Pan-fried Honey Garlic Chicken

This pan-fried honey garlic chicken recipe I am going to share, is without a doubt at the top of my everyday cooking recipe list.

Whenever I decide to make this dish, I’ll marinate the chicken with honey garlic sauce the day before. The next day, all I have to do is heating up the skillet and wait 15 minutes. The tender-crisp chicken with a delicious honey glaze will be ready.

To make the honey garlic sauce, we’ll only need 6 simple ingredients. And I bet you already have all the ingredients in your panty.

These ingredients are : salt, ground black pepper, oil, honey, rice vinegar and minced garlic, that’s it! In the recipe below, I have specified the amounts to use for each ingredient to marinate a pound worth of chicken breast (about 4 pieces).

Tips to pan-frying chicken breasts:

I’d like to share some simple tips to help you make chicken that’s tender inside and crispy outside.

Use medium-low heat to avoid burning the garlic
Cover the pan with a lid to retain moisture
Be patient, wait for the chicken to release itself before flipping

For a quick meal, I added some blanched golden zucchini along side the chicken, sprinkled some freshly chopped scallion on top and served everything over rice.

I hope you enjoy making this simple honey garlic chicken. If you like this recipe, don’t forget to leave a rating and share it with your friends!

Pan-fried Honey Garlic Chicken

Prep time

12 hours

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

12 hours 15 mins

Author: Spice the Plate

Serves: 4

Ingredients

4 pieces of chicken breast with or without skin (about a pound)
For marinating the chicken:
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup oil
1/3 cup honey
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
a head garlic, minced

Instructions

Rub the chicken with salt and black pepper on both sides, let it sit for about 15 minutes.
While waiting, whisk oil, honey, rice vinegar and garlic in a container.
Transfer the chicken into large ziploc bag and pour the honey garlic sauce over, marinate at least 12 hours in the refrigerator.
Heat oil in a pan until shimmering, carefully place the chicken in the pan.
Cook 6-7 minutes with lid on and flip to the other side and continue cooking 6-7 minutes until cooked through.
Place the chicken on a plate, drizzle some honey on top.
Top with green onion and black pepper to serve.
Combine with vegetable and rice for a simple meal.

Notes

To test if the chicken breasts have been cooked through, insert a fork into the thickest part of one chicken breast, if the juices run clear, the chicken is ready.

If you are not familiar with certain sauce or spice used in the recipes, I’ve created a resource page Chinese Pantry, hope you find it useful!