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.
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 360 calories per serving.
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Honey Lime Chicken
Honey Lime Chicken - crazy delicious chicken with honey lime. The BEST chicken that you can make for your family, takes only 20 mins.
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
Directions
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1Preheat the oven to 400°F (207°C).
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To debone the chicken thighs but keep the skin on, please refer to the step-by-step instructions. The skin makes this recipe extremely delicious.
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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.
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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.
Recipe Video
Recipe 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.
Johanna Prevost
Delicious recipe my whole family loved it. How do you get your chicken to be so perfect? That is how do you cut the chicken with the skin on without the skin falling off? Your cut chicken looks perfect is there a trick? Thank you or is a trick photography
Rasa Malaysia
Johanna sharp knife and knife skills. :)
Ray
I was looking for something a little different and had some limes that needed to be used. Today was a grilling day and the last comment that “on the grill works too” sealed the deal”. I marinated the chicken thighs in the mixture (zested the garlic to add to the mix) for 20 minutes or so. Direct heat on each side for 5 minutes then indirect heat until done (you know when its done if you grill a lot) REALLY GOOD!!!!! Full flavor, but not an overkill. Simple to make and I’m thinking the next time guests are here.. this will be my grilled chicken recipe. Thanks!!
Rasa Malaysia
Nice!
Pip
Thanks for sharing this! It was crazy delicious!!
Philip Casing
Just a few questions to clarify. When baking the chicken thighs, how should we cover them with aluminum foil: do we loosely cover or cover to seal?
After baking for 20 minutes, do we remove the aluminum cover or not?
Rasa Malaysia
Yes cover loosely. Yes, remove the aluminum cover before serving.