Sweet and Spicy Baked Honey Sriracha Chicken | Quick & Easy Recipe (2024)

Craving Sweet and Spicy Baked Honey Sriracha Chicken? Put down your phone — no need to order-in this delicious dish! Covered in homemade honey sriracha sauce, the best oven baked chicken recipe can be made right in your kitchen in less than 30 minutes.

Looking for more easy sriracha recipes? Try my 20-Minute Sriracha Chicken, Honey Sriracha Salmon or my Slow Cooker Sriracha Meatballs!

Sweet and Spicy Baked Honey Sriracha Chicken

I absolutely love all things sriracha — it is one of my favorite sauces and I tend to use it on everything! Really, though, I love anything spicy. If I’m not reaching for a glass of water it’s just not spicy enough for me. So when I needed to give my baked chicken recipe a spicy kick, I knew my sriracha sauce would be the perfect ingredient.

This oven-baked chicken has just the right level of spice, balanced out with the added sweetness from honey. If you prefer more heat and less sweet, you can always add more sriracha or red pepper flakes. Need to cool it down? Just add a little more honey or low-sodium soy sauce.

While I know ordering take-out is always an easy weeknight meal solution, I guarantee this recipe is simple enough to make in your own kitchen (and healthier, too). Plus, it takes less time than waiting for delivery! You will be eating these delicious, sweet and spicy chicken bites in less than 30 minutes. Whip up the sauce while the chicken is cooking in the oven, toss everything together and serve!

Ingredients

For the Chicken

• Boneless chicken breast
• All purpose flour
• Egg
• Panko breadcrumbs

For the Sriracha Sauce

• Vegetable oil
• Garlic clove
• Low-sodium soy sauce
• Honey
• Sriracha
• Water
• Crushed red pepper flakes

How to make Honey Sriracha Chicken

This chicken is so easy to make! Start by breading your chicken with flour, bake in the oven for 15 minutes. While the chicken bakes work on the sauce, then toss with the cooked chicken and enjoy.

Prep the Sriracha Sauce

1. Combine oil and garlic: Add oil and garlic to a large saucepan. Cook for 1 minute.
2. Add remaining ingredients: Whisk in soy sauce, honey, sriracha, water and crushed red pepper.
3. Cook: Cook sauce on high heat until it thickens, stirring constantly, approximately 2 minutes.
4. Set aside: Keep on low heat until you are ready to toss with the chicken.

Bake the Chicken

1. Preheat oven: To 400 degrees F.
2. Bread chicken: Begin with flour, egg, and then Panko breadcrumbs.
3. Transfer to baking sheet: Line chicken onto a baking sheet lined with a silicon baking mat.
4. Bake: Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes until fully cooked and lightly brown on the outside.
5. Add sauce: Take chicken out of the oven and toss with the Sweet and Spicy Honey Sriracha Sauce.
6. Enjoy: Serve immediately and garnish with extra red pepper flakes and green onions if desired.

What to serve with Honey Sriracha Chicken

• Add a side of Pad Thai. I told you, no need for takeout! Load these delicious rice noodles up with your favorite veggies and fresh herbs — I always love to throw in bean sprouts, bell peppers, and carrots. This restaurant-quality Pad Thai will only add an extra 30 minutes to your cook time.
• You can’t go wrong with a veggie stir-fry. Stir-fried veggies are always an excellent side dish and are super easy to make, too. You can use whatever is in your pantry and even add in some of the honey sriracha sauce for added flavor. Leave out the noodles to keep this dish low carb.
• And my favorite, the Egg Roll in a Bowl! I’m a huge fan of “bowl” meals these days — rice bowls, smoothie bowls, cereal bowls — but this Egg Roll in a Bowl really does take the prize. It’s healthy, requires only one skillet, is gluten free, keto-friendly, and low carb. The best part? The leftovers are GREAT!

Here are more easy take-out recipes to try at home!

• Easy Chicken Stir Fry
• Honey Garlic Sesame Chicken
• Super Sticky Asian Chicken Bites
• Slow Cooker Honey Sriracha
• Honey Garlic Chicken
• Beef Rice Bowl