Healthier Honey Lemon Chicken at home
- Yield 4
- Prep 10 minutes
- Cook 10 minutes
- Total 20 minutes
Healthier Honey Lemon Chicken at home is a chicken recipe on Avoteb. The yield on the card is 4. Plan on 20 minutes from start to plate. The amounts and the method are both on this page.
Ingredients
Yield: 4 servings
- 1.5 lbs. boneless, skinless (raw) chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce (if making this gluten-free, be sure to use GF soy sauce)
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Honey Lemon Sauce (see below)
- optional toppings: toasted sesame seeds, thinly-sliced green onions, extra lemon zest, lemon slices
- 3/4 cup chicken stock
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons honey (or more/less to taste)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- zest of 1 lemon
- pinch of ground ginger
- (optional: sriracha, for heat)
Method
Mix the chicken, soy sauce and rice wine vinegar to a large ziplock bag, and toss until the chicken is evenly coated. Refrigerate for at least 10 minutes, or up to 8 hours.
When you are ready to cook the chicken, pour off and move it to a separate plate. Salt the chicken on both sides with a few generous pinches of salt and pepper. And in a separate bowl, whisk the honey lemon sauce ingredients together until combined.
Warm oil in a large saute pan over medium-a hot burner. Tip in the chicken and saute for 5-7 minutes or until it is cooked through and no longer pink inside, stirring and turning the chicken occasionally for even cooking. Move the chicken to a separate (clean) plate with a slotted spoon.
Tip the (whisked) honey lemon sauce into the empty saute pan. Leave over medium-a hot burner for 2-3 minutes, or until the sauce reaches a low boil and thickens. Tip in in some sriracha if you would like for extra heat, to taste. (Feel free to also season with extra salt and pepper, or extra honey or lemon.)
Tip in the chicken back into the pan and toss until it is evenly coated with the sauce. Lift from heat and serve the chicken immediately, topped with skippable toppings if desired.
