A delicious sweet honey chicken with rice. A world kitchen recipe that is on the table in just 15 minutes. With a garlic honey sauce that's made of just 5 ingredients! And you probably already have got them at home. This is the kind of recipe you will make on busy weekdays. Because with this recipe you can prepare quickly a tasty yet simple meal.
An easy and delicious recipe
I like recipes that are simple and quick to prepare. And I love to try all kinds of food. I make pasta, stews, Dutch mashes, and Asian foods. And this sweet garlic honey chicken is a recipe that just fits in really well.
You can serve this with a delicious salad, cucumbers and some rice. But what's also nice is to double the amount of sauce, and cook green beans or stir-fry vegetables in the sauce. And that doesn't take a lot of time, but makes the veggies super tasty! This honey chicken recipe is just so simple and flavorful.
- Butter, red onion, cherry tomatoes, salt, and garlic. The spices add extra flavor to the chicken for this honey chicken with rice recipe.
- Chicken breast filet. The protein part of this recipe. I used chicken, but you can also opt for beef (steak) or pork (pork loin or Gammon steak). And if you want to serve a vegetarian dish use tofu sliced in cubes.
- Honey: Adds the sweet flour to the honey soy sauce.
- Wine vinegar: This recipe is sweet and sour. You can also use rice vinegar or normal vinegar.
- Soy sauce: Use light or dark soy sauce. Both will do the trick. Make sure you don't use sweet soy sauce.
- Curry powder. To enhance the flavor of your sauce.
- Mango and cashew nuts. Garnish this honey chicken dinner with cubes of mango and cashews. A great flavor accent.
🔪 How to prepare honey chicken with rice?
Step 1 preparation time. Start with slicing and measuring the ingredients. Cut 1 red onion and squeeze 3 cloves of garlic. Quarter the cherry tomatoes and slice the mango into small cubes. Take your chicken breast filet and slice cubes of ½ x ½ inch (1 x 1 cm).
Step 2 coat the chicken with flour. Put the chicken cubes in a bowl and add flour. Make sure every cube is coated with flour. That way the outside of the chicken becomes moist and your sauce thickens a bit (without the risk of lumps).
Step 3 bake the chicken and spices. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a pan and bake the chicken filet until it's done and golden brown (about 5 minutes). Slide everything to one side of the pan and melt another tablespoon of butter in the free part of the pan. Add the onion and garlic and bake for a minute.
Step 4 prepare a honey soy sauce and mix everything. Add cherry tomatoes, salt, soy sauce, honey, wine vinegar, and curry powder, and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Mix the chicken through the sauce. Put some rice on a plate and add the sweet honey chicken. Garnish with cubes of mango and cashew nuts.
- Make sure to cut and weigh everything before you start. That way you can grab everything and nothing burns in the process.
- If you've got some crystallized honey this is the perfect recipe to use it. The sugars in the honey become liquid again because you warm it.
- In this recipe you use wine vinegar, but you could also use rice vinegar or normal vinegar.
- You can spice it up by adding Sriracha or a finely chopped pepper to the garlic honey sauce.
- This is also very delicious with fresh pineapple cubes. Bake them in the sauce for even more flavor.
- Do you want to prepare a gluten-free honey chicken? Use cornflour instead of normal flour (and use a gluten-free soy sauce).
- You can store honey chicken with rice for up to 3 days in the refrigerator. Make sure it's covered or stored in an airtight container.
- You can freeze your honey chicken dinner. Freeze your honey chicken with sauce separate from the rice. The honey chicken can be stored in an airtight container for up to two months. The rice can be stored in an airtight container for up to three months. Thaw everything in the refrigerator.
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📖 Recipe
Ingredients
- 350 grams white rice
honey chicken with garlic and soy sauce
- 1 red onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 10 cherry tomatoes
- 500 grams chicken breast
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons honey
- 1½ tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- ½ tablespoon curry powder
Garnish
- 1 mango
- 50 gram cashew nuts
Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic
Instructions
Preparation
- Peel and slice the onion finely.
- Squeeze the garlic.
- Wash the cherry tomatoes and quarter them.
- Slice the mango into small cubes.
- Bring a pan with water to a boil. Add the rice and cook until the rice is done.
- Cut the chicken into cubes of ½ by ½ inch (1 x 1 cm).
- Sprinkle flour on top of the chicken and cover the chicken with the flour.
honey chicken with garlic and soy sauce
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a pan.
- Add the chicken and bake for 5 minutes until it's a bit brown and done.
- Slide the chicken to one side of the pan.
- Melt one tablespoon of butter and fry the onion and garlic for 1 minute.
- Add the cherry tomatoes, salt, soy sauce, honey, wine vinegar, and curry powder.
- Bring to a boil and lower the heat.
- Let it simmer for 5 minutes.
- Mix the chicken with the garlic honey sauce.
Serve
- Put some rice on your plate and top that with the honey chicken.
- Pour some extra sauce on top.
- Garnish with cubes of mango and cashews.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- Make sure to cut and weigh everything before you start. That way you can grab everything and nothing burns in the process.
- If you've got some crystallized honey this is the perfect recipe to use it. The sugars in the honey become liquid again because you warm it.
- In this recipe, you use wine vinegar, but you could also use rice vinegar or normal vinegar.
- You can spice it up by adding Sriracha or a finely chopped pepper to the garlic honey sauce.
- This is also very delicious with fresh pineapple cubes. Bake them in the sauce for even more flavor.
- Do you want to prepare a gluten-free honey chicken? Use cornflour instead of normal flour (and use a gluten-free soy sauce).
Kim Guzman says
Looks great! I can't wait to try it.
Laura says
Very tasty
Audrey says
This is so easy- perfect for busy weeknights.
Addison says
These flavors are amazing! Yum!
Chef Dennis says
This dish is making mu super hungry!
Ramona says
This chicken with honey was so yummy. I will be making it over and over again. Definitely a keeper.
Debra says
All of hubby's favorites in one easy and tasty dish! YAY.
Amanda Marie says
This was delicious! Thank you!
Leslie says
Love this sweet honey chicken recipe!
Elizabeth says
Delicious recipe!