Best Honey Chili Chicken Recipes

STICKY HONEY-CHILI GARLIC GRILLED CHICKEN WITH CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the chili garlic sauce, honey, rice vinegar, sugar, soy sauce and garlic. Bring to a low simmer over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low and cook about 10 minutes. Spoon 1/4 cup of the mixture into a small bowl, whisk in the cornstarch until combined and then whisk back into the saucepan. Let simmer an additional 10 minutes to thicken. Let cool completely.
• Salt and pepper both sides of the chicken and place in a 9-by-13-inch pan. Pour half of the chili garlic mixture over the chicken and toss to coat; reserve the remaining sauce. Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate for 4 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake the chicken, covered in foil, for 35 to 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the grill to medium high.
• Remove the chicken from the oven and grill, basting with the reserved sauce, until the skin is crispy, a few minutes per side. (Alternatively, the chicken can be finished under the broiler. Remove the foil from the pan and put under the broiler for a few minutes until the skin is crispy.)
• Transfer the chicken to a serving platter, spoon the remaining reserved sauce over the top and garnish with cilantro. Serve with the Cucumber Salad.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the vinegar and honey until emulsified. Add the cucumbers and cilantro and toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate until serving time.

THAI GRILLED CHICKEN WITH HONEY-CHILI GLAZE

Steps:

• Combine the ginger, coconut milk, salt and pepper in a large zip-lock bag. Add lemon grass. Place the chicken thighs in the mixture and refrigerate overnight.
• Make the Honey-Chili Glaze: In a food processor, chop together the jalapeno and brown sugar. Scrape into a small saucepan. Add the venegar, salt, and honey and bring to a boil. Simmer over very low heat for about 2 minutes. Stir in the peanuts.
• Prepare a charcoal grill to medium heat or preheat the broiler.
• Drain the chicken and cook about 8-10 minutes on each side, depending on the size of the thighs and the heat. Grill until chicken is cooked through (careful not to over cook.).
• After chicken is done cooking, place on a platter and pout the Honey-Chili Glaze over the hot chicken. Coat all pieces well, then sprinkle with coconut, cilatro and the scallions. This can be served hot or cold! Enjoy.

WOK TOSSED HONEY SOY AND CHILI CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Combine chicken with garlic and ginger in a large bowl.
• Heat oil in a wok, add chicken in batches and cook until browned all over, remove chicken, wipe wok clean, place wok on side, add sauces and honey, stir until well combined.
• Return chicken to wok and place back on a medium low heat, cover wok and cook, 10-15 Min's, stirring occasionally or until chicken is cooked through.
• To Serve: Place wings in a bowl and top with sliced green onion. I served mine with a nice big salad of greens, egg, avocado, cucumber, bacon, red onion, parmesan cheese and topped with alf alfa sprouts.

CHILI AND HONEY CHICKEN LEGS

Steps:

• Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 425°F. Line bottom of a 15- by 10-inch shallow baking pan with foil and set an oiled large metal rack in pan.
• Stir together chili powder, honey, lime juice, salt, and pepper in a large bowl, then add chicken and turn to coat completely.
• Transfer chicken to rack, arranging in 1 layer, then bake, turning over once, until cooked through, 30 to 35 minutes.

HONEY & CHILI CHICKEN THIGHS WITH CREAMY CILANTRO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F. Whisk together the honey, chili powder, beer, cider vinegar, and olive oil in a large mixing bowl. Add the chicken thighs to the bowl and stir until the thighs are evenly coated. At this point, the thighs can be baked immediately or refrigerated for up to three hours. Arrange the chicken thighs on a baking sheet and drizzle any dressing remaining in the bowl over top. Roast for 25-30 minutes, until cooked through and the thickest part of the thighs register 165°F with an instant read thermometer. While the thighs are roasting, make the cilantro sauce. Combine the sour cream, cilantro, lime zest and juice, and salt in the bowl of a food processor or blender. Process continuously until the cilantro is minced very fine and the sauce is light green in color. Taste and add more lime juice, salt, or cilantro to taste. The cilantro sauce can be made the day ahead and kept refrigerated until serving. Serve the chicken thighs immediately after roasting. Spoon any extra glaze from the pan over the hot chicken and garnish with roughly chopped cilantro. Serve the cilantro sauce alongside. Recipe Notes: • Grilled Chicken Thighs: These chicken thighs can also be grilled over high heat for 4 minutes on each side with the grill covered. • Bigger or Smaller Crowds: This recipe can be halved for smaller crowds or doubled for even larger crowds. Just make sure the thighs are spaced about an inch apart; roast in batches if necessary.

HONEY CHILI CHICKEN WINGS

Steps:

• Coat chicken wings in flour that has been seasoned with salt. Heat enough vegetable oil in a large skillet on stovetop to fry wings until crisp. Remove wings from skillet, drain on paper towels and set aside. (Wings can also be baked in the oven without the flour.)
• Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in frying pan and add ginger, cook for 1 minute. Add in honey and stir for an additional minute. In a separate bowl, combine corn flour, water, hot sauce, lemon juice, and soy sauce, then add mixture to pan. Stir until sauce boils and thickens. Add in chicken wings and combine with sauce until thoroughly heated. Add shallots and cook for 1 more minute.
• Serve Buffalo Wings with blue cheese dressing, carrots and/or celery sticks.

CHICKEN-GREEN CHILI STRAWS WITH JALAPENO-HONEY DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine chicken, sour cream, cheese, green chiles, cilantro, and cumin. Mix well to combine.
• Arrange egg roll wrappers on a flat surface. Place a small amount of filling in the lower third (towards 1 corner) of each wrapper. Fold over the bottom corner of the wrapper, tightly roll up 1 turn and then fold in the sides. Dip your finger in water and run it along the corner and edge. Tightly roll up the rest of the way, sealing the edges and seam shut. Place "straws" on prepared baking sheet and spray with cooking spray. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until golden brown.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine honey, pickled jalapenos and vinegar. Mix well and serve alongside straws.

SAUTEED CHICKEN BREAST WITH CLOVER HONEY AND CHILI

Steps:

• Season the strips of chicken breast with salt, pepper and the ground cumin.
• Heat a skillet with the olive oil until hot but not smoking.
• Add the chicken to the pan, spreading the chicken out to evenly cook the strips.
• Cook the chicken until golden-brown, add the chopped shallots and continue to cook, giving the pan a good stiff flip every now and then.
• Add the honey and vinegar to the pan, removing chicken to plate while sauce is completed.
• Be careful of the volatile combination of hot honey and vinegar.
• Quickly stir in the chili paste and the stock, bring to the boil and reduce the sauce quickly by 1/4.
• Add the sour cream and heat until just below the boil, stir in the cilantro leaves, plate and garnish with the toasted pecans.

CHILI'S CRISPY HONEY-CHIPOTLE CHICKEN CRISPERS

Steps:

• Make honey chipotle sauce by combining all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat until boiling. Reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Heat shortening or oil in fryer to 350 degrees F.
• Whisk together all ingredients for the batter, excluding flour, in a shallow bowl. Continue whisking for about 30 seconds to dissolve salt. Whisk in flour.
• Make the breading by combining all ingredients in another shallow bowl or a pie pan.
• When you are ready to fry the chicken, dip each piece of chicken into the batter. Lift the chicken out of the batter and let some of the batter drip off, then toss the chicken into the dry breading. Completely coat the chicken with breading and let it sit for a bit in the breading while you batter and bread 2 or 3 more pieces. Carefully drop the breaded chicken into the hot oil and fry for 4 minutes or until golden brown. Remove chicken from the hot oil onto paper towels while you fry the remaining pieces.
• When all the chicken is done drop it into a large glass or metal bowl, pour the sauce over the top, and toss gently until all the chicken is coated with sauce.
• Serves 4 as an appetizer or 2 as an entree.

SAUTEED CHICKEN BREAST WITH CLOVER HONEY AND CHILI

Steps:

• Season the strips of chicken breast with salt, pepper and the ground cumin. Heat a skillet with the olive oil until hot but not smoking. Add the chicken to the pan, spreading the chicken out to evenly cook the strips. Cook the chicken until golden brown, add the chopped shallots and continue to cook, giving the pan a good stiff flip every now and then. Add the honey and vinegar to the pan, removing chicken to plate while sauce is completed. Be careful of the volatile combination of hot honey and vinegar. Quickly stir in the chili paste and the stock, bring to the boil and reduce the sauce quickly by 1/4. Add the sour cream and heat until just below the boil, stir in the cilantro leaves, plate and garnish with the toasted pecans.;

CHILI AND HONEY BAKED CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Line a half size baking pan with alum and spray with cooking spray and set aside until needed.
• In a mixing bowl combine all of the ingredients together and coat the chicken thighs and place onto the baking pan and into the oven. Bake for 35 minutes.

HONEY CHILI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Remove giblets from chicken and discard.
• Rinse chicken and cut into small serving-size pieces.
• Combine flour and salt.
• Coat chicken pieces with flour mixture.
• Heat oil in wok to 375ºF.
• Add chicken pieces, one at a time, to hot oil (cook only 1/3 of the pieces at a time).
• Cook until golden, about 5 minutes.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Pour all but 1 tablespoon of the oil out of wok.
• Combine water, lemon juice, cornstarch, chili sauce and soy sauce.
• Add ginger to oil in wok.
• Stir-fry 1 minute.
• Add honey to ginger.
• Cook and stir 1 minute.
• Add cornstarch-chili mixture to honey and ginger.
• Cook and stir until mixture boils, about 1 minute.
• Stir chicken pieces into chili mixture.
• Cook and stir until chicken is hot throughout, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in onions.
• Cook and stir 1 minute.