This Sticky Honey Chicken recipe is a quick and easy skillet dinner.
Tender chunks of chicken are cooked until crisp and tossed in a sweet and zesty honey glaze.
Serve over a bowl of rice for the perfect meal!
A Quick Weeknight Meal
- If you like PF Changs honey chicken, you’ll love this homemade version.
- This recipe comes together fast with fried chicken (or shrimp) in an easy honey sauce.
- Serve it with a side of rice and steamed veggies for an easy dinner
Ingredients for Honey Chicken
Chicken – Boneless skinless chicken breasts are a favorite, but boneless-skinless chicken thighs work just as well. To keep it extra fast, you can also chop up bits of rotisserie or leftover chicken, heat them in a little bit of broth, and add it to the sauce.
Honey Sauce – Honey adds sweetness to this recipe, while a bit of ginger and garlic adds flavor. Sriracha gives it a bit of a kick!
Garnish – Green onions, sesame seeds, and even toasted crushed peanuts with some chili paste can make a delicious garnish!
Serve Honey Chicken over rice, cauliflower rice, fried rice, or with stir-fried vegetables.
How to Make Honey Chicken
- Season the chicken, toss it in cornstarch, and brown in a skillet.
- Whisk together the sauce ingredients, per the recipe below, and simmer in a skillet.
- Toss with chicken and garnish with green onions.
Variations & Swaps
- Swaps – Add red pepper flakes in place of sriracha. Replace garlic with ¾ teaspoon garlic powder. Fresh ginger is best in this recipe, but if needed, it can be replaced with ½ teaspoon ground ginger.
- No chicken breast? Use shrimp, pork tenderloin, or chicken thighs.
- Add chunks of bell pepper, onion, or pineapple.
Leftovers
Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheat in the microwave until heated through.
Make Take Out at Home!
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Sticky Honey Chicken
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- ½ teaspoon salt & pepper each
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or as needed
- green onions thinly sliced for garnish
Sauce
- ⅓ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons chicken broth or water
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon sriracha or to taste
- 3 cloves garlic minced
Instructions
- Dab the chicken dry with a paper towel and cut into bite-size pieces. Place them in a medium bowl and season with salt & pepper. Add the cornstarch and toss to combine.
- In a small bowl, whisk the honey, chicken broth, soy sauce, ginger, cornstarch, sriracha, and garlic until combined.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the chicken in small batches and cook until no pink remains, about 5-6 minutes. Transfer to a dish to keep warm.
- Whisk the sauce ingredients (as the cornstarch may have settled to the bottom) and add to the same skillet. Bring to a simmer over medium heat while whisking and let simmer for 1 minute.
- Add the chicken to the sauce and stir to coat. Garnish with green onions.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Chicken, Dinner, Entree, Main Course
Cuisine American, Asian© SpendWithPennies.com. Content and photographs are copyright protected. Sharing of this recipe is both encouraged and appreciated. Copying and/or pasting full recipes to any social media is strictly prohibited. Please view my photo use policy here.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Asian inspired!
This is incredibly delicious and so easy to make. This is now on my all time favorite recipe list. I served this dish along with your incredible vegetable fried rice. I am certain that this recipe would work splendidly with shrimp and I can’t wait to try that. once again, thank you Holly for this 5 star recipe.
So glad you loved this (and the fried rice) Marian!
I don’t know how to simmer foods. Do you put the temp to low? I have a Viking gas range and it has simmer labeled right by High on the knob, but there is a range of simmer from hardly any to almost high. I have ruined many recipes trying to simmer something.
The temperature required to simmer can vary depending on the size of the pot or pan. A simmer should be just below boiling, you should see a little bit of very gentle bubbling on the surface of the liquid. I most often simmer at medium-low. I hope that helps.
Made this tonight with leftover chicken thighs and chicken breasts. Added chunks of green pepper. I may have had a little bit more chicken than suggested and did not want to scorch my sauce that didn’t even cover the bottom of the pan, so I added the juice of a can of pineapple when reducing it down. Served over white rice garnished with green onions. Excellent!
Incredibly easy incredibly delicious. I served it with rice and stir fry veggies in a bowl. My husband asked if we can have it again tomorrow. Thx so much
This is delicious! I made it for dinner with Jasmine rice and brocolli!
Was wondering if you can use the spice jar type of
ginger?
The recipe sounds so good.
Hi Cathy, I haven’t tried that, but that should work just fine. I would substitute 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of ground ginger.
I was just wondering if I could use olive oil instead of vegetable oil? I actually ran out of vegetable oil
This would work, if it’s a stronger flavored oil, it may change the flavor slightly.
SO GOOD and easy to make!
Sooo delicious wow… we really loved this. Thank you
So happy to hear that, Santi. Thank you!
Wow, so good! The family loved this. Will have this again.
What a delicious meal! And so easy! This recipe will definitely go into my regular rotation. It is especially flavorful with the peppers and onions added. Thanks, Holly for an amazing recipe!
So glad you loved this Bonnie!
OMG this will easily become a staple in our family dinners.
Love Love Love
So easy to make
Super Yummy to eat
And just as easy to clean up
Yay! So happy to hear that Alicia!
This recipe was very simple, and my family loved the chicken, I just served it with some 5-minute rice and it was ready to go! The sauce is sweet and delicious, and the chicken is tender! I recommend it 100%
So delicious, and very easy to prepare.
My family (even the pickiest eaters) loved it
Glad to hear everyone loved it!
Thank you!!
I love this recipe so much! It’s in my regular rotation of weekly dinners right now and my family loves it. I think they would eat it more than one night a week!
Tonight it’s on the menu and I completely forgot to pick up cornstarch. Could I substitute flour for the cornstarch?
Thank you for so many awesome recipes!!!
I haven’t tried this with flour but you would need more flour than would cornstarch (I would try 3-4 teaspoons). The flour can be mixed into a cold liquid (broth) and shaken/stirred until it is smooth and then added to the sauce. Hopefully it works out well for you, let us know how it goes!
My husband made this for supper last night, it was so delicious. And according to him surprisingly easy to make!
So glad you loved it, Samantha!
Can this be done in a crockpot?
We haven’t tried it in a crock pot, let us know how it goes if you try it!
came together so quickly and was delicious. thank you so much!!
Glad you loved it as much as we did Alison!
Delicious and makes a nice presentation. Served with frozen stir fry veggies and egg rolls. Came together quickly. Will make this again.
So glad you enjoyed it Gale!