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Easy & Healthy Honey Butter Garlic Chicken

This easy & healthy honey butter garlic chicken is a high protein meal prep favorite. Crispy chicken coated in a sweet and savory garlic honey sauce, perfect for quick lunches or dinners all week long.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 4 Servings
Course: dinner, lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Calories: 537
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 700 g diced chicken breast
  • 30 ml reduced salt soy sauce
  • 1 tsp white and black pepper
  • 5 g minced garlic
  • 5 g minced ginger
  • 100 g potato starch
  • Light cooking oil spray
  • 35 g light butter
  • 4 garlic cloves diced
  • 75 ml soy sauce
  • 75 ml water
  • 30 g brown sugar stevia
  • Red chilli flakes
  • 1 tsp cornstarch + water
  • 45 g honey
  • 700 g cooked white rice

Method
 

  1. Marinate chicken with soy sauce, pepper, garlic, and ginger.
  2. Coat chicken in potato starch evenly.
  3. Spray with cooking oil and air fry until crispy, flipping halfway.
  4. In a pan, melt butter and sauté garlic.
  5. Add soy sauce, water, sweetener, and chilli flakes. Stir well.
  6. Add cornstarch slurry and cook until slightly thickened.
  7. Stir in honey until smooth and glossy.
  8. Toss crispy chicken in the sauce until fully coated.
  9. Serve with rice and enjoy.

Notes

  • Use reduced salt soy sauce to control sodium levels
  • Don’t skip the oil spray for crispy texture
  • Adjust sweetness and spice to taste
  • Avoid overcrowding when cooking chicken
 

Nutrition (Per Serving with Rice)

 
  • Calories: 539
  • Carbs: 70g
  • Fat: 7g
  • Protein: 47g
Chicken Only:
  • Calories: 318
  • Carbs: 23g
  • Fat: 6g
  • Protein: 42g