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OVEN-BAKED HONEY SOY CHICKEN

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OVEN-BAKED HONEY SOY CHICKEN

Hello Lovely People,

I hope you are all doing great and having a great week so far, another week calls for another recipe and let me just tell you this one is a keeper. A delicious oven-baked honey soy chicken recipe is what I have for you today, now I just have to confess that I have tried similar chicken recipes before but always ended up with blackened meat and not well cooked inside. After many trial and errors, I found the right way to cook these and they turned out perfect. I did end up marinating my chicken for 3 hours but I do know there are times when you just don’t have all that time, so I would suggest a minimum of 30 minutes when it comes to marinating and it will still hold on to the flavours and turn out great. All you’ll need;

OVEN-BAKED HONEY SOY CHICKEN

Ingredients

  • 1 kg chicken thighs and drumsticks
  • 3 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 4 cloves of garlic crushed
  • A thumb of ginger grated
  • 2 tablespoons of honey
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp white/ black pepper
  • 1 tsp olive oil ( You can use sesame oil if you have)
  • Sesame seeds for garnish

METHOD

  • Take your chicken and cut slits for the marinade to penetrate through and place them in a bowl.
  • In another bowl add your soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, ginger, honey, salt, pepper and give it a good mix.
  • Pour the mixture into the bowl with the chicken and ensure that it is well coated then cover it with some cling film and into the fridge for some marination.
  • Depending on how long you have you can leave it for 30 minutes, 3 hours or even overnight to make the flavours to be more intense.
  • Make sure to remove the chicken an hour before cooking to make it come to room temperature before baking it.
  •  Preheat your oven to 180°C fan assisted/ 200°C/ 400°F then place your chicken in a baking tray and keep the remaining marinade.
  • Cover with foil and into the oven for 40 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and baste with the remaining marinade and back into the oven this time uncovered for 30 minutes.
  • Remember that drumsticks cook faster than thighs so you would have to watch them not to burn.
  • Check whether they are done by pricking the centre and making sure no pink juices run through.
  • When ready remove from oven, get your choice of accompaniment either potatoes, bhajia, curried rice or salsa.
  • Serve, garnish and enjoy

OVEN-BAKED HONEY SOY CHICKEN

NOTE: I chose to bake them but you can also grill them if you want a more barbecue effect, all in all, you will still get the same results. Also due to the honey, the skin will turn a bit black so don’t freak out it will still taste heavenly but just keep an eye on them.
There you go, a simple oven-baked honey soy chicken recipe for you to give a whirl and tell me what you think. I hope you do get to enjoy this recipe as much as I did and if you’re more partial to a whole roasted chicken, then this recipe here will hit the right spot for you. Just in case you didn’t get to read my last post, do check it out here and until next time take care.

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50 Comments

  1. This looks so delicious!! I need to try some new recipes!! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

    xo, Queen

  4. This looks yummy! I always enjoy honey and garlic together. It’s such a simple recipe too.

  12. Mmmm, all of my favorite flavors coming together in this dish! I definitely need to try this recipe since I have all of the ingredients stocked at the moment.

  15. This looks amazing! I’ll definitely try it out soon. I love my honey and chilli chicken so this is a nice change x

  19. This looks like such an amazing meal! Yum! I will be making this soon. I just LOVE when I can use garlic.

  21. This chicken looks so delicious! I like that you marinated the chicken for eight hours; I also believe marinating for a long time really brings out the flavour!

  22. These chickens look so moist and delicious. I will definitely try to make them this weekend. Thanks for sharing!