This Easy One Pan Honey Garlic Chicken is an easy weeknight meal idea with a simple 5-ingredient sauce, made all in one pan!
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I’m so thankful to have been able to grow up working alongside my mom and both my grandmas in the kitchen. If you’ve read my About Me page, you’ll already know this – so many of my recipes are versions of dishes my family has made for years and my time in the kitchen is almost always a trip down memory lane, reliving times when I had the privilege of cooking alongside one of my family members. When my grandma passed away a few years ago I had the opportunity to look through her old recipe box and take many of the recipes written in my grandma’s handwriting, the cards worn and tattered and dusty from flour from years upon years in her kitchen. This Easy One Pan Honey Garlic Chicken recipe is one that I grabbed that day and I am SO glad that I did!
I only remember my grandma making this Easy One Pan Honey Garlic Chicken a handful of times, but the sauce recipe is exactly her style! It’s simple – only a few easy ingredients thrown together with a whole lot of love to create a dish with a whole lot of flavor. Since I got ahold of my grandma’s recipe card several years ago, I’ve been making this Easy One Pan Honey Garlic Chicken for my family on the regular. We love to enjoy it with a side of mashed potatoes and veggies, or sometimes with some stir-fried veggies over rice. It’s truly delicious any way you serve it!
I make this Easy One Pan Honey Garlic Chicken most often with drumsticks, but it works just as well with bone-in chicken thighs, boneless, skinless chicken breasts (cut into 1-2 oz pieces), or even bone-in chicken legs. Just be sure to adjust the cooking time for the cut of chicken you choose and be sure the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit (75 degrees Celsius) before serving!
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Our family just loves this Easy One Pan Honey Garlic Chicken recipe and every time we serve it to dinner guests they love it just as much as we do! I just know your family will love it too!!
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Easy One Pan Honey Garlic Chicken
Recipe: Ingredients
- 12-14 small chicken drumsticks (or 6-8 large bone-in chicken thighs)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 5 cloves garlic (very finely minced)
- 3/4 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- chopped parsley, sesame seeds and/or chopped green onions for garnish
Recipe: Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the oil.
- Add the chicken drumsticks one at a time, seasoning them with salt and pepper in the pan.
- Brown the chicken on all sides for 2-3 minutes per side and remove the chicken to a plate. Depending on the size of your skillet you may need to cook the chicken drumsticks in two batches in order to not overcrowd the pan.
- Reduce the heat to medium and add the honey, butter, garlic, ketchup and soy sauce, whisking everything together until well combined.
- Add the chicken drumsticks back into the pan, nestling them into the sauce and using a spoon to coat the chicken in the thin sauce.
- Bake the chicken at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 18-20 minutes, or until the sauce thickens and the chicken is cooked through to an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Spoon the sauce over the chicken again after removing it from the oven, before serving.
- Sprinkle with some freshly chopped parsley, sesame seeds, or chopped green onions for garnish, and serve!
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Delicious sauce. I had frozen chicken thighs in the freezer so I used them and it was very easy. Sauce is tasty, easy to make and keeps the meat moist too.
Honey and garlic baked chicken! What a combo. 🙂
What if you don’t have a pan/skillet that can go from stove to oven? Will it taste the same if transferred to a casserole dish? Do you have a recommendation for a skillet that goes from stove to oven? Thanks!
Yes, you can transfer them to a casserole dish and the recipe will still work. Our favourite skillet at the moment is this https://amzn.to/4bvzbvs (affiliate link) Hope this helps! Happy cooking 😊
I never comment on recipe sites but for this one I had too. This is the best “Korean” style chicken I have every tried. So easy to follow the instructions and the test is AMAZING. My dad who doesn’t eat chicken tried it and he lost it and regained his interest in eating chicken again because of this dish.
Thank you so much for this !!
I’m so happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback!
This recipe is so good! It’s just delicious and was super easy to make. Plus my kids and hubby loved it. Thanks for sharing this recipe! Definitely will become a regular meal for us. 🙂
I’m so happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback!
Do you think this would freeze well? I’d like to try it with boneless thighs.
Yes, it freezes well 🙂
I haven’t tried the chicken and turmeric rice recipe but wondered if it would need a loose cover like parchment or foil during the baking time in the oven to keep it from drying out? Most of your recipes call for finish in the oven . . . have you tried some on the stove top, covered, when an oven is not available or its too hot?
Great question – Im my experience the baking time isn’t enough to dry out the chicken, especially with skin on, but feel free to add foil or a cover if you want. We love the little crispy bits that form when you bake without a cover 🙂
I tried it today and it was “super easy” and delicious
Thanks for posting it 🙂
So glad you liked it!! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! 🙂
WOW! I cooked the dish following your steps and it’s a delicious recipe!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
It looks delicious
Thanks so much!