Honey Soy Chicken
This honey soy baked chicken is a quick dinner exploding with flavor thanks to a mouthwatering marinade made with soy sauce, sweet honey, sesame, and garlic.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Asian rice cooking wine like Shaoxing wine
- ¼ cup honey
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 4½ pounds chicken drumsticks bone-in skin-on
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Make the marinade. Whisk together the rice cooking wine, honey, soy sauce, sesame oil, and garlic powder.
- Marinade the chicken. Place the chicken in a large Ziplock bag and pour the marinade over the meat. Seal the bag and massage the contents of the bag to distribute the marinade evenly. Place the chicken in the fridge for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven. Preheat the oven to 400°F and grease a 9X13-inch baking dish.
- Bake. Transfer the chicken to the baking dish and season the meat with salt and pepper on all sides. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 40 minutes.
- Broil. Remove the chicken from the oven and uncover it. Set the oven to broil and broil the chicken for 2-3 minutes on either side or until the skin is nice and crispy.
- Rest and serve. Remove it from the oven, and let the chicken rest for 5 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 677kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 63g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 315mg | Sodium: 2600mg | Potassium: 843mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 160IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 3mg
