Honey Soy Chicken Recipe
This Baked Honey Soy Chicken requires only a handful of simple ingredients. It's easy, healthy, and delicious. A winning combo for the perfect weeknight meal. Serve over fluffy rice.
Servings: 15
Ingredients
- 15 chicken drumsticks, 4.5 to 5 pounds
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ cup Asian rice cooking wine, Sometimes called distilled spirits of rice; not to be confused with sweet rice wine.
- ¼ cup pure honey
- ¼ cup soy sauce, or gluten-free Tamari
Instructions
- Using paper towels, thoroughly dry each piece of chicken - do not skip this step, as excess moisture from chicken will affect results. Use a fork to poke holes on all sides of chicken pieces. Set aside.
- In a bowl, combine salt, pepper, cooking wine, honey, and soy sauce; use a whisk to mix well. Place chicken in a large Ziploc bag and pour marinade into the bag to fully immerse chicken. Let chicken marinade for at least 1 hour in fridge, rotating once in between.
- Take chicken out of fridge 30 minutes prior to cooking. Preheat oven to 350F, with rack on middle position.
- Lay drumsticks in foil-lined rimmed baking sheet or two baking pans, making sure not to crowd pieces.
- Cover pans tightly with foil and bake 45 minutes. Uncover pans and bake another 25-30 minutes, rotating drumsticks once or twice in between to get a nice browning on all sides. Serve warm, with sauce from pans.
Equipment
- Shaoxing Cooking Wine, Rice cooking wine
Notes
- Rice cooking wine can be found in ethnic aisles of some major grocery stores and definitely in Asian grocery stores. I use Shaoxing Cooking Wine, but you can use your preferred brand. If you can't find it, you can try substituting with dry sherry.
- Be sure not to use rice vinegar by accident, as that would impart a tangy vinegar flavor - great for salad dressings, but not for this recipe.
- If you have 2 large rimmed sheet pans, you can place one pan on top of the other to use as a "cover" in the oven.
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Nutrition (per serving)
Serving: 1piece | Calories: 84kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.02g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 174mg | Potassium: 6mg | Fiber: 0.03g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.04mg