If you love to meal prep your meals you will love this easy honey garlic chicken recipe! It’s so juicy and tasty, loaded with protein and fiber, and ready in just 30 minutes.
Juicy and tender chicken bites, cooked in with a delicious honey garlic sauce and then served with sauteed broccoli on a bed of cooked quinoa. Planning your meals could be the key to staying on track with your healthy eating habits. Meal prepping can be very helpful for those who don’t have enough time on their hands to cook daily. This easy honey garlic chicken recipe is the perfect healthy chicken recipe to serve your family for a weeknight dinner.
Why you will love this easy chicken recipe
- Perfect for meal prepping: if you plan your meals ahead this recipe is for you!
- Easy to make: its really easy to make this chicken meal prep recipe. All you need is about 30 minutes all together to get this all prepped up and ready to go.
- Healthy: This chicken dish is so wholesome and a perfectly healthy meal. With the right amount of protein, carbs. and fiber.
Ingredients you will need
avocado or groundnut oil
chicken breast
egg
cornstarch
salt and pepper
one head broccoli
sesame oil
quinoa
Honey Garlic Sauce:
honey
sriracha sauce
garlic cloves
rice wine vinegar
sesame oil
To garnish:
green onions
black or white sesame seeds
How to make Honey Garlic Chicken from scratch
Prepare 2 bowls, one with beaten egg, and second with cornstarch mixed with a pinch of salt and pepper.
Dip the chicken into the beaten egg. Place all the pieces into the cornstarch and toss to lightly and evenly coat.
Heat the oil in a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken pieces in a single layer without overlapping. Cook until golden brown on all sides, about 8-10 minutes.
In a medium bowl whisk all the sauce ingredients. Pour sauce over the chicken and toss to coat then set aside. Quickly wipe the pan clean with a paper towel, and add in the remaining oil.
Preheat skillet again, stir fry the broccoli until they start to brown. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper and set aside.
Add about 1/2 cup of cooked quinoa to each meal prep bowl. Divide the broccoli and chicken among your bowls and arrange over the quinoa.
Garnish with green onions, sesame seeds, and lime wedges. Refrigerate for up to 4 days. Serve cold or reheated, as desired.
Recipe notes and tips
- Chicken: we prefer you to use lean chicken breast. But you may use boneless chicken thighs. you may switch the protein to either shrimp if you like.
- Broccoli: use fresh if possible. Frozen will also work. Don’t like broccoli? use any of your favorite veggies like green beans or Brussel sprouts.
- Oil: any oil works
- Quinoa: if you don’t like quinoa, you may use brown rice.
- Store these honey garlic chicken in containers in the fridge for up to 4 days.
- This meal is slightly spicy but you may either add less sriracha or skip it completely.
Frequently asked questions
We love serving honey garlic chicken with some sort of veggies like broccoli, green beans, or Brussel sprouts, and a side of carbs like brown, quinoa, or roasted potatoes. You can get as creative as you like with what you serve it with. You can even try spaghetti.
To thicken the honey garlic sauce, we simply just coated the chicken with corn starch which will eventually blend in with the sauce. If the sauce is still on the thin side, you can mix about 2 tsp of cornstarch with water and add it to the sauce. Alternatively, you may use any flour.
Its better to season your chicken before cooking and allow it to marinade to get delicious tender and juicy chicken. Some may use marinate their chicken with spices as they cook the chicken in the pan which is also fine to do.
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- Sweet and Spicy Chicken Meal Prep
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Honey Garlic Chicken Meal Prep
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp avocado or groundnut oil divided
- 4 chicken breasts diced into 1-inch pieces
- 1 large egg beaten
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 1/4 tsp kosher salt divided
- 1 head broccoli cut into small florets
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 cups cooked quinoa
Honey Garlic Sauce:
- 2 tbsp honey
- 3 tbsp sriracha sauce
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
To garnish:
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
- 1-2 tsp black and white sesame seeds or as desire
Instructions
- Prepare 2 bowls, one with beaten egg, and the second with cornstarch mixed with a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Dip the chicken into the beaten egg. Place all the pieces into the cornstarch and toss to lightly and evenly coat.
- Heat the oil in a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken pieces in a single layer without overlapping.
- Cook until golden brown on all sides, about 8-10 minutes.
- In a medium bowl whisk all the sauce ingredients. Pour sauce over the chicken and toss to coat then set aside.
- Quickly wipe the pan clean with a paper towel, and add in the remaining oil.
- Preheat skillet again, stir fry the broccoli until they start to brown. About 2-3 minutes. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper and set aside.
- Add about 1/2 cup of cooked quinoa to each meal prep bowl. Divide the broccoli and chicken among your bowls and arrange over the quinoa.
- Garnish with green onions, sesame seeds, and lime wedges.
- Refrigerated for up to 4 days. Serve cold or reheated, as desired.
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Notes
- Chicken: we prefer you to use lean chicken breast. But you may use boneless chicken thighs. you may switch the protein to either shrimp if you like.
- Broccoli: use fresh if possible. Frozen will also work. Don’t like broccoli? use any of your favorite veggies like green beans or Brussel sprouts.
- Oil: any oil works
- Quinoa: if you don’t like quinoa, you may use brown rice.
- Store these honey garlic chicken in containers in the fridge for up to 4 days.
- This meal is slightly spicy but you may either add less sriracha or skip it completely.
Daryl says
Is the nutrition for the Whole recipie or 1 serving?
Rena Awada says
yes
John says
Just made this today. If you’re buying larger chicken breasts, you’ll probably need to double the sauce recipe. The sauce is SO good.
Meagan says
Super yummy! I halved the Sriracha and next time will double the sauce – cause its so good!
Happy Meal Prep says
Delicious to the core
Grace says
I have prepared the honey garlic chicken a few times , without the garlic, everyone like it very much, I add a lots of chopped coriander and also every time with different vegetables.
Thanks Rena for your delicious recipes
Rena says
Perfect. Thanks for the feedback
Richard says
Please consider putting weight measurements for the chicken. The 4 chicken breasts I used must have been considerably bigger than yours. I had to triple the corn starch mixture, double the sauce amount, and use 4 times the oil. I also had to cook in 4 batches. For me, it doubled the cook time. Also, “golden brown” is not a good indicator for chicken breast. I temped my chicken to make sure it was safe but not overdone. Golden brown would have resulted in dried out chicken.
Anthony Rodriguez says
Very good! Right amount of spice in the sauce mixture. Loved the experience in making it. Did not which oil to use for cooking the chicken so I did not use the avocado oil and stuck with roasted sesame oil I had. Came out great! Thank you for the recipe!
Rena says
Thanks for the feedback Anthony
Alexandra says
Great recipes as always! I don’t like sirracha and you say we can omit which is fine..but what else could we use to make it a little bit spicy …but stick to the good macros? Any suggestions ?
Rena says
Hi. Just swap it with a few chili pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, or hot sauce. Whatever you can handle.
Sherri T says
Can you freeze this and reheat for quick meals?
Rena says
Hi there.Yes you can
McKenzie Krueger says
This came out really good when I first tasted after making fresh. However, when I reheated the meal prep I had for the next day, a lot of the flavor was lost. The sauce dried up. I am not sure if I did something wrong or if this is just because of microwaving.
Janet Naylon says
Love it, it’s great for a quick meal and the left overs are wonderful. I love all of your recipes.
Rena says
So kind of your Janet. Thank you.
abigail says
Fridays we don’t usually cook, but today i tried to prepare something light, and this meal was just the one, deliciousnesssssssss.
Rena says
Thank you! Just perfect!