Honey-Garlic Glazed Chicken Thighs
By @chef1
Quick and easy pan-fried chicken thighs with a sweet and savory honey-garlic glaze. Perfect for a snack or light meal.
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Ingredients
- ●2 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- ●2 tablespoons honey
- ●1 tablespoon soy sauce
- ●2 cloves garlic, minced
- ●1/2 teaspoon ginger, grated
- ●1 teaspoon sesame oil
- ●1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- ●1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- ●1 tablespoon green onions, chopped
Instructions
- 1In a small bowl, whisk together honey, soy sauce, minced garlic, grated ginger, and sesame oil.
- 2Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
- 3Add chicken thighs to the skillet and cook for about 5-7 minutes per side, or until cooked through and browned.
- 4Pour the honey-garlic glaze over the chicken thighs and cook for another 2-3 minutes, or until the sauce has thickened and glazed the chicken.
- 5Garnish with sesame seeds and chopped green onions. Serve immediately.
Recipe details
- Category
- Snack
- Preparation
- 47 minutes
Estimated total: 50 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Prep garlic and ginger: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- Prep honey, soy sauce, sesame oil: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
- Prep chicken thighs: 10 min planning allowance (meat_prep)
- Prep green onions: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- Prep sesame seeds: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
- Whisk honey-garlic glaze ingredients: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Heat vegetable oil in skillet: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
- Garnish with sesame seeds and green onions: 2 min planning allowance (garnish)
- Serve immediately: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Cooking overlaps preparation or other cooking; a separate cooking subtotal is omitted.
- cook per side
- boneless, skinless chicken thighs: USDA thigh without skin portion weight
- honey: USDA tbsp portion weight
- soy sauce: USDA tbsp portion weight
- Using Tamari soy sauce as the first available option.
- garlic, minced: USDA clove portion weight
- ginger, grated: USDA tsp portion weight
- sesame oil: USDA tsp portion weight
- vegetable oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
- Using palm kernel vegetable oil as the first available option.
- sesame seeds: USDA tbsp portion weight
- green onions, chopped: USDA tbsp portion weight
- boneless, skinless chicken thighs: 298 g · USDA reference 173627
- honey: 42 g · USDA reference 169640
- soy sauce: 18 g · USDA reference 174278
- garlic, minced: 6 g · USDA reference 169230
- ginger, grated: 1 g · USDA reference 169231
- sesame oil: 4.5 g · USDA reference 171016
- vegetable oil: 13.6 g · USDA reference 171422
- sesame seeds: 3 g · USDA reference 170150
- green onions, chopped: 6 g · USDA reference 170006
chicken thighs · honey garlic · ginger · skillet
Estimated nutrition per serving
342 calories · 30.9 g protein · 19.4 g carbohydrate · 16 g fat · 0.4 g fiber · 647 mg sodium
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018), ingredient-based calculation per serving. Standard USDA portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
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