You’ll Love This Quick and Easy Honey Teriyaki Chicken Served with sweet ginger sauce. It’s naturally sweetened with fresh orange and honey, made in about 30 minutes, and perfect for busy days!
I’m always looking for quick chicken recipes that are packed with flavor, and this Honey Teriyaki Chicken certainly delivers! We’ve already shared our authentic teriyaki sauce and this sticky teriyaki chicken, so if you liked those recipes, you’ll love the ginger, orange, and honey spin. The sauce does double duty as a quick marinade and requires only 6 simple ingredients.
I like to serve this honey teriyaki chicken over plain white rice or my personal favorite, coconut rice. It’s also great paired with our veggies, like our stir-fried Bok Choy, roasted green beans, or roasted broccoli.
key ingredients
- chicken: I love boneless, skinless chicken thighs for this recipe. They cook quickly and become so juicy and tender. Feel free to substitute chicken breasts.
- Honey: I usually use pure sugar for homemade maple sauce, but in this recipe I swap the sugar for honey, which adds a floral, sweet flavor.
- soy sauce: Use light soy sauce or light corn tortillas. Darker soy sauce or tamari will make the sauce taste too rich.
- orange: Another variation on authentic Teriyaki is to use fresh orange juice to add extra flavor. The best squeeze is the best because it usually has a more sour flavor, while store-bought one usually tastes sweeter.
- ginger: Honey, orange, and ginger work so well that I added a tablespoon of grated ginger to this recipe. It makes dishes smell and taste incredible.
- Milin: This sweet Japanese rice wine adds flavor and provides a beautiful sheen to the teriyaki sauce. You can usually find it in the international aisle of large grocery stores or Asian markets. If you can’t find it, alternatives include dry sherry, sweet Marsala wine, dry white wine or rice vinegar. When using a substitute, you may need to add more honey to the sauce.
- sesame oil: I used toasted sesame oil, which adds a lovely, nutty aroma to the sauce.
How to Make Honey Teriyaki Chicken
To make our Honey Teriyaki Chicken, you will first make the marinade. This also doubles our sauce as it cooks, thickens and sticks to the chicken.
Stir marinade ingredients in a bowl (soy sauce, honey, orange juice, ginger, mirin and sesame oil). Then, cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and toss them in the marinade. Let the chicken absorb all the flavors for 10 to 15 minutes, then move to the stove to cook.
Using a slotted spoon, add the marinated chicken to the hot oil in the pan and cook until browned on all sides. Pour in the marinade and let everything cook until the chicken is cooked through and the marinade is marinated and adhered to the chicken. Eat your chicken however you like. I especially like rice!
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You’ll love this quick and easy Honey Teriyaki Chicken! The sauce is so simple and comes together in minutes. Plus, since we chop the chicken into pieces, it cooks quickly so you can have dinner ready in no time!
4 servings
you will need
1/4 cup (60 ml) low-sodium soy sauce
1/3 cup (80ml) freshly squeezed orange juice, from 2 to 3 oranges
3 tablespoons pure honey
1 tablespoon finely grated ginger, 1 inch fresh ginger
2 tablespoons mirin, see tips
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1 1/2 pounds (680 grams) boneless skin-on chicken thighs
1 tablespoon avocado or vegetable oil
2 teaspoons orange zest, optional
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1Combine soy sauce, orange juice, honey, ginger, mirin and sesame oil in a medium bowl.
2Cut the chicken thighs into 1-inch pieces and add them to the marinade. Let the marinade last for 10 to 15 minutes.
3Heat the oil in a large frying pan or pot over medium heat. When the oil is hot, use a slotted spoon to remove the chicken from the marinade and add it to the pan. Save the marinade for later.
4Cook chicken 2 to 3 minutes per side, or until lightly browned.
5Turn heat to medium-low, pour in reserved marinade, and cover pot with lid. Cook for 5 minutes. Remove the lid and continue to simmer until the sauce is thickened and cooked through, about 5 minutes.
6Sprinkle the rice with orange zest.
Adam and Joanne Tips
- ginger: To roast ginger, use a fine micro flatbread. If you don’t have one, chop some ginger.
- Milin: This sweet Japanese rice wine adds flavor and provides a beautiful sheen to the teriyaki sauce. You can usually find it in the international aisle of large grocery stores or Asian markets. If you can’t find it, alternatives include dry sherry, sweet Marsala wine, dry white wine or rice vinegar. When using a substitute, you may need to add more honey to the sauce.
- The following nutritional facts are estimates.
Nutrition per serving
Serving size
1/4 of the recipe
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Calories
336
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total fat
11.7g
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saturated fat
2.4 grams
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cholesterol
159.8 mg
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sodium
626.6mg
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carbohydrate
21.1g
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dietary fiber
0.1g
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total sugar
18.8 grams
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total protein
34.8 grams
