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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.
What Dishes to Serve with This Recipe?
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Honey Lime Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 lb (500g) 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
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (207°C).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
I made this tonight with 2 skinless chicken breasts. They were large so I baked them 5 minutes longer. Then I broiled them until charred- they are delicious! My husband agrees! I didn’t add the cayanne pepper- not our style- but followed the recipe otherwise. This was fast and easy (which I was looking for) and delightfully moist and delicious. Thank you!
Thanks Cheri for trying my honey lime chicken recipe! :)
Loved this recipe.
can you tell me what kind of honey you use .. there are quite a few different types
Is there any substitution for soy sauce? This sounds so good, but I’m supposed to be avoiding soy.
You can use fish sauce.
I am trying this in crock pot since it’s too hot to use the oven in Texas. Looks really yummy!
Awesome, happy cooking.
This was amazing! I doubled the sauce and grilled the chicken. I always love chicken thighs but these were wonderful! I did add a tiny squeeze of chili paste because we love spicy food. I served it over some leftover rice. This was so easy and delicious, it will absolutely be a repeat in our house!
Awesome, so glad that you love my honey lime chicken.
This is the best marinade! It’s our new favorite. We use it for grilling chicken or pork and then make street tacos with a citrus slaw.
Yum, sounds so yummy. Tacos with the honey lime chicken sounds delicious.
These recipe is going in rotation. I used the chicken thighs. I increased the amount of honey and soy sauce. Not by much. I followed the rest of the directions. This was extremely tender and the ingredients signatured the flavor.
Hi Da Truth, thanks for trying my honey lime chicken. :)
I just tried this and it was yummy! The only thing that I will do different next time is be more careful when I take it out of the oven. I accidentally spilled some of the sauce inside. oops
Ooops lol. That’s the best part. Thanks for trying this honey lime chicken recipe.
This was delicious and it’s going to be one of my go to recipes! It was quick and simple. Mine didn’t look exactly like yours, the sauce was watery as well and pooled at the bottom of the foil but I just poured it back over then grilled it on the top to char it a bit and it was still amazing so thank you!!
Yes, you have to pour the sauce and grill more to get the same look as my photos. Thanks for trying my honey lime chicken. :)