Honey Soy Chicken Marinade
With just a whisk and a few basic ingredients, you can create a mouthwatering honey soy chicken marinade, adding fantastic flavor to chicken breasts and thighs.
Servings: 6 Servings
Calories: 90kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 6 tablespoons honey
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoons rice wine (such as Shaoxing) or mirin or dry sherry
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1 teaspoon sriracha (See Note 1)
- 2-3 pounds chicken breasts or thighs (See Note 2)
Instructions
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, honey, rice vinegar, rice wine, garlic, ginger and sriracha.
- Place the chicken in a dish, bowl or ziplock bag. Pour the marinade over the chicken and toss to coat.
- Cover the dish or bowl with plastic wrap or seal the bag. Transfer to the refrigerator and marinate for a at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
- Grill, bake, broil or air-fry the chicken. Discard the marinade or make it into a sauce as directed in Grilled Honey Soy Chicken.
Notes
Note 1: If you can't find sriracha, substitute it with sambal oelek or a 3-to-1 mixture of ketchup to Frank’s Red Hot sauce (seriously!)
Note 2: The chicken is not included in the nutritional information.
Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I provide nutritional information for my recipes as a courtesy to my readers. It is calculated using the LoseIt! calculator. While I attempt to provide information that is as accurate as possible, you should calculate the nutritional information independently before relying on it.
Nutrition
Calories: 90kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 1099mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 18g
