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This Paleo Sticky Honey Chicken is a perfect, quick meal for busy weeknights. It takes little time to make, and is a delicious soy-free, gluten-free meal!
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I hope everyone had a great weekend! It was HOT here in Texas, and I did have to be outside for a good chunk of the day in my combat uniform at drill. Â Boy was I happy to return to the AC afterwards!
This is one of my favorite recipes to cook on busy weeknights because it’s super tasty and doesn’t take very long to make. Â It’s so easy, and it’s delicious!
This is also great when I’m craving Chinese food. Â I can’t have typical Chinese food because I’m allergic to soy, and gluten doesn’t sit well in my stomach. Â This is a great meal that has that sweet and tangy flavor without the gluten or soy sauce!
This Paleo sticky Honey Chicken usually only takes me 15-20 minutes to make, which makes it a perfect meal to cook on the weeknights that I don’t get home until later in the evening. Â You can eat this as is, or serve it over cauliflower rice, or regular rice–if you can tolerate it. Â I find that my body responds okay to rice, so I usually serve this over some Jasmine or Basmati rice that I have already cooked along with some steamed broccoli.
This Paleo Sticky Honey Chicken is a perfect, quick meal for busy weeknights. It takes little time to make, and is a delicious soy-free, gluten-free meal!
- 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 1/4 cup tapioca flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
- green onions sliced
- 1 Tbsp sesame seeds
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Into a mixing bowl, add the tapioca starch, salt and pepper. Dice the chicken into bite-sized pieces and add them into the bowl. Toss until the chicken is evenly coated with the mixture.
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Add the honey, coconut aminos, garlic powder and ginger to a bowl and whisk until thoroughly combined.
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Heat the coconut oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Add the chicken to the skillet and cook for 3 minutes on each side, until it is lightly browned.
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Add the sauce to the pan and lower the heat, and cook that until the sauce has thickened and the chicken is cooked through, about 5 more minutes. Remove from heat.
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Top with sliced green onions and sesame seeds and serve as desired. Enjoy!
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Yum I love coconut aminos! I like how this is ready in 20 mins – perfect!
OH! This looks so delicious. The Recipe doesn’t look super hard to do either! I pretty much have all the ingreidents except for the aminos and tapicoa flour! <3 Thanks for also including a video too!
Thanks Glenny! I love this recipe because it’s so simple, and the video was fun to make!
This looks so good! I’m curious about the benefits of using tapioca flour as opposed to all purpose.
Hi Mila! Tapioca flour is a little more similar to corn starch than all purpose flour. Tapioca flour in this recipe serves as a paleo and gluten-free alternative for those with food sensitivities 🙂
I’m so excited! This sounds delicious. I really liked the video, too!
This looks delicious! And anything that only takes 15-20 minutes is a winner in my book. Definitely going to try this out!
I’ve never used coconut aminos but I keep hearing amazing things about it. I’m curious!