Honey Garlic chicken

This recipe for garlic chicken thighs is one of my family's favorites. It's sweetened with honey, flavored with loads of garlic, and topped off with cilantro. This chicken is great served over cooked rice to soak up the sauce.

Ingredients

• 8 (5 ounce) boneless chicken thighs

• salt and ground black pepper to taste

• 2 tablespoons olive oil, or as needed

• ½ medium onion, finely chopped

• 7 cloves garlic, chopped, or to taste

• 1 cup honey

• ½ cup soy sauce

• 1 pinch onion powder, or to taste

• 1 pinch garlic powder, or to taste

• ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro

Step 1: Gather Ingredients

Step 2: Season Chicken both sides with salt & pepper

Step 3: Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and brown on one side, 3 to 5 minutes.

Step 4: Flip chicken and add onion and garlic; continue to cook until chicken is mostly (but not fully) cooked and onion and garlic are soft, 5 to 7 minutes more. Remove chicken to a plate

Step 5: Add honey, soy sauce, onion powder, and garlic powder to the skillet. Stir and scrape the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to get garlic and onion to mix with the liquid

Step 6: Return chicken to the skillet, cover, and reduce heat to medium. Cook until no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, about 10 more minutes, turning once halfway through. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a thigh should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

Step 7: Arrange chicken on a serving plate and drizzle liquid from the pan on top. Sprinkle with cilantro to serve

Step 8: Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

Servings Per Recipe 8

Calories 368

Cook’s Note

Skin-on or skinless chicken thighs will work in this recipe. You can use 1 entire medium head of garlic, chopped, instead of cloves.

If serving over rice, plan on about 3 to 4 cups uncooked rice to feed everyone and soak up the extra sauce.

Garnish with fresh parsley instead of cilantro if you like.