Baked Honey Sesame Chicken
- Baked Honey Sesame Chicken
- Recipe
- Ingredients
- Instructions
Skip the take-out and try this easy homemade version instead – it’s unbelievably crisp-tender and packed with so much flavor!
Forgive me if I have been making too many chicken thigh recipes lately. It’s clearly become an obsession of mine, and this Asian twist has quickly become my favorite one of all.
The chicken turns out to be wonderfully crisp and tender, packed with a sweet-savory goodness to it all – the absolute perfect flavor combination.
And it goes beautifully over a bowl of rice, especially when you mix in that leftover sauce. But you should be warned that with this sauce, you’ll just skip over the chicken and make a meal out of the rice!
Recipe
Yield: 8 servings
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes
Total: 40 minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. To make the sauce, whisk together honey, soy sauce, ketchup, garlic, brown sugar, rice wine vinegar, ginger, Sriracha, sesame oil, cornstarch and pepper in a small bowl; set aside.
3. Melt butter in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add chicken, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes per side. Stir in honey mixture.
4. Place into oven and roast until completely cooked through, reaching an internal temperature of 175 degrees F, about 25-30 minutes. Then broil for 2-3 minutes, or until caramelized and slightly charred.
5. Serve immediately, garnished with sesame seeds and green onions, if desired.
