Chipotle Honey Chicken
Sweet heat chicken for busy nights — hot honey chicken bites, chipotle honey mustard drumsticks, hot honey chicken tenders, chipotle chicken tacos, and more.
★ dinner
dinnerIngredients
- 1 # Boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 2 cups Milk
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Pepper
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1 cup Panko
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1/3 Honey
- 2 tsp Cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp SAMBAL (optional)
- 1/4 cup finely chopped Parsley
- 1.5 cups Janine rice (cooked)
- 1.5 cups Broccoli (steamed)
Instructions
- 1Brine chicken for a couple hours or overnight by combining milk, spices, and eggs with 1# chicken thighs chopped
- 2Drain liquid from brine. Add 1 cup of panko with 1 tsp salt and coat chicken thighs
- 3Spray some olive oil spray over the chicken. Add chicken thighs to air fryer tray and bake at 375 for 20 minutes flipping halfway through
- 4In a small pan add butter, honey, and cayenne and Melt together to form a sauce. Let reduce for 2 minutes on low heat. Mix SAMBAL in
- 5Once chicken is done sprinkle parsley on top.
- 6For meal prep add jasmine rice, broccoli, and chicken into a container (3) for the week or you can eat immediately!
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Open in Pepper →Sweet Heat That Works On A Weeknight
Honey and chipotle do the heavy lifting here. You get a little smoke, a little sting, and a sticky glaze that makes plain chicken taste like you fussed over it, when really you just stirred two things together.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection when everybody's tired of the same baked chicken, or when there's a package of thighs in the fridge and thirty minutes before folks start asking what's for dinner.
Every recipe here is chicken with honey, chipotle, or both — hot honey chicken bites for meal prep, chipotle honey mustard drumsticks, a hot honey chicken sandwich, mini chipotle chicken quesadillas, baked crunchy hot honey chicken with cornflakes, and a chipotle chicken salad for lighter nights.
Quick Tips
- 1
Soak the chicken first
Give thighs or tenderloins at least 30 minutes in buttermilk or milk and egg. It seasons the meat and helps the breading stick.
- 2
Glaze after cooking
Toss the chicken in the hot honey once it's out of the oil or oven. Honey burns fast above 300°F and turns bitter.
- 3
Start with one chipotle
Chop one pepper from the adobo can, taste, then add more. A whole 7-ounce can will run hot for most kids.
- 4
Rest on a wire rack
Set fried or baked pieces on a rack for 5 minutes instead of paper towels so the crust stays crunchy underneath.
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