Honey Chilli Sauce Chicken

I have a love-hate relationship with Asian cooking especially meat. When I say Asian, it is a loose term referring to Chinese, Korean, Japanese and other surrounding countries. It is a huge continent whose food has many similarities as it does differences. I Japanese bread!

My main issue is balancing the sweet and sour. Several times my meat has ended up to sweet and not enough sour. But when I do get it right, it works. Especially this Honey Chilli Sauce Chicken.

I have made it several times and it has the right amount of sweet, sour, spicy and sticky. It is all kinds of YUM! The ingredients list is not long which is always a plus for me plus takes less than an hour including marinating time. I like eating this chicken with piping hot sadza and kale.

Here is the recipe:

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Chilli Sauce Honey Chicken

Ingredients

Marinade

1 1/2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon chili sauce
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Pinch of salt

4 chicken thighs
3 cloves garlic minced
1 tablespoon oil
White sesame seeds optional

Instructions

Whisk the marinade ingredients together.
Add the garlic and marinade to the chicken, stir to combine well, marinate for 30 minutes.
Heat up a skillet on medium heat. Add the oil. Add the chicken to the skillet and cook on both sides, until they turn golden brown and cooked. Add the remaining Marinade to the skillet, as soon as it thickens, turn off the heat, top with some sesame seeds (if using) and serve the chicken immediately.

Princess Tafadzwa

I am a mom, wife and writer of this blog where I share recipes from Zimbabwe and share craft ideas, patterns and tutorials. I like to make stuff and love to learn new skills. All my patterns and e-books are downloadable from this website.