50 minutes mins
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Are you in need of easy party appetizer ideas for the busy fall and holiday season? This crispy and sticky garlic chicken recipe is just what you’re looking for!
Who loves a good appetizer?! I most definitely do. Here, I’m breading nuggets of chicken breast to fry in a skillet. Then I’m covering them in a sweet Asian inspired glaze with garlic, honey and soy sauce – so, so good!
Also, just as an aside… I say appetizer, but really? They work just as well for dinner over rice!
Tips and tricks
- make sure to bread the chicken exactly as outlined in the recipe below – this is the BEST way for a crispy coating that actually sticks.
- if you’d rather bake the chicken, feel free to follow the steps in my baked chicken nuggets (click here for the recipe). Then, coat the baked nuggets in the sauce from this recipe!
- if you’re put off by fish sauce, just skip it! You can also use a little bit of Worcestershire sauce in its place, if you want.
Serving suggestions
If you serve these as a party appetizer, you don’t need much with them! Sprinkle them with chopped cilantro or chopped green onion if you like.
For dinner, we enjoy these with a big salad and rice. Click here for my Coleslaw recipe, or here for my cucumber salad.
More appetizers
- Sticky BBQ Slow Cooker Meatballs
- Crockpot BBQ Little Smokies
- Baked Honey Wings
- Bacon Wrapped Dates with Pecans and Goat Cheese
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Crispy Garlic Chicken
Crispy chicken is tossed with a sticky and garlicky sauce to make a better-than-take-out dinner!
Recipe by Nora from Savory Nothings
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Recipe details
Prep 20 minutes mins
Cook 30 minutes mins
Total 50 minutes mins
Servings 6 servings
Difficulty Easy
Ingredients
For the Sauce
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 6 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons barbecue sauce
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
- ½ cup water
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
For the Chicken
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into chunks
- ½ cup flour
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup breadcrumbs
- Oil for frying
Instructions
To Make the Sauce
Add all sauce ingredients to a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until starting to thicken. Set aside until all the chicken is done.
To Make the Chicken
Pat the chicken dry. To a shallow dish add the flour. Whisk the eggs together in a second dish and put the breadcrumbs into a third. To bread the chicken coat it first with flour, then with eggs and finally with breadcrumbs. (For a more thorough tutorial on how to correctly bread chicken to give it a nice crispy coating check out this post.
Heat a nonstick frying pan over medium high heat. Add oil and cook the chicken in batches for 6-8 minutes or until golden and crispy on the outside and cooked through on the inside.
To Assemble
Add all the cooked chicken into the pan and pour the sauce over it. Toss until everything is coated and the sauce has thickened to a syrupy consistency.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 272kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 21gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 130mgSodium: 660mgPotassium: 382mgSugar: 20gVitamin A: 155IUVitamin C: 1.4mgCalcium: 37mgIron: 1.9mg
Nutrition is an estimate.
More recipe information
Course: Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine: American, Asian
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About Nora
When I got married to my professional chef husband, I realized I had to step up my game in the kitchen. Now I share my favorite foolproof family recipes here on Savory Nothings: Chef-approved, kid-vetted and easy enough for everyday home cooks like you and me! Learn more.
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KRH says
Thanks for the great recipe! I have been looking for a good crispy garlic chicken and I think this is the one I’ll be using for a while. I did make the chicken a little differently (baked instead of fried) but it turned out wonderful and the sauce was great!Reply
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