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Get ready for a flavor explosion with Soy Honey Baked Chicken Pieces! Tender, and juicy, with a savory-sweet combo that’ll you come back asking for more.
Easy Delicious Soy Honey Baked Chicken Thighs
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Marinate Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Easy
Description
Get ready for a flavor explosion with our Soy Honey Baked Chicken Pieces. It’s so tender, juicy, and packed with a savory-sweet combo that’ll have you craving more! Don’t miss out on this mouthwatering dish! Try it now and let your taste buds thank you!
Ingredients
- 1/3 cups of honey or maple syrup
- 1/4 cup Dark soy sauce
- 1/4–1/2 cup finely chopped green onions
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil/vegetable oil or canola oil
- 1 Tbsp. garlic minced (or 4 large cloves garlic, minced)
- 1 Tbsp. white vinegar (apple cider or rice wine vinegar — OPTIONAL)
- 1 tsp sesame oil (optional) or Olive Oil
- 3/4 tsp fresh or bottled minced ginger
- 2 1/2–3 pounds (±1.25-1.5 kg) chicken thighs = 8 thighs
- Coarse Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper to season both sides.
- Fresh chopped parsley to garnish or you can use more chopped green onions.
Instructions
- In a large, flat, shallow bowl, combine the maple syrup, soy sauce, chopped green onions, cooking oil, garlic, vinegar, sesame oil (optional), and ginger. Mix well and set aside.
- Trim off any excess fat, clean, and pat the chicken dry with a paper towel.
- Season with salt and pepper on both sides, then place it into the bowl with the marinade.
- Cover and leave it in the fridge and marinade chicken for at least 30 minutes or overnight if you have the time.
- Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C).
- Place these chicken thighs together with the marinade in your baking dish.
- Bake for 40–60 minutes, turn it over every 10–15 minutes to make sure that the chicken does not dry out.
- Once cooked through, turn on the broiler of the oven and broil it for ±10 minutes at high heat until nice and golden brown and it starts to show signs of some charred edges.
- Garnish with parsley or you can even use some extra green onions and if you wish sesame seeds sprinkled over the top.
- Serve chicken with leftover pan juices over rice with steamed asparagus or a salad if you wish.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Esme (Blogger & Owner) of The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs, SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes, and EsmeSalon Homemade Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2
- Calories: 519
- Sugar: 16.4 g
- Sodium: 3021.9 mg
- Fat: 20.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 21.2 g
- Fiber: 0.8 g
- Protein: 60 g
- Cholesterol: 280.1 mg
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This looks absolutely amazing! Pinned so I can make it later!
Hi Jo, Thank you so much for pinning, I hope you love it as much as we do and will pop back and write a short review once you made it. Above all enjoy it and thanks for visisting.
Ohhhh sticky and sweet goodness! This sounds divine and a great alternative to a weekend Chinese takeaway! Sim x
Thanks Sim, hope you will enjoy it, in fact I made this again last night and nothing left.
Oh boy, this sounds fantastic!
Visiting today from SSPS #172&173.
We enjoyed it tremendously and will be on the menu again this week. Hope you will give it a go.
I make something similar to this Esme, and we love it in this household! There is just something about cooking with honey and soy sauce, and the wonderful flavors that burst in your mouth!
Cara. I totally agree with you. Super delicious and being in Canada we ❤️ maple syrup
It looks fab!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Hi Nancy. Thank you so much, we love it and its super easy and may I say so myself delicious.
Yep – we have those often!! #TheRandom
Hi there Lydia, they are awesome, so happy to hear that you also enjoy them and make it often.
I am going to follow your recipe #ssp262@-karendennis @nextbestthingtomummy
Hi Karen. Thank you ad hope you will enjoy it. Thanks and let us know what you think but enjoy it.
This is the perfect recipe for me to make during the week while it is so cold outside 🙂
Good morning Tandy. Thank you so much for popping in and I hope you will enjoy this as much as we do when I make it. It’s so nice to see you here and hope you will also join us as SSPS. I have not checked the links as my day only starting but hope to see you there weekly.
When you make this dish I hope that it will meet your expectations.
Delicious Esme! I love that this recipe can easily be made gluten free just by changing the soy sauce!
Hi Leslie, awesome and hope you will enjoy it GF. Very easy and super delicious for sure.
This sounds great Esme! Pinning!
Hi Jenna, thank you so much for popping in and thanks for the pin. We love this and its on my forever menu.