Honey Soy Rooster | Diethood

This sticky honey soy baked rooster is a fast dinner concept exploding with Asian-style taste because of a simple selfmade marinade. Umami-rich soy sauce, candy honey, sesame, and garlic do all types of scrumptious issues to those juicy rooster drumsticks!

Each time I’m after a ton of taste on a busy weeknight, I flip to recipes like my honey garlic rooster and the honey soy marinade that I’m sharing right here. In the event you love your rooster oven-baked, strive my baked honey mustard rooster, too.

With simply 5 minutes of prep and family-friendly flavors, I like this baked honey soy rooster. It’s fast and tremendous versatile. I’ll toss it over white rice with a facet of tender-crisp veggies and everybody gobbles it up. It’s additionally good over noodles or chopped up chilly in salads the following day!

In the event you love juicy rooster smothered with sauce (is that even an “if”?) this honey soy rooster has your subsequent weeknight sorted.

Why We Love Honey Soy Rooster

Juicy inside, crispy exterior. The oven does many of the work on this recipe, and the outcomes are scrumptious. These marinated rooster drumsticks bake up browned and crispy, trapping the flavour and juices. 

Fast to prep. It takes 5 minutes to get your rooster soaking within the marinade. After a brief stint within the fridge, it’s prepared for the oven.

Taste-packed. The marinade is easy however tremendous tasty. Candy honey and umami-packed soy sauce are a mouthwatering mixture. In fact, there’s loads of garlic in there, plus slightly Shaoxing wine and sesame oil. Marinating the rooster first locks in all that Asian-inspired taste.

Recipe Components 

I virtually all the time make this recipe with bone-in, skin-on rooster, and the honey soy marinade wants only a few flavor-building substances. Listed below are some fast notes on what you’ll want. You’ll discover the complete record within the printable recipe card after the publish. 

• Asian Cooking Wine – Select an affordable rice wine for cooking, like Chinese language Shaoxing wine. I often choose up a bottle from my favourite Asian market. In the event you can’t discover it the place you’re, dry sherry or dry white wine are good substitutes. In the event you’d choose to skip the wine altogether, use rooster inventory as an alternative.
• Honey – Within the fall, I’ll generally substitute honey with actual maple syrup to make maple soy rooster (much like these oven-baked rooster thighs).
• Soy Sauce – You should utilize low-sodium or common soy sauce. If it’s essential, substitute soy sauce with gluten-free tamari or coconut aminos.
• Sesame Oil – Sesame oil provides a novel Asian taste to this marinade, so it’s laborious to interchange. I like to recommend toasted sesame oil for extra depth of taste.
• Seasonings – I maintain it easy with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. You possibly can substitute contemporary garlic for garlic powder if you happen to choose (often about 1 clove per ¼-½ teaspoon of powder).

What Rooster Ought to I Use?

Right here, I exploit drumsticks, however you should utilize bone-in rooster thighs if that’s what you favor. Bone-in rooster stays tremendous tender within the oven and is more durable to overcook. Boneless, skinless rooster breasts or thighs work, too, retaining in thoughts that they’ll bake up quicker and dry out faster.

How one can Make Honey Soy Rooster

Even if you happen to’re new to the kitchen, it doesn’t get simpler than this oven baked honey soy rooster! There are solely three steps concerned, and two-thirds of them are hands-free. That’s some kitchen math I can get behind.

1. Marinate the rooster. Begin by whisking collectively the marinade substances. Add them to a Ziploc bag with the rooster and let that marinate within the fridge.
2. Bake. Subsequent, the marinated rooster goes right into a 400ºF oven beneath foil for about 40 minutes.
3. Broil. End the rooster uncovered beneath the broiler for 2-3 minutes to crisp up the pores and skin. Your honey rooster is able to serve!

Regularly Requested Questions

Can I Thicken the Honey Soy Marinade?

In case you have additional honey soy marinade (not the marinade that touched the uncooked rooster– this you’ll wish to discard), add the marinade to a saucepan over medium warmth. Whisk cornstarch and water to make a slurry, stir it into the marinade, and simmer to thicken. I like making additional marinade as a result of it’s good to drizzle over the rooster when serving!

Serving Options

For a simple weeknight meal, this honey soy rooster goes nice with a pile of jeera rice and a facet of greens, like steamed broccoli, sesame snap peas, or an Asian cucumber salad. If I’m actually leaning into the Asian theme, I’ll pair this rooster with kimchi rice and crispy air fryer veggie spring rolls, or serve it over a mattress of stir fry noodles.

As a tasty consolation meals dinner, juicy honey soy rooster can also be scrumptious with mashed potatoes or mashed candy potatoes.

Storing and Reheating Leftovers

Leftovers will final within the fridge for 3-4 days (nice for meal prep!) or for as much as 3 months within the freezer. Thaw within the fridge earlier than reheating.

I wish to reheat rooster in a 350ºF oven beneath foil to forestall drying out. I choose this over the microwave, which works however makes the rooster a bit rubbery.

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