Quick & Easy Soy Sauce Chicken

Quick & Easy Soy Sauce Chicken

Juicy chicken thighs simmered in a savory brown sauce made of minimal ingredients. This quick and easy soy sauce chicken is ready in 30 minutes in one pan! Great as a main dish for busy weeknights. It's family-friendly and better-than-takeout.

5 from 4 votes

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 18

Total Time 23

Course Main Course

Cuisine Chinese

Servings pieces

Calories per serving 397 kcal

Ingredients

1.5 lbs skin-on bone-in chicken thighs 4 pieces
1 green onion finely chopped
2 teaspoon vegetable oil or any neutral oil

Sauce

3 garlic cloves minced
1 tablespoon ginger thinly sliced
¼ cup honey or maple syrup / corn syrup
¼ cup water cold or room temp
3 tablespoon regular soy sauce or light soy sauce
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
2 teaspoon rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar / Shaoxing wine / dry sherry

Instructions

In a small bowl, combine sauce ingredients as listed above and mix until honey is dissolved.
Heat vegetable oil in a large pan on medium-high heat. Once oil is hot, add chicken thighs skin-side down and sear for 2 minutes. Then flip over and sear on the other side for 2 minutes. Avoid moving the chicken around as it sears.
Add the sauce. Reduce to low-medium heat, cover and simmer for 7 minutes.
Flip chicken over. Cover and cook for another 5-7 minutes until cooked, or an internal temperature of 165 degrees F with a digital cooking thermometer.
Flip chicken one last time so it's skin-side up. Baste the sauce over the chicken skin. Remove off heat. Garnish with green onions and the sauce served on the side.

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