Honey butter garlic chicken. This recipe is a winner! Made with plenty of garlic, the just right amount of honey and butter. It’s a quick and easy dinner perfect for busy weeknights that takes only 20 minutes to prepare. Picture thinly sliced chicken, quickly seared and finished with a mouthwatering sauce. Trust me, this chicken dish is absolutely fantastic.
Why You’ll Love this Honey Garlic Butter Chicken Recipe
With just a few simple ingredients, you’ll be surprised at how easily you can make a delicious sauce and turn a humble chicken breast into a tasty meal. This recipe uses basic pantry items, making it perfect for busy weekdays. It’s a quick and flavorful dinner idea that packs a punch!
A weeknight dinner that will please your entire family. Serve with an Asian cucumber salad and a bowl of rice. It’s also versatile enough to serve with pasta or fried noodles.
How to Make this Honey Garlic Butter Chicken Dinner
To start, we cut the chicken breasts into thin slices horizontally. This helps them cook evenly, ensuring a crispy, golden-brown outside and fully cooked chicken inside. Next, we season the chicken slices, coat them with flour, and fry them until they develop a delicious crust.
The sauce really makes this dish shine. After frying the chicken in the skillet, we use the leftover buttery bits and sauté some garlic. Then, we add chicken broth, soy sauce, honey and lemon juice. We let it simmer for a few minutes until it reduces and becomes bubbly and thick like syrup. Finally, we stir in more butter, et voila! A delicious honey garlic sauce is ready in a flash. It’s more than just a sweet coating for the chicken – it’s a magical. The tangy lemon juice and salty soy sauce balance out the rich sweetness of the honey, creating a truly amazing flavor!
Let me guide you through the recipe with this step-by-step VIDEO.
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Honey Garlic Butter Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 chicken fillets
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 6 garlic cloves minced
- 4 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 cup chicken broth
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 1 tsp chili flakes
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
Instructions
- Cut the chicken fillets horizontally into thin slices. Season both sides with salt and pepper. Place the flour in a shallow dish. Dredge the chicken pieces in the flour.
- Heat 1 tablespoon butter and olive oil in a large skillet set over medium-low until the butter has melted. Cook the chicken in batches, add 1/2 of the chicken pieces and cook until golden brown and cooked through, about 2-3 minutes per side. Transfer to a clean plate and set aside.
- Add 1 tablespoon butter and finish cooking the 2nd batch of the chicken. Remove from skillet.
- Add 1 tablespoon butter, then add garlic and sauté until soft and fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the soy sauce, honey and lemon juice. Add chicken broth and the remaining butter. Simmer until reduced by half, about 4 minutes. Reduce heat to low, season with salt, pepper and chili flakes. Add chopped parsley.
- Return chicken to skillet, turn to coat both sides of chicken with sauce. Simmer for 1 minute or until chicken is heated through.
- Serve immediately with rice or fried noodles, alongside your favorite salad. Enjoy!
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Thanks For Sharing this Amazing Recipe. My Family Loved It. I will be sharing this Recipe with my Friends. Hope They will like it.
Thanks so much! Happy to hear this!
I made this last night and can’t tell you how good it tasted. Wonderful and recipe was so easy to follow!
Love hearing that you enjoyed this recipe, I so appreciate you gave it a try!
Just made this tonight and I had to leave a review. This is a fantastic recipe. Easy and delicious and all the ingredients are pantry staples. Paired it with broccoli
Thank you Beth!!
Best part, ingredients are common to my refrigerator and gets rave reviews from everyone.
Thank you Frasuy!
Whats in the cucumber salad?
Hi, it’s cucumber combined with a shallot, 3 tbsp sunflower oil, 1 tbsp soy sauce and mirin, plus some black pepper. Happy cooking!
This was so good and really an easy weeknight meal. I used chicken thighs but otherwise followed the recipe and exactly and my family raved. I served it with your cucumber salad and again – my husband and daughter were so happy. Thanks!
You’re welcome Jessica! So happy to hear this recipe was a hit!
Hi! Could I replace the soy sauce with something, since I’m intolerant to soy? Thanks in advance!
Hi Lieke, you can use tamari or oyster sauce. Enjoy the recipe!