Chicken Thighs With Honey Ginger Glaze
While chicken cooks grate rind and squeeze juice from orange to measure 1 teaspoon and 1 4 cup respectively.
Chicken thighs with honey ginger glaze. Bring to a boil. In this simple weeknight recipe chicken thighs are tossed with a sweet salty glaze made of honey and soy sauce that caramelizes into a sticky coating as it roasts in the oven serve the sliced chicken with bibb lettuce cups for wrapping or over steamed rice to catch all the juices leftovers can be chopped and combined with vegetables for a tasty clean out the fridge fried rice. Add the chicken thighs seal the bag then carefully move the chicken around in the bag until it s well coated. I ve been preparing a lot of chicken dishes lately and it s because it s an easy dinner for me to prepare after work.
In a large sealable bag whisk together the soy sauce honey lime juice vegetable oil garlic ginger scallions and 1 4 teaspoon pepper. When you are using a sticky sweet glaze like this honey and ginger combination you can t baste it right from the start. I put the chicken in a dish when it was done strained the sauce into a saucepan skimmed off the fat with a ladle heated the strained sauce with some cornstarch to thicken and then poured the sauce over the chicken. Boneless and skinless baked chicken thighs are easy to make in one pan.
Combine the garlic and ginger with 1 4 cup brown sugar 3 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp cooking oil and some freshly cracked pepper about 15 cranks of a pepper mill. If you do you will have a sticky burnt mess. Tender and juicy honey soy baked chicken thighs are quick to throw together with only a few ingredients. Mix up the glaze first thing in the morning and allow the chicken thighs to marinate all day long in the refrigerator to soak up even more flavor.
I used 8 chicken thighs also 9 chicken tenders so i could free up space in the freezer and there was still plenty of sauce. Honey lemon ginger glazed chicken is a dish that s sure to get everyone to the dinner table. Place on serving platter and garnish with cilantro sprigs. To prepare the awesomely easy ginger soy marinade mince two cloves of garlic and grate about 1 tbsp fresh ginger more information on how to buy and use ginger can be found here.
I cook the chicken thighs on both sides until almost cooked through then i slather the sticky sauce on both sides and let it cook for another minute. An easy dinner ready in less than 30 minutes with a mouthwatering honey soy sauce. Add orange rind juice honey and ginger to chicken scraping to loosen browned bits. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered 7 minutes or until chicken is done and orange mixture is syrupy.
Refrigerate the chicken for 1 hour. Tender pieces of chicken glazed in a thick sweet sour tangy perfectly moist and juicy sauce. Add the garlic ginger honey fish sauce soy sauce and five spice powder.