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.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 18 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1.5 lbs skin-on bone-in chicken thighs (4 pieces)
- 1 green onion (finely chopped)
- 2 tsp vegetable oil (or any neutral oil)
- 3 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1 tbsp ginger (thinly sliced)
- 1/4 cup honey (or maple syrup / corn syrup)
- 1/4 cup water (cold or room temp)
- 3 tbsp regular soy sauce (or light soy sauce)
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tsp rice vinegar (or apple cider vinegar / Shaoxing wine / dry sherry)
Instructions
- 1
In a small bowl, combine sauce ingredients as listed above and mix until honey is dissolved.
- 2
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.
- 3
Add the sauce. Reduce to low-medium heat, cover and simmer for 7 minutes.
- 4
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.
- 5
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.