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Honey-ginger chicken breasts with soy sauce

Name: Honey-ginger chicken breasts with soy sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 kg Chicken breasts (or boneless chicken thighs); 180 ml Soy sauce (¾ cup); 85 g Honey (¼ cup); 1.25 tsp Grated fresh ginger; 4 tsp Vegetable oil; to taste Freshly ground black pepper; 2 Green onions (scallions)

Chicken breasts seared and simmered in a honey, ginger, and soy sauce, topped with green onions and served with rice. Serves 5.

Asian cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026 · Light recipe · 347 kcal per serving · High-protein recipe · 48 g protein per serving

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Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Servings: 5 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Asian

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Lightly pound the chicken breasts, season with black pepper, and sear on both sides, then simmer in a sauce of soy sauce, honey, and grated ginger. Briefly simmer the sauce at the end to thicken it.

Slice the chicken crosswise and sprinkle with green onions.

Ingredients

5 servings

Chicken breasts (or boneless chicken thighs) 1 kg
Soy sauce (¾ cup) 180 ml
Honey (¼ cup) 85 g
Grated fresh ginger 1.25 tsp
Vegetable oil 4 tsp
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Green onions (scallions) 2

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Instructions

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Make the sauce
Bring the soy sauce and honey to a boil in a small skillet. Reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring constantly, until the honey has completely dissolved, about 5 minutes. Stir in the ginger and remove from the heat.
Prepare the chicken
Place the chicken breasts on a cutting board, cover with plastic wrap, and pound lightly. Season both sides with freshly ground black pepper. Debone the thighs and cut them into slices.
Sear and simmer
Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat and sear the chicken for about 3 minutes per side. Reduce the heat, slowly pour in the prepared sauce, and simmer until the chicken is tender and cooked through.
Thicken the sauce and serve
Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and let it drain. Simmer the sauce over low heat for about 3 more minutes, until slightly thickened. Slice the chicken crosswise, pour the sauce over it, and sprinkle with finely chopped green onions.
Serve with rice.
Source: chow.com

Tip: Soy sauce is very salty, so do not salt the chicken; use reduced-sodium soy sauce for a less salty dish. Stir the honey constantly while cooking, as it burns easily at higher temperatures.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 347 kcal
Protein: 48 g
Carbohydrates: 16 g
of which sugars: 14 g
Fat: 9.2 g
of which saturates: 1.5 g
Fiber: 0.5 g
Salt: 5.5 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Kuracie prsia na mede a zázvore so sójovou omáčkou