I'm sharing an easy Chinese Five Spice Soy Maple Glazed Chicken! It's so delicious, flavourful and you will be coming back for more! It pairs so well with steamed jasmine rice and leafy greens!
The taste of this maple soy garlic chicken reminds me of something I'd buy at a Chinese BBQ Meat vendor where they sell all sorts of delicious roasted meat. Like roasted pork, char siu or roasted duck.
The Chinese Five Spice along with the soy sauce and maple syrup really permeate through the skin and meat of these chicken thighs providing the ultimate flavour!
I was inspired by Marion's Kitchen again to make this soy maple glazed chicken! I urge all to check out her incredible recipe blog.
This recipe was adapted from hers. Marion shares recipes from South East Asia and every single recipe she makes causes me to drool immediately!
Other recipes you may like!
Sweet Soy Sauce Chicken
Dak Galbi (Korean Spicy Chicken)
Watch how I make my Soy Maple Glazed Chicken
For this Recipe
You will need the following ingredients for my soy maple chicken thighs:
- 4 skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs
Marinade
- 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 1 tsp garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tsp Chinese Five Spice
- 1 tbsp dark mushroom soy sauce
Basting Sauce
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp dark mushroom soy sauce
How to make maple soy glazed chicken thighs
- In a small bowl, whisk together marinade ingredients. Pour marinade over chicken and marinade overnight or at least 3-4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 355 degrees F.
- On a wire rack placed over a lined baking sheet, place your chicken thighs bone side down, skin side up. Bake for 10 minutes and baste with sauce. Then bake for another 10 minutes, baste with sauce. Then bake again for another 15 minutes until cooked through. Enjoy!
Where to purchase these sauces?
You can purchase the hoisin, oyster or dark mushroom soy sauce from any asian grocer. I've linked them below the hoisin and oyster sauce below:
How my Passion for Asian Food Grew
I remember growing up as a little girl I used have little appreciation for food in general. I was a picky eater and I actually hated cooking. Maybe because it was a chore to me. When I hit my teen years, I was responsible for cooking every Sunday and usually the dishes didn't turn out well.
However, I did love my mom's cooking especially her Asian dishes. They were always so flavourful! She poured a lot of time and love into feeding her family with three kids, a husband and a labrador retriever who also ate real food! I don't think I would be the person I am today without my mom. She would always tell me to stand by her side and watch her cook! And at the time, I dreaded it but now I realize how much of an impact it had on my ability to cook. So thank you Mom!
Then when I got married and started cooking for my husband, I obviously wanted the food to taste good for him. So I poured in more time and energy into watching more cooking videos on YouTube and I fell in love with the Food Network watching the legends, like Barefoot Contessa or Jamie Oliver cook. There was something so comforting and cozy about watching these chefs make food in their own kitchen to showcase to the world.
When I visited Malaysia for our honeymoon, it was then when I really fell in love with asian food. There were so many flavours and varieties of dishes I've never heard of. And from that point on I was hooked...
And that's why I love to share asian recipes on my blog. Asian food always hit every single taste bud and it's not as challenging to cook as many think it is.
Give it a try!
Well I hope you give my Soy Maple Glazed Chicken recipe a try! It always excites me when you guys make my recipes and I hope this is one you try.
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Christie
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Soy Maple Glazed Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs skin-on, bone-in
Marinade
- 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp dark mushroom soy sauce
- 1 tsp garlic, minced
- 2 tsp Chinese Five Spice
Basting Sauce
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp dark mushroom soy sauce
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together marinade ingredients. Pour marinade over chicken and marinade overnight or at least 3-4 hours.
- Preheat oven to 355 degrees F.
- On a wire rack placed over a lined baking sheet, place your chicken thighs bone side down, skin side up. Bake for 10 minutes and baste with sauce. Then bake for another 10 minutes, baste with sauce. Then bake again for another 15 minutes until cooked through. Enjoy!
This chicken looks so delicious!
Anything sweet and sticky like this is always a hit with my family. I know we'd all love this one!! Pinning to try during a weeknight dinner soon!
This looks fantastic, Christie! I'm definitely drooling over here!
This chicken looks divine and sounds so flavourful! I am thinking this sauce would probably go well with tofu and other protein as well. And I must say, I was a little like you, Christie, I didn't properly start cooking until I got married but I have been loving it since (hard to believe that was nearly twenty years ago now)!
This glaze is just gorgeous Christie!! We love meals like this! Pinned!
Oh wow! This looks SO good! Can't wait to try out this recipe. 😋