Sweet Honey Baked Chicken Bites

These little honey baked chicken bites combine three of our favorite things – honey, chicken and orange. The trio goes SO well together. Not only that, but I bet you have at least two of those things in your kitchen right now. This is so easy and perfect for kids, parties or a quick dinner. Maybe you could serve these with some Cheddar Roasted Broccoli or with our light, but so tasty Lemon and Herb Couscous Salad? Both would be awesome, but us? — we just munched on the chicken by itself — they disappeared before we could even grab plates!

We went party, so we stuck a skewer into each piece of chicken to turn them into finger food. Yum.

Like, I said earlier — it’s all about chicken (we used chicken breast), the honey ….

… and the orange. We throw a ton of orange peel in to the honey — when the chicken bakes the kitchen immediately smells like oranges, we just love that!

You could stop there, but Adam walked in and requested a little heat — so, we added a few dashes of hot sauce, too. A seriously genius addition, I might add! If you’re serving to kids, you might want to hold back here, otherwise — go for it!

Bake until golden brown – so easy!

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Sweet Honey Baked Chicken Bites

 

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Prep time

10 minutes

Cook time

20 minutes

Total time

30 minutes

 

Serve this alone as an appetizer or alongside mashed potatoes or veggies for dinner. If serving as an appetizer, try skewering each chicken piece with a toothpick just before serving to turn them into finger food!

Created By: Adam and Joanne Gallagher

Yield: 2-4

Ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2-6 dashes hot sauce
• 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Method

1. Heat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
2. Stir together butter, honey, hot sauce, orange peel, salt and pepper in a medium bowl.
3. Cut chicken breasts into 1-inch chunks.
4. Add chicken to sauce then toss to coat. Then, arrange chicken on baking sheet in one layer. Bake 15-20 minutes until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees F.
5. To create a beautiful golden brown crust, heat oven to broil then broil chicken 1-2 minutes until golden brown.

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About the Author

Joanne

I'm Joanne Gallagher and alongside my husband, Adam, I develop, test and share favorite recipes from our kitchen. I'm completely in love with food and you'll most likely find me covered in flour, chocolate or both.