Honey Soy Chicken Bites

🍯 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.
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.

🧾 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.

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

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

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

Step 3: Toss well to evenly coat the chicken.

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

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.

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

Step 7: Stir together until the sauce is bubbling.

Step 8: Add the chicken back to the skillet.

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

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

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

Step 12: 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!

🍴 Recipe Tips

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.

Do not overcook the chicken. If you overcook the chicken, it will turn out dry and rubbery.

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

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.

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.