Bake the chicken for 20 minutes, or until cooked. If the sauce pools at the bottom of the foil, spoon and brush the sauce over the chicken. Broil the chicken for 1 minute or until the chicken skin is charred. Remove from heat, garnish with parsley. Squeeze the lime wedges over the chicken before serving.

Notes

If you use boneless and skinless thighs or chicken breasts, please take note that your chicken will look white as there is no skin and the broil function won't char the meat and make it dark.

You may also make this recipe on a skillet or cast-iron pan on medium heat. Please make sure that you keep turning the chicken if you cook on the skillet or pan as it might get dark very quickly because the honey.

You may also grill the chicken on an outdoor grill.

Nutrition Information

Yield

3

Serving Size

3 people
Amount Per Serving Calories 360Total Fat 25gSaturated Fat 7gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 148mgSodium 465mgCarbohydrates 8gSugar 6gProtein 25g