Honey Garlic Chicken

This honey garlic chicken stir fry is easy to make in fifteen minutes and is always a family favourite.

Course: Family Dinner Ideas

Cuisine: New Zealand

Keyword: Honey garlic chicken, honey garlic chicken stirfry, honey garlic chicken breast

Servings: servings

Calories: 261kcal

4.84 from 6 votes

Toss your diced chicken in the rice flour.
Whisk together the honey, soy sauce, garlic, brown sugar, lemon juice and optional chilli flakes
Heat your pan with the olive oil. Add the chicken and brown.
Pour the honey garlic sauce over the cooking chicken, toss the chicken so that it is all coated in the sauce, and cook for a further 5 minutes so the chicken is cooked and the sauce has thickened.
Enjoy served with rice and steamed vegetables.

Don't panic if your floured chicken sticks a little to the pan while you are browning it, when you add the sauce the buts stuck to the pan will come off and add flavour to the sauce... no harm done.
Some soy sauces are very strong in flavour, if you find the sauce is too salty or strong, you can add a little water.
If you want more sauce, you can add extra sauce ingredients in the same ratio of 50:50 honey to soy sauce.
Serve with steamed brown rice, and veggies (broccoli, bok choy, green beans) a sprinkling of sesame seeds can also be nice.
Store any leftover honey garlic chicken in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Chicken breast: The chicken breast can be substituted for chicken tenderloins or boneless skinless chicken thighs/
Rice flour: This can be substituted for cornflour/cornstarch or arrowroot. You can also use plain four, however, I find the other options are lighter and give a more glossy sauce.
Soy sauce: To make this recipe gluten-free choose GF soy sauce or tamari.
Chilli flakes: The chilli flakes are optional, add more or less depending on your love of spice.