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Honey Sriracha Chicken – crazy delicious chicken with honey sriracha marinade. Make it on a skillet, bake or grill for dinner tonight.
When it comes to making delicious Asian recipes, it’s all about the perfect balance of flavors: sweet, spicy, salty and sour.
Not all components need to present in a dish, but when it does, you’ve got the most amazing tasting food ever.
This honey sriracha chicken fits the perfect bill. It’s sticky sweet, spicy, salty, with a tint of sour. The chicken is extremely moist, juicy, delicious, bursting with bold flavors and absolutely addictive.
I found myself scraping off the sticky sauce on my skillet after I finished all the chicken. Just look at the pictures, you can’t blame me for doing that!
The best thing of all is the simplicity of the recipe. It takes 6 ingredients, nothing out of the ordinary. Chicken, honey, Sriracha, vinegar, garlic, and salt, which you already have in your fridge or pantry.
For the chicken, you can use chicken breast, thighs, drumsticks or wings. Make it for dinner tonight!
For more honey chicken recipes, check out my honey lime chicken recipe!
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 316 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Honey Sriracha Chicken
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Honey Sriracha Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs, deboned but skin-on
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon oil
- white sesame seeds, optional
Honey Sriracha Marinade:
- 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon tamari , or soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha chili sauce
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar , or apple cider vinegar
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Whisk the Honey Sriracha Marinade together until well combined.
- Add the garlic and marinade to the chicken, stirring to combine well. Marinate for 30 minutes.
- Heat a skillet (preferably cast iron) over medium heat and add the oil. Transfer the chicken to the skillet and cook on both sides until golden brown and cooked through.
- Add the remaining marinade to the skillet. Once it thickens, turn off the heat, sprinkle with sesame seeds (if using), and serve the chicken immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Made this tonight and it was great. Thanks for the recipe.
Tried it yesterday and it was delicious. I only have a concern, because I heard that honey shouldn’t be put in boiling water (tea, for example) because in high temperatures it not only loses it’s nutritional values but becomes harmful for health. So I am concerned if cooking the sauce is a good idea at all?
Hi Arson, I am not sure about that, I will have to do some research.
I followed this directly (only merinated 20min) & put in oven Recc time & when it came out of oven all sauce evaporated :[ and it was tasteless.. what did I do wrong :(( sauce was not sticky or thick like the picture :( help!
Hi Cheri, I am sorry you had problems with the honey sriracha chicken recipe. Many readers had tried it with great success. Which part of chicken did you use? If you are baking, cover it with a foil if the sauce evaporated. Usually, after baking, the chicken would have the juice seeping out, making it even more saucier. Broil for just a little bit so you get the slightly charred surface.
Gunna try this, my family loves your Peking Pork Chops recipe I’m sure they will love this one as well! Thanks for the great site!
Thanks Darrly, yes this recipe is delicious!
Hi!! I’m making this recipe, if a bake it, what I need to do with the remaining sauce? Do I cook apart and pour when the chicken is ready? Thank you
Just bake with the sauce together with the chicken.
Good Recipe and it looks so yummy
Thank you!
We were thinking about grilling these tonight. I’m concerned about there being a lot of flare ups because of the honey in the marinade….do you have any suggestions?
can I substitute the apple cider vinegar with white vinegar?`
Yes.
can I use balsamic vinegar instead?
Hi there! Two things: 1) This recipe sounds amazing and I can’t wait to try it! 2) You may want to check out this webpage’s script, especially the one it goes to after you click the “click here for recipe” link. Everything is fine for the first few minutes, but then suddenly you can hear an ad playing in the background that doesn’t sync up with any of the actual ads on the page. This happened several times when I was trying to look at this recipe, and the webpage would eventually seize up and I had to force quit. I know this isn’t something wrong with my laptop, as this is the only page I’ve had this happen on. You may have something imbedded that you don’t know about.
Hi Aly, can you tell me the device you were using?
My laptop, using Google Chrome.
Hello Rasa
I made this for my son who is a picky eater, especially when it’s chicken. I must say it was quick and easy and he enjoyed it immensely. This will be placed in my arsenal of recipes to be used again. Also if I may, I find your recipes quite easy to follow and the ingredients easily available. I love all of your recipes. Thank you for what you’re doing.
Hi Sandy, thanks for your sweet comment about the Honey Sriracha Chicken. I am so happy that you family enjoyed it. Please do try out more recipes. :)