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hot honey chicken breast

Prep 1 hour

ingredients

hot honey sauce

  • salt, to taste
  • 10g chili flakes, dried
  • 40g honey
  • 185g hot sauce, Franks Red Hot works great
  • oil, for frying

chicken

  • 3 chicken breasts
  • salt
  • pepper
  • garlic powder
  • chipotle powder
  • 3T olive oil
  • hot honey sauce

directions

hot honey sauce

  1. Fry dried chili flakes in oil with salt until fragrant. About 1 minute.

    salt, 10g chili flakes, oil

  2. Add honey and hot sauce. Cook on low-medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Set aside an keep warm until ready to use.

    40g honey, 185g hot sauce

chicken

  1. Butterfly the chicken breast and if necessary use a mallet to pound the chicken to an even thickness throughout. Season the chicken with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and chipotle powder. Drizzle with olive oil. Set aside for 30 minutes.

    3 chicken breasts, salt, pepper, garlic powder, chipotle powder, 3T olive oil
  2. Place the chicken on a cooling rack over a sheet pan and bake in the oven at 325°F until it reaches an internal temperature of 140°F (25-30 minutes).

  3. Remove the chicken from the oven and set the oven to a high broil, moving the oven rack to the highest position. Brush a thick layer of hot honey sauce on the chicken and return to the top rack of the oven to broil for 2-5 minutes, until the sauce starts to burn and bubble. Remove from the oven, flip the chicken and repeat the process 3 more times.

    hot honey sauce