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5 baked chicken thighs on a white plate topped with sliced spring onions and sesame seeds

Honey Garlic Baked Chicken Thighs

This sticky honey garlic baked chicken thigh recipe is a simple, easy weeknight dinner with big flavours! Pairs perfectly with rice and simply prepared vegetables.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 588kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 kg (2 lb) chicken thighs bone-in, skin-on (note 1)

Honey soy garlic sauce

  • 3 tablespoon honey
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar substitute: lemon juice
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • ½ teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 200°C/390°F (180°C/360°F fan-forced).

Make the honey soy garlic sauce

  • Add all honey soy garlic sauce ingredients into a small saucepan. Bring up to a boil over low heat and simmer for 2-3 minutes until lightly thick (note 2). Stir constantly to prevent it from burning (note 3). Set aside.

Bake

  • Place chicken thighs on a lined baking tray, skin side down.
  • Drizzle half of the sauce over the chicken and brush evenly (or use your hands if preferred). Flip and repeat for the other side. Bake skin side up for 20 minutes.
  • Take the chicken out of the oven and brush the chicken with the sauce in the baking tray. Flip the chicken and brush the other side. Bake skin side down for 15 minutes or until fully cooked.
  • Brush the chicken one more time (both sides) with the sauce. Cover loosely with foil paper (aluminium) and rest for 10 minutes before serving (note 4). Serve with the sticky sauce.
  • Optional: top with thin, diagonally sliced spring onions and sesame seeds.

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Notes

1. If using boneless, skinless chicken thighs, reduce bake time to 30 minutes. Same process, just turn and glaze the chicken halfway through baking.
2. If the honey soy glaze becomes too thick, add some water. If you got carried away when reducing (happens to all of us) and the sauce has turned caramel-like in consistency, add a teaspoon of water and mix until loose.
3. Constantly stir the honey soy glaze when reducing. This will prevent the sauce from burning  as both honey and soy sauce burn easily if not careful.
4. Rest for 10 minutes before serving. This gives the sauce extra time to sip into the chicken, making it taste even better. Plus, rest time after baking meat is important in general for the meat to relax whilst the juices redistribute throughout the meat.
Serving suggestions: Perfect with rice and steamed or simply sauteed vegetables. Vegetable suggestions: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zucchini, stir fried spinach, green beans, Asian leafy greens, etc. A healthy and easy bok choy soup is also a good, hearty option. The sticky honey soy chicken sauce is the real hero here so make sure to drizzle the chicken generously before serving!
Nutritional values: are estimates and include all of the sauce and fat rendered from chicken skin. 
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Nutrition

Calories: 588kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 208mg | Sodium: 995mg | Potassium: 490mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 18g | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 2mg