Asian - Baked Honey Soy Chicken

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 45

Total Time: 55

Servings:

Author: Hello Ani

Sweet and sticky baked chicken marinated in a delicious soy and honey sauce. Serve it with steamed rice, in lettuce wraps, or in a salad. Whichever way you serve it, it will be delicious!

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Ingredients

2 lbs chicken drumsticks
⅓ cup light soy sauce
⅓ cup hoisin sauce
½ cup honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
¼ teaspoon chile flakes
1 -2 garlic cloves - finely minced
½ teaspoon ginger, finely grated (or paste)

Garnish

1 teaspoon sesame seeds
2 tablespoon scallions (spring onions - green part)

Instructions

Preheat Oven to 425° F (220° C)
1. To a small bowl add soy sauce, hoisin sauce, honey, lemon juice, garlic, ginger, and chili flakes. Mix together, then pour the marinade over the chicken, or so that marinade covers the chicken. Cover with a plastic wrap and allow to marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours up to overnight.
2. Transfer the chicken to a baking sheet or a large cast-iron skillet with its marinade. Bake for about 35 to 40minutes, turning the chicken a few times over to allow browning from all sides. Then turn the dial to 500 (or use a broiler function). Continue to bake for 5 more minutes. We want the skin on the chicken drumsticks to be browned and crispened. Remove from the oven, and add the finishing touches by sprinkling sesame seeds and freshly cut scallions over. Enjoy with some steamed rice and my Asian cucumber salad!
Note: I doubled this sauce recipe in my video because we love to scoop extra sauce with the rice. If you want to double it up as well, then marinate the chicken only with about 6 tablespoons of the marinade. Then bake as directed. After 40 minutes, I removed the chicken from the oven and moved it to the stovetop. I poured the remaining marinade over the chicken and cooked it on medium/high until the sauce thickened for up about 3 to 5 minutes. Just until the sauce resembles the consistency of honey.

Notes

Variations and Substitutions:

I love this recipe as is and make it as written. But in case you would like to vary the basic recipe, here are a few ideas for you:

Replace the drumsticks with boneless chicken thighs: If you use boneless chicken thighs, you will need to bake them for about 20 to 25 minutes.

For large bone-in thighs, it should be cooked for 40 to 45 minutes. As always, the internal temperature of fully cooked chicken should be 165 ºF.

I keep the skin on, but if you wish to remove it, you can. In that case, just be generous when coating the chicken pieces with the marinade to prevent them from drying out.

Nutrition

COURSE: Dinner

CUISINE: Asian

KEYWORD: Asian honey soy chicken, baked asian style honey chicken, baked chicken drumsticks, Honey Soy Chicken, sou honey chicken

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