Honey Sriracha Chicken (One Pot)
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Quick and easy honey sriracha chicken recipe made in one pan in just 30 minutes on stovetop. It’s a sweet and spicy weeknight meal, made with simple ingredients.
I love sriracha and this honey sriracha chicken recipe always leaves my mouth watering.
Usually, I serve it with plain boiled rice or butter rice but it’s also great in tacos, pastas, sandwiches and so much more.
If you are making this for kids, definitely lower the amount of sriracha sauce.
Tips for Honey Sriracha Chicken Recipe:
- Use a non-stick pan to prevent the chicken and sauce from sticking and burning.
- Adjust the amount of sriracha sauce, based on your preference.
- I used small chicken breast cubes in this recipe but you can also make sriracha chicken breast, thighs, wings, legs, bites, tenders.
- To make sriracha chicken stir fry, add frozen stir fry vegetables near the end and cook for a few minutes until the vegetables are cooked and crisp and not soggy.
- To make honey lime sriracha chicken, replace lemon juice with lemon juice. You can even add 1 tsp lemon zest to take it over the top.
- Use hard or soft tacos and add your favorite taco toppings to make sriracha chicken tacos.
- To make a healthier meal, make sriracha chicken lettuce wraps.
- Use leftover sriracha chicken in a burger or sandwich for lunches.
- You can garnish with toasted sesame seeds to give it a little crunch or you can garnish with cilantro or green onions/scallions.
How to make sriracha chicken? How to make honey sriracha chicken?
- Heat oil in a pan and add saute chicken for a few seconds.
- Add ginger, garlic, sriracha, soy sauce, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, pepper, honey and mix.
- Cover and cook until chicken is cooked.
- Uncover and let it cook until liquid is reduced to a thick consistency.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and enjoy.
To make just sriracha chicken, omit honey. I think it’s a bit too spicy but my hubby likes it.
How to marinate chicken with sriracha?
You can mix all these ingredients together in a bowl to make a sweet and spicy sriracha chicken marinade:
- Oil
- Ginger
- Garlic
- Sriracha
- Honey
- Vinegar
- Soy sauce
- Lemon juice
- Salt
- Pepper
This marinade is great for making grilled or baked honey sriracha chicken.
Other Chicken Dinner Recipes:
Mexican Shredded Chicken (One Pot)
Garlic Chicken Pasta (One Pot)
Honey Sriracha Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 2 pounds Chicken breast, Cut into small 2 inch cubes
- 2-3 tbsp Sriracha
- 2 tbsp Soy sauce, Low sodium
- 1 tbsp Lemon juice
- 2 tbsp Vinegar
- 1 tbsp Garlic paste, Or 1 tbsp finely chopped garlic
- 1 tsp Ginger paste, 1 tbsp finely minced ginger
- Salt, To taste
- Pepper , To taste
- 1/4 cup Honey
- 1 tsp Sesame seeds, For garnish
Instructions
- Heat oil on medium heat in a non-stick pot or pan.
- Add chicken and saute for a few seconds.
- Add sriracha, soy sauce, lemon juice, vinegar, garlic pasta, ginger paste, salt, pepper, honey and mix.
- Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
- Uncover and let it cook until liquid is reduced and sauce's thickness is to your desired consistency.
- Garnish with sesame seeds. Enjoy!
Notes
- Read all my tips above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
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I love the flavor combinations! I’ll have to try this soon, thank you for sharing this with us!
Wow this looks to-die-for! Definitely making this soon!
The color on this chicken is incredible. I can tell by the ingredient list that this is a winner!
This looks like such an awesome meal!
This flavor combination has be craving this dish!
I love the flavors of this! Have to make it for dinner soon!
OMG! My family would LOVE this!
This chicken looks so flavorful! I can’t wait to try this sauce!
I’m excited about this one! Love the combo of spicy and sweet!
Absolutely amazing.. I love the sriracha and honey mix. Perfect ingredients..
This is so good ! Definitely a keeper 👍🏻
Hi! Making this for dinner tonight. How long after should you let cook, cover removed, till you start to see a thicker consistency?
It takes about 5 minutes.
What type of vinegar is supposed to be used?
I use regular white/distilled vinegar.
Can rice vinegar be used?
Yes, that can be used.
Can I make this in a crock pot?
I haven’t tried it to know what the end results would be. If you try it, I would love to hear your results.
Great flavor. The sauce wasn’t thick so I used cornstarch to thicken it up. On my grocery shop same day, I couldn’t find sesame seeds so maybe that’s what it was missing. Overall, great flavor, nice kick from the sriracha, nice sweetness from honey.
Very good. We only put half the sriracha and was spicy enough for us.