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Honey Garlic Chicken

Name: Honey Garlic Chicken
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 8 chicken thighs; 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 3 tbsp clear honey; 3 tbsp white wine vinegar; 3 tbsp reduced salt soy sauce; 200g (7oz) broccoli,; broken into florets; 250g (9oz) sugar snap peas; bunch of spring onions, sliced into 2cm (¾in) pieces; handful of coriander leaves; 1 tbsp sesame seeds

The classic combo of sticky garlicky chicken with an Asian twist.

Donal SkehanFrom the series · Super Food In Minutes

30 min totalServes 4Easy

Time30 min

Serves4

SkillEasy

ShowSuper Food In Minutes

Method

Heat the oil in a large sauté pan, season the chicken with salt and pepper and add to the pan skin-side down. Fry for 6–8 minutes until really golden.

Flip the chicken over and add the garlic, honey, vinegar and soy sauce and bubble for 5 minutes.

Add the broccoli, sugar snaps and spring onions and cook, stirring to combine, for 6–8 minutes more until the chicken is cooked through. Serve sprinkled with coriander leaves and sesame seeds.

Cook's notes

The trick to crispy chicken thighs is letting the fat render out skin-side down — give them a full 6 to 8 minutes without moving them.
My quick way with garlic: crush the bulb with your hand to release the cloves, trim the end of each clove, then press down with the flat of a large knife until it pops — it isn't pretty, but the skin comes right off.
Let the honey, soy and vinegar bubble and reduce so the sauce turns sticky and glossy before the vegetables go in.
Any combination of greens works here — spinach, asparagus, green beans or bok choy — added for the final few minutes so they keep their bite.
Reduced-salt soy is worth using; the honey and the reduction concentrate everything, and full-salt soy can tip it over.

Serve with Steamed rice or noodles to soak up the sticky sauce, finished with the coriander and sesame seeds for freshness and crunch.

Make ahead & storage Keeps in the fridge for up to three days and reheats well in a pan or the microwave until piping hot. The greens soften on reheating, so it's at its best fresh.

30 MinutesAsian

Recipe by Donal Skehan · From the series Super Food In Minutes · Photography © Appetite Media
Published 13 July 2026 · Updated 15 July 2026

Nutrition

Per serving

340kcal

21gprotein

18gcarbs

19gfat

Figures from the show's kitchen.

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