This sticky honey soy baked rooster is a fast dinner concept exploding with Asian-style taste due to a straightforward selfmade marinade. Umami-rich soy sauce, candy honey, sesame, and garlic do all types of scrumptious issues to those juicy rooster drumsticks!

Every time I’m after a ton of taste on a busy weeknight, I flip to recipes like my honey garlic rooster and the honey soy marinade that I’m sharing right here. Should you love your rooster oven-baked, strive my baked honey mustard rooster, too.

With simply 5 minutes of prep and family-friendly flavors, I like this baked honey soy rooster. It’s fast and tremendous versatile. I’ll toss it over white rice with a aspect of tender-crisp veggies and everybody gobbles it up. It’s additionally good over noodles or chopped up chilly in salads the subsequent day!

Should you love juicy rooster smothered with sauce (is that even an “if”?) this honey soy rooster has your subsequent weeknight sorted.

Why We Love Honey Soy Hen

Juicy inside, crispy outdoors. The oven does a lot of the work on this recipe, and the outcomes are scrumptious. These marinated rooster drumsticks bake up browned and crispy, trapping the flavour and juices. 

Fast to prep. It takes 5 minutes to get your rooster soaking within the marinade. After a brief stint within the fridge, it’s prepared for the oven.

Taste-packed. The marinade is straightforward however tremendous tasty. Candy honey and umami-packed soy sauce are a mouthwatering mixture. In fact, there’s loads of garlic in there, plus somewhat Shaoxing wine and sesame oil. Marinating the rooster first locks in all that Asian-inspired taste.

Recipe Elements 

I nearly all the time make this recipe with bone-in, skin-on rooster, and the honey soy marinade wants only a few flavor-building components. Listed below are some fast notes on what you’ll want. You’ll discover the complete checklist within the printable recipe card after the put up. 

• Asian Cooking Wine – Select a reasonable rice wine for cooking, like Chinese language Shaoxing wine. I often decide up a bottle from my favourite Asian market. Should you can’t discover it the place you might be, dry sherry or dry white wine are good substitutes. Should you’d desire to skip the wine altogether, use rooster inventory as a substitute.
• Honey – Within the fall, I’ll generally substitute honey with actual maple syrup to make maple soy rooster (just like these oven-baked rooster thighs).
• Soy Sauce – You need to use low-sodium or common soy sauce. If it is advisable, substitute soy sauce with gluten-free tamari or coconut aminos.
• Sesame Oil – Sesame oil provides a novel Asian taste to this marinade, so it’s laborious to switch. I like to recommend toasted sesame oil for extra depth of taste.
• Seasonings – I hold it easy with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. You may substitute recent garlic for garlic powder for those who desire (often about 1 clove per ¼-½ teaspoon of powder).

What Hen Ought to I Use?

Right here, I take advantage of drumsticks, however you should use bone-in rooster thighs if that’s what you like. Bone-in rooster stays tremendous tender within the oven and is tougher to overcook. Boneless, skinless rooster breasts or thighs work, too, retaining in thoughts that they’ll bake up sooner and dry out faster.

Learn how to Make Honey Soy Hen

Even for those who’re new to the kitchen, it doesn’t get simpler than this oven baked honey soy rooster! There are solely three steps concerned, and two-thirds of them are hands-free. That’s some kitchen math I can get behind.

1. Marinate the rooster. Begin by whisking collectively the marinade components. Add them to a Ziploc bag with the rooster and let that marinate within the fridge.
2. Bake. Subsequent, the marinated rooster goes right into a 400ºF oven below foil for about 40 minutes.
3. Broil. End the rooster uncovered below the broiler for 2-3 minutes to crisp up the pores and skin. Your honey rooster is able to serve!

Often Requested Questions

Can I Thicken the Honey Soy Marinade?

If in case you have additional honey soy marinade (not the marinade that touched the uncooked rooster– this you’ll need to discard), add the marinade to a saucepan over medium warmth. Whisk cornstarch and water to make a slurry, stir it into the marinade, and simmer to thicken. I like making additional marinade as a result of it’s good to drizzle over the rooster when serving!

Serving Options

For a straightforward weeknight meal, this honey soy rooster goes nice with a pile of jeera rice and a aspect of greens, like steamed broccoli, sesame snap peas, or an Asian cucumber salad. If I’m actually leaning into the Asian theme, I’ll pair this rooster with kimchi rice and crispy air fryer veggie spring rolls, or serve it over a mattress of stir fry noodles.

As a tasty consolation meals dinner, juicy honey soy rooster can also be scrumptious with mashed potatoes or mashed candy potatoes.

Storing and Reheating Leftovers

Leftovers will final within the fridge for 3-4 days (nice for meal prep!) or for as much as 3 months within the freezer. Thaw within the fridge earlier than reheating.

I wish to reheat rooster in a 350ºF oven below foil to stop drying out. I desire this over the microwave, which works however makes the rooster a bit rubbery.

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