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    Honey Soy Chicken Bites

    Modified: Oct 17, 2023 Published: May 25, 2023 by Nicole Durham This post may contain affiliate links. Leave a Comment

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    5 from 4 votes

    Honey soy chicken bites are a deliciously sweet and savory chicken that pairs perfectly with white rice. This homemade Chinese food is perfect any night of the week.

    Recipe: $3.98 | Per Serving: $1.00 | Servings: 4

    Plate of honey soy chicken bites with sesame seeds and green onions, served with white rice.

    These honey garlic chicken bites are prepared in under 30 minutes and with the help of some simple pantry staple ingredients. You're going to love this quick and easy dinner recipe. It pairs perfectly with a side of cooked white rice!

    This recipe is one we come back to often because it's such a big hit. I added it to our $200 Monthly Meal Plan for a Family of 4, when I was looking for some homemade chinese food inspired dishes like this and my Bacon Fried Rice too.

    If you love chicken recipes, make sure to check out my Soy Garlic Chicken Wings and Crispy Baked Chicken Quarters.

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    • 🍯 Why This Recipe Works
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🧾 Substitutions
    • 🥣 Recipe Add-Ins
    • 🔪 Instructions for Honey Soy Chicken Bites
    • 🍴 Recipe Tips
    • 🍳 Reheating
    • 🥗 Side Dishes
    • 👩🏻‍🍳 Storage
    • 💭 Recipe FAQs
    • ❤️ More Delicious Main Dish Recipes
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

    🍯 Why This Recipe Works

    1. Simple and easy. We don't need much to make an incredible tasting chicken dinner, and this recipe is super easy to throw together too. Made with just a few steps, you can have a low effort dinner ready in no time. Perfect for a Lazy Sunday Dinner Idea, or any night of the week!
    2. It's great for meal prepping. If you have a pan large enough to handle it, you can easily double or even triple this recipe to make larger portions. Note you may need to work in batches, but that's okay because dinner (or lunch) for the week can be ready soon.
    3. It's pretty good! Packed with protein, this dinner option is a great addition to your meal plan and diet. Use a low sodium soy sauce to make it even better too.

    🥘 Ingredients

    labeled ingredients needed to make honey soy chicken bites.

    Ingredient Notes:

    Chicken- You will need some diced skinless chicken breasts to make the "bites" in this recipe. This means cutting them into 1-1.5 inch cubes so that they are bite sized.

    Cornstarch- Tossing the chicken in cornstarch before cooking them will help to give us a crispy texture. To help thicken the sauce quickly, you'll need a small slurry of cornstarch and water.

    Soy sauce- Use low-sodium soy sauce. This will cut down on the sweetness and give us a nice salty contrast.

    Sriracha- Adding in a little Sriracha or chili sauce will bring us a small kick of heat. Note that we also use in our Spicy Tuna Sandwich and Spicy Deviled Eggs, so if you want more reasons to buy a bottle, we've got you covered.

    For specific ingredients and measurements, please see the recipe card below.

    🧾 Substitutions

    Honey. I like to use local raw honey as I tend to buy that in bulk from local beekeepers. The flavor is stronger compared to storebought honey but either honey will work fine in this recipe. You can even replace the honey with maple syrup or agave if desired.

    If you still have some honey leftover, try our Honey Gold Wings or Honey Chocolate Chip Cookies.

    Olive oil. If desired, you can swap out the olive oil for avocado oil, grapeseed oil, or toasted sesame oil. I recommend sticking with oil that doesn't have an overwhelming flavor profile.

    🥣 Recipe Add-Ins

    If desired, you can add in some vegetables. I like to take a bag of frozen stir fry veggies and steam them in the microwave as I cook the chicken, and then when the chicken is finished, I'll just stir the cooked veggies into my honey garlic chicken. This "bulks" up the recipe while giving us some colorful veggies.

    🔪 Instructions for Honey Soy Chicken Bites

    Heat olive oil in skillet. Mix chicken, seasonings and cornstarch. Add to skillet in batches.

    Step 1: Add your olive oil to a medium sized skillet and cook over medium heat for a few minutes until sizzling (Image 1).

    Step 2: While the skillet preheats, add your chicken, garlic powder, paprika, and cornstarch to a large mixing bowl (Image 2).

    Step 3: Toss well to evenly coat the chicken (Image 3).

    Step 4: Add the coated chicken to your preheated skillet. If needed, work in batches (Image 4).

    Cook chicken until golden and cooked through. Remove from pan. Make glaze in skillet, return chicken.

    Step 5: Cook for about 3-4 minutes per side or until the chicken is golden and cooked through. Remove the chicken from the pan (Image 5).

    Step 6: Add the glaze ingredients to the skillet and return to medium heat (Image 6).

    Step 7: Stir together until the sauce is bubbling (Image 7).

    Step 8: Add the chicken back to the skillet (Image 8).

    Cook chicken in sauce until coated. Make slurry, add to skillet. Cook until thickened.

    Step 9: Stir and cook until the chicken is warmed and the sauce has coated the chicken well (Image 9).

    Step 10: In a small bowl, mix together the cornstarch and water needed for the slurry (Image 10).

    Step 11: Add the cornstarch slurry to the skillet (Image 11). Stir well to combine.

    Step 12: Cook until the sauce is thickened (Image 12). You should be able to slide a wooden spoon along the bottom of the pan without the sauce trying to fill it in.

    Serve warm with a side of rice.

    If desired, top with sesame seeds and sliced green onions.

    Enjoy!

    honey soy chicken bites on a plate with white rice.

    🍴 Recipe Tips

    1. Cut the chicken before cooking. Chopping the chicken before cooking will help to get it to cook more evenly and quickly. It also helps our seasoned coating to cover more area space and gives us a better texture from our chicken.
    2. Do not overcook the chicken. If you overcook the chicken, it will turn out dry and rubbery.
    3. Want more heat? For a stronger kick of spice, add in some red chili flakes.

    🍳 Reheating

    You can reheat this chicken in single serving portions on a microwave safe plate in 1-2 minutes in the microwave.

    🥗 Side Dishes

    Grain Options: Serving these chicken bites with cooked white rice is great but brown rice works just as fine too. For a low carb option, consider cauliflower rice.

    Green Vegetable Options: Of course, you also can't go wrong with adding some Roasted Frozen Green Beans or Instant Pot Steamed Green Beans to the plate.

    Salad Option: Adding the cooked chicken over the top of a nice green salad can give you a wonderful depth of flavor, especially if you add fresh bell peppers and pineapple chunks. Yum!

    👩🏻‍🍳 Storage

    You can store your leftover chicken in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. For the best tasting results, I recommend eating within two days and reheating again before serving.

    💭 Recipe FAQs

    What is honey soy chicken made of?

    Made with a base of chicken, honey and soy sauce this chicken recipe is great. We add in simple seasonings and garlic for added flavor too.

    What goes with honey garlic chicken?

    This recipe would pair well with just about any vegetable. I love Instant Pot Steamed Broccoli, but glazed carrots or green beans would be great too!

    How do you thicken honey soy sauce?

    We thicken the sauce with a combination of cornstarch and water. This keeps the recipe gluten free (assuming you use a gluten-free soy sauce as well).

    Honey soy chicken bites with sesame seeds, green onions on top, served with white rice on the side.

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    If you tried these honey soy chicken bites, please leave a ⭐️ star rating and share your feedback in the 📝 comments section below. I would truly appreciate it!

    📖 Recipe

    honey soy chicken bites on a plate with white rice.
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    5 from 4 votes

    Honey Soy Chicken Bites

    Honey soy chicken bites are a deliciously sweet and savory chicken that pairs perfectly with white rice. This homemade Chinese food is perfect any night of the week.
    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 12 minutes mins
    Total Time 22 minutes mins
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 343kcal
    Cost Recipe $3.98 / Serving $1.00
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    Equipment

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    • Measuring Cups
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    • Whisk
    • Baking Sheet
    • Medium-sized pot

    Ingredients

    • 3 Tablespoons olive oil ($0.42)
    • 1 pound chicken breast, cut into 1 inch cubes ($1.70)
    • ½ teaspoon garlic powder ($0.04)
    • ½ teaspoon paprika ($0.04)
    • 1 Tablespoon cornstarch ($0.04)
    • Salt and pepper to taste

    Soy Garlic Sauce:

    • 1 Tablespoon butter ($0.10)
    • 4 cloves minced garlic ($0.32)
    • ¼ cup honey ($0.96)
    • ¼ cup soy sauce *low-sodium preferred ($0.20)
    • 1 Tablespoon rice vinegar ($0.04)
    • 1 Tablespoon sriracha or chili sauce ($0.08)

    Cornstarch Slurry

    • 1 Tablespoon cornstarch ($0.04)
    • 1 Tablespoon water ($0.00)
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    Instructions

    • Add your olive oil to a medium sized skillet and cook over medium heat for a few minutes until sizzling.
    • While the skillet preheats, add your chicken, garlic powder, paprika, and cornstarch to a large mixing bowl.
    • Toss well to evenly coat the chicken.
    • Add the coated chicken to your preheated skillet. If needed, work in batches.
    • Cook for about 3-4 minutes per side or until the chicken is golden and cooked through. Remove the chicken from the pan.
    • Add the glaze ingredients to the skillet and return to medium heat.
    • Stir together until the sauce is bubbling.
    • Add the chicken back to the skillet.
    • Stir and cook until the chicken is warmed and the sauce has coated the chicken well.
    • In a small bowl, mix together the cornstarch and water needed for the slurry.
    • Add the cornstarch slurry to the skillet. Stir well to combine.
    • Cook until the sauce is thickened. You should be able to slide a wooden spoon along the bottom of the pan without the sauce trying to fill it in.
    • Serve warm with a side of rice.
    • If desired, top with sesame seeds and sliced green onions.
    • Enjoy!

    Notes

    Substitutions: Replace honey with maple syrup or agave. Substitute olive oil with mild options like avocado, grapeseed, or toasted sesame oil.
    Recipe Tips: Chop chicken before cooking for even cooking and better texture. Avoid overcooking to prevent dryness. Add red chili flakes for extra spice.
    Reheating: Microwave single servings for 1-2 minutes on a microwave-safe plate.
    Storage: Store leftover chicken in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Consume within two days for the best taste, reheating before serving.
    Recipe Add-Ins: Consider adding vegetables like frozen stir-fry veggies, steaming them while cooking the chicken, and stirring them into the honey garlic chicken for added bulk and color.

    Nutritional Information

    Serving: 1serving | Calories: 343kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 80mg | Sodium: 816mg | Potassium: 515mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 250IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg
    Author Nicole Durham
    Course Appetizer
    Cuisine American
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