HONEY LEMON GARLIC CHICKEN

Honey Lemon Garlic Chicken with a crispy skin and a sweet, sticky sauce made up of ingredients you have in your kitchen cupboard!

Pan fried first to get that crispy skin, then baked to cook them all the way through, this is one of those chicken dinners you’ll be forgiven if you make it once a week. Plus, the optional bonus of making more sauce on the stove top, until it thickens and caramelises in its special honey way, for extra drizzling to serve. No need for breading the chicken or coating in flour before cooking with this recipe. I’ve made this as easy as I can for those rushed weeknights. It’s literally a case of whisk everything together, bake and done!

I’m not going to lie here. Every time I make this sauce, I’m caught between stirring it and blowing it like my life depends on it, trying to cool it down so I can keep drinking it from a spoon. Yes, I shamelessly admit this happens straight out of the pan. The problem when finally making it for my blog is, I had husband and children behind me, breathing down my neck waiting for me to finish.

Now, there was a time we tried Honey Lemon Chicken, and while it’s nice and all, adding garlic to the recipe just takes it to a whole other level of flavour. The chicken is juicy, the skin comes out crispy and sticky all at the same time. And let me just add, I have a lot of time for sticky chicken. Much like these Sticky Thai Chicken Wings — but that’s a another ball game.

This is one of our dinners that you’ll see me running into the supermarket to buy only chicken thighs because I have the rest of the ingredients at home. I LOVE it when I have ALL the ingredients

I mean, HELLO SUCCULENT Honey Lemon Garlic Chicken.

HONEY LEMON GARLIC CHICKEN

Juicy Honey Lemon Garlic Chicken with a crispy skin and a sweet, sticky sauce with ingredients you have in your kitchen cupboard! Pan fried first to get that crispy skin, then baked to cook them all the way through, this is one of those chicken dinners you'll be forgiven if you make it once a week. Plus, the optional bonus of making more sauce on the stove top, until it thickens and caramelises in its special honey way, for extra drizzling to serve.

INGREDIENTS

5 bone in, skin on chicken thighs (2 lbs | 1 kg)

Salt to taste

• ½ cup honey
• ¼ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice (or juice of 1 lemon)
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
• 2 heaping tablespoons minced garlic
• 6 whole garlic cloves, peeled
• Lemon slices and zest to garnish
• Sliced green onions, to garnish