Healthy Honey Chicken Recipes

HEALTHIER HONEY-SESAME CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix honey, ketchup, olive oil, sesame seeds, soy sauce, lemon juice, Sriracha sauce, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and ginger in a bowl until well combined. Add chicken pieces and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 6 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Transfer chicken and sauce into an oven-proof dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and turn chicken pieces over. Bake until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 5 to 8 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

HONEY CHICKEN

Steps:

• To Marinate: In a nonporous glass dish or bowl, combine the orange juice, lemon juice, oil, honey, salt, pepper, curry powder and paprika. Mix well, then add chicken breasts and toss to coat. Cover dish and refrigerate to marinate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Remove chicken from marinade, discarding of any remaining marinade, and place in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 20 to 25 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear.

HEALTHY HONEY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a small bowl, mix together the wheat germ, honey, mustard, apricot nector or jam, and soy sauce until well blended.
• Arrange the chicken pieces, bone side down, on a baking sheet.
• Spread the wheat germ mixture evenly over the chicken breasts.
• Bake until the chicken is opaque throughout and the wheat germ mixture has formed a crust, 35-40 minutes.

QUICK & EASY HONEY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg.
• Add 1/2 the butter (1/4 c) to 13 x 9 baking pan and put in the oven to melt butter.
• Combine Flour, salt and cayenne pepper.
• Coat Chicken in Flour mixture.
• Take pan with melted butter out of oven.
• Put dredged chicken thighs into pan, turning to coat with butter Bake at 350 F for 20 minutes.
• Mix brown sugar, honey, lemon juice, soy sauce, curry powder and remaining butter.
• Pour over chicken.
• Bake 20 minutes more or until chicken is tender, basting several times with drippings from the pan.

HONEY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 400F.
• If chicken comes with neck and giblets them pull out and discard. Also, pull out fat from inside of chicken, and rinse.
• Set chicken in roasting pan, Roast for 20 minutes.Meanwhile, mix 6 tablespoons honey with the wine, soy sauce and pepper in a small bowl.
• Remove chicken from oven and brush all over with honey mixture. Add 1/2 cup of water to roasting pan. Roast chicken 20 more minutes.
• Turn chicken over and brush all over with honey mixture. If it's browning to fast, cover with foil. If pan is dry, add a few tablespoons of water. Roast 10 - 20 minutes longer or until juices run clear. Move chicken to a cutting board.
• To make sauce, pour the juices from the bottom of the pan to a small sauce pot. Skim off the fat. Add in any unused honey mixture. Bring to a boil.
• Mix corn starch with 4 table spoons of cold water and wisk into chicken juices. Return to a boil. Simmer 1-2 minutes until thickened. Remove form heat and stir in remaining 2 tablespoons of honey. Season with salt & pepper.
• Carve chicken and serve with sauce.

CHICKEN WITH HONEY

Steps:

• In pan, heat butter and oil.
• Brown chicken in this mixture.
• Season with salt & pepper if desired, remove.
• In remaining fat, cook onion and garlic until clear.
• Add ground or crushed almonds, basil, pepper, and honey and cook, stirring, until mixture is well blended.
• Combine broth and cornstarch and add to pan; cook, stirring, over high heat until sauce thickens.
• Remove from heat, stir in lemon juice.
• Place chicken in a casserole dish, spooning sauce over.
• Bake, covered, at 350 degrees for 1 hour, or until chicken is tender.