Honey Garlic Chicken: Made The Midamar Way
Fresh and flavorful chicken doesn’t have to mean complicated recipes and complex cooking, sometimes it’s as easy as this Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe! But we had to make it our own way, so we spiced it up, literally, with a healthy dose of gochujang chili sauce for a baked chicken recipe that’s the perfect mix of sweet and spicy! We love a one-pan recipe, and I think this is our best one yet, so read on for a dinner recipe that brings the flavor and stays deliciously convenient.
Simple Seasoning for Fresh Flavors
This is a great recipe for a fresh and flavorful take on a classic chicken and broccoli recipe. They both get baked together for convenience and only need a few seasonings to bring out the best of their flavors. With a few simple additions like olive oil, classic salt and pepper, and garlic powder, you can keep the fresh and natural flavors with a few tasty and savory additions on top.
The broccoli and chicken can cook together on a single baking sheet, saving you dishes in the long run and saves time in the short run. When layered out over the pan, it all cooks quickly and conveniently, and while it cooks it’s the perfect opportunity to whip up the spicy honey garlic sauce!
As the name implies, the sauce is a great mix of savory and sweet from the honey, garlic, sesame oil, and soy sauce but we wanted to go a step further. Adding spice to this adds a whole new dimension of flavor that makes the final dish that much more enjoyable, and this sauce can be modified to match your taste. More or less honey or gochujang are simple tweaks you can make to suit what you’re looking for from this recipe. Ours was decently spicy but was cut well with a nice bit of sweetness.
The Finishing Touches
The broccoli will finish cooking before the chicken, so removing that from the pan and setting it aside will give you the space to toss your chicken in some of the sauce and bake it for another couple of minutes. The chicken should be cooked through by now, this is just to get the sauce baked into the chicken, really infusing each piece with that flavor you came here for.
And when these couple minutes are up, you’re done! The chicken and broccoli are both great to serve over some white rice and topped with some more sauce, sesame seeds, and green onion.
This recipe goes beyond other one pan chicken and veggie recipes you might be used to, this is a full-on meal with great Asian-inspired flavors that make for a tasty meal but keeps the convenience we love about one pan recipes. A little bit goes a long way and this recipe makes plenty to feed family or friends with something tasty, fresh, and healthy next time you’re in the mood for something easy. That’s it for this week, we hope you give this a try and check out some of our other great Halal recipes while you’re at it.
