Crispy Honey Chicken
This dish is now in our dinner rotation. What started off as me just trying to jazz up some chicken nuggets because I wasn’t in the mood to cook, ended up producing a viral-worthy meal.
Ingredients
- 3 lb frozen chicken nuggets
Honey Sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 c honey
- 1/3 c low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sambal oelek chili paste
Instructions
- Cook nuggets in the oven or in an air fryer. If using air fryer, cook in two batches at 400 for 10 minutes. Leave nuggets in a warm oven to stay warm and crisp.
- In a pan over low medium heat the sesame oil.
- Cook minced garlic for 2 minutes. Stir and make sure it doesn't burn.
- Add low sodium soy sauce, honey and chili paste.
- Whisk and turn heat to medium. Allow to boil until thickened. About 4-5 minutes.
- Toss cooked chicken in the sauce.
- Serve with rice.
Notes
Usually when something is this easy you sacrifice flavor and settle for a subpar meal. NOT THE CASE with this. I am telling you, make this for your family.
Normally I air fry this chicken on 400 for 10 minutes. However when feeding my family of 6 (including 2 teenage boys) I had to make the whole 4 pound bag of nuggets in the oven.
Oven method doesn’t create a super crisp nugget so once done cooking, broil until crisp. I kept my door open for this part to ensure they didn’t burn.
The sauce is just 3 ingredients. Don’t be tempted to leave out the chili paste. I am telling you that’s what makes the dish. You need it to balance out the sweet from the honey. It’s the perfect ingredient to produce a little heat but more of a spice flavor than heat if that makes any sense. THE DISH IS NOT SPICY. It’s perfection.
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