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This Honey Chicken is tender chicken tossed in a skillet with butter, honey, garlic, fresh lemon juice, spices, and soy sauce. This Honey Lemon Chicken is a quick and easy 15-minute chicken dish.
When I am in a hurry and need a quick, weeknight meal that my family loves, I make this Sticky Honey Chicken recipe. It is super flavorful, and easy, and everyone loves it!
This Honey Glazed Chicken is tossed in a lemon garlic butter sauce and honey to give it the perfect amount of sweetness.
This Honey Soy Chicken is bursting with flavor from the garlic, fresh lemon juice, butter, honey, and soy sauce. You are going to be addicted in no time at all!
Honey Chicken Ingredients:
- Chicken Breast — I suggest using boneless, skinless chicken breast or thighs, cut into bite-size pieces.
- Salt and Pepper — sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper before tossing it in cornstarch.
- Cornstarch — this is what helps the sauce adhere to the chicken and also gives it a slightly crispy coating. You may use flour instead.
- Garlic Powder — also called granulated garlic. May substitute garlic salt for the garlic powder but just omit the salt above.
- Butter — use salted butter in this honey chicken recipe.
- Olive Oil — the combination of oil and butter helps to create the perfect crust.
- Honey — use a regular, pure runny type of honey in this honey glazed chicken recipe.
- Garlic — use finely diced fresh garlic cloves for the best flavor.
- Lemon Juice — I suggest using freshly squeezed lemon juice for the freshest flavor.
- Soy Sauce — may use regular soy sauce or gluten-free tamari sauce.
- Oregano — this is optional but adds an extra layer of flavor.
How to make Honey Lemon Chicken:
- Start by cutting the chicken into bite-size pieces. Pat dry with a paper towel. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Toss in cornstarch and coat well.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil. Cook chicken for 8-10 minutes.
- Add butter, garlic, honey, lemon juice, and soy sauce in a pan. Let cook and thicken for about 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle with fresh oregano or parsley and serve.
If you love this recipe, check out my Asian Sticky Chicken Recipe with Coconut Rice. The coconut rice recipe would taste amazing with this honey garlic chicken recipe.
Tips and Q & A:
Can I use flour instead of cornstarch to coat the chicken?
Yes! You can use either cornstarch or all-purpose flour to coat the chicken. It helps the lemon garlic butter sauce adhere to the chicken.
What can I serve this Honey Lemon Garlic Chicken with?
You can serve this on top of rice, with creamy mashed potatoes, with smashed potatoes, easy oven-roasted potatoes, or served with vegetables like green beans with almonds and lemon zest.
Storage:
This honey lemon garlic chicken can be stored in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. To reheat it, I suggest heating it in a skillet.
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Honey Chicken
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs. Chicken Breast (cut into bite-size pieces)
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1/4 cup Cornstarch
- 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- 4 Tablespoons Butter
- 3 Garlic Cloves (minced)
- 1/3 cup Honey
- 2 Tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
- Fresh Oregano or Italian Parsley (chopped for garnish)
Instructions
- Start by cutting the chicken into bite-size pieces. Pat dry with a paper towel. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Place the cornstarch in a bowl and toss the chicken in cornstarch and coat well.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil. Cook chicken for 8-10 minutes.
- Add butter, garlic, honey, lemon juice, and soy sauce in the pan. Let cook and thicken for about 5 minutes. * If you want a thicker sauce, you may remove the chicken from the pan and cook the sauce for 5 minutes and then add the chicken and toss together.
- Sprinkle with fresh oregano or parsley and serve. May drizzle with more honey when serving.
Notes
- Chicken Breast -- I suggest using boneless, skinless chicken breast or thighs, cut into bite-size pieces.
- Cornstarch -- this is what helps the sauce adhere to the chicken and also gives it a slightly crispy coating. You may use flour instead.
- Garlic Powder -- also called granulated garlic. May substitute garlic salt for the garlic powder but just omit the salt above.
- Honey -- use a regular, pure runny type of honey in this honey glazed chicken recipe.
- Lemon Juice -- I suggest using freshly squeezed lemon juice for the freshest flavor.
- Soy Sauce -- may use regular soy sauce or gluten-free tamari sauce.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This is my favorite dinner recipe!!!!!
We are obsessed with this recipe! The sauce is amazing!
Incredible and tasty recipe. Easy to prep. Fast to make. Love. Love. Love.
Incredible recipe! The sauce is heavenly!
Made this for dinner and my whole family LOVED it!!!!
Wow, this recipe is a keeper! My family and our guests DEVOURED it! Such an easy recipe with big results. Great flavor, especially using hot honey. Depending on how hot your hot honey is, I would go half hot honey and half regular honey, but drizzle the hot honey on top over the finished dish. Delicious! Thanks again Melissa, you are so talented!
Karen I am so happy to hear it! I love making recipes that everybody can enjoy. Great tips with the hot honey, thanks for sharing!
This was so delicious!! Tasted just like takeout.
The only thing I would say to do since I like my sauce pretty thick and extra sticky is to make a cornstarch slurry for the sauce because I don’t feel like it thickens up enough for my liking. Otherwise though spectacular dish and flavor 🙂
I made this and my ten year old could not get enough!! I made it for dinner and the next morning, he wanted it for breakfast, came home from school and begged for more!! This is definitely a winner recipe just like all of your recipes! I love making your recipes! Thank you!
Getting the ten year olds approval can be tough! I am so glad that he liked it, kids are some of my hardest critics! Thank you so much for using my recipe.
My kids loved it, but not surprising because of the honey. Quick and easy and a saver!
This was so easy to put together, delicious, I will make this often.
I was just reading your recipe and it sounds wonderful. I have been trying to study spices and how to use them because I was not really taught a lot about them when I was learning to cook. I saw in your notes that garlic powder was also called granulated garlic but in my recent studies I read that granulated garlic is supposed to be a bit stronger in flavor? Do you know if it is? Thanks.