Honey Sriracha Chicken

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

Honey Sriracha Chicken sliced and ready to serve.

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!

How Many Calories per Serving?

This recipe is only 316 calories per serving.

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4.62 from 52 votes

Honey Sriracha Chicken

Honey Sriracha Chicken – crazy delicious chicken with honey sriracha marinade. Make it on a skillet, bake or grill for dinner tonight.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Marinade Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 2 People
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Ingredients  

  • 4 chicken 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. Mix well.
  • Add the garlic and the Marinade to the chicken, stir to combine well, marinate for 30 minutes.
  • Heat up a skillet (cast-iron preferred) on medium heat. Add the oil. Transfer the chicken to the skillet and cook on both sides, until they turn golden brown and cooked through.
  • Add the remaining Marinade to the skillet, as soon as it thickens, turn off the heat, top with some sesame seeds (if using) and serve the chicken immediately.

Notes

You can bake the chicken in an oven at 375F for 20 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. You may also grill the chicken.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g, Calories: 316kcal, Carbohydrates: 16g, Protein: 38g, Fat: 45g, Saturated Fat: 16g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 29g, Cholesterol: 221mg, Sodium: 750mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 13g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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117 Comments

  1. Taylor says:

    5 stars
    Hi, I am going to cook this tonight for some friends. My only question I have is, if I am baking, do I need to put tin foil on the pan when cooking or just directly on the pan?!?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      It’s best to line with parchment paper. If not, line with aluminum foil and spray with some cooking spray.

  2. Taylor says:

    Hi, I am going to cook this tonight for some friends. My only question I have is, if I am baking, do I need to put tin foil on the pan when cooking or just directly on the pan?!

  3. Desola says:

    5 stars
    Hello Rasa,
    I live in Lagos, Nigeria and had to Google what Sriracha sauce was. I’m currently in culinary school and I made chicken wings with this recipe for a challenge and my instructors were totally wowed. I served it with Nigerian Party Jollof rice. It was amazing

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Desola, so glad that you used my recipe. I am happy for you. Thanks!

  4. Terry Beaty says:

    5 stars
    I love your recipes, but I am having trouble saving them. Is there a way you could add Pinterest icon to you recipes? This would make my life so much easier. I don’t always want to print every recipe, but just save it to my phone or computer in Pinterest. Thank you.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Terry, Pinterest icon is working on the images. Just hover it over and there is a red P button on the image, and you can pin the images.

  5. matt says:

    any reason to “serve immediatly” would it be good to rehear if i make a bunch of it ?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Yes you can reheat if you make a bunch, no problem.

  6. Laura Sharp says:

    I baked this chicken and it was so incredible. It forms a really lovely crust and the chicken is so succulent inside. Thanks for the great recipe!

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Thanks Laura, I am so glad that you love my honey sriracha chicken recipe. :)

  7. Libbie says:

    Forgot to buy chili sauce…so I used orange sauce….let’s see how it turns out!…..

  8. Erika says:

    Dang! Just marinated thighs with this recipe and then scrolled down to see only breasts, wings or drumsticks. Will I have problems cooking the thighs this evening?

  9. Eve says:

    5 stars
    Thanks for the recipe. It was delicious!!!

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Thanks Eve for trying my honey sriracha chicken.

  10. Renen says:

    5 stars
    Thank you for this recipe. Twice I referred to Rasa Malaysia for a recipe the other one was laksa and they did not fail. Tastes really good. For this one I baked the chicken 20mins closed foil then 20mins open to give it some browning. I wish I could show you the picture. Will be doing this over and over again. And it’s guilt free! Thank you!

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Renen, thanks so much for your comment. I am so happy that you enjoyed my honey sriracha chicken. Try more recipes on my site. They are all good!