This is one of our favorite dishes! It’s filled with tons of garlic and a touch of sweetness which makes these Garlic Honey Chicken Thighs perfect for any dinner!
Chicken and garlic: two ingredients you will invariably find in our kitchen. This household loves us some garlic and chicken and recently they came together for some Garlic Chicken Piccata which was uber tasty. Then I realized that although we use garlic in nearly all of our dishes, we don’t have many garlic chicken recipes. >Gasp< Therefore, I give you these Garlic Honey Chicken Thighs. 
Ingredients Needed:
- Bone-in chicken thighs
- Butter
- Fresh garlic
- A good raw honey (think local!)
- Brown sugar (light or dark, whatever you have)
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Dried oregano
This is one of my favorite proteins to add to a weeknight meal because we pretty much always have all of these things on hand. And oh, hey no brown sugar? No problem! Did you know you can make your own brown sugar from scratch?
Easy to Make
Another reason why we love this recipe is that it’s easy. Like real easy.
- Sear chicken – melt some butter in a super hot pan and get that sizzzzllleee onnn.
- Remove the chicken from the pan
- Create the sauce – turn down heat and more butter and then add garlic, saute for a minute or two until it smells delicious, then add the honey, sugar, brown sugar, and spices!
- Return the chicken to the pan and then finish in the oven for 25-30 minutes
Serve With:
I just love how low maintenance this meal is. Once it’s in the oven, then you have about 30 minutes to make a side to go with it. Here are some of our favorite sides:
Balsamic Spinach and Mushrooms
Baked Parmesan Steak Fries and Garlic Aioli Dipping Sauce
Other Great Chicken Thigh Recipes:
Looking for some more great chicken thigh recipes? Here are our favorites!
Maple Soy Glazed Chicken Thighs
Sweet and Spicy Sriracha Chicken Thighs
Enjoy, friends! If you’ve made this recipe, I’d love to hear about it! Let me know on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram to share your Served From Scratch creations!
Garlic Honey Chicken Thighs
Ingredients
- 6 bone in chicken thighs
- 6 garlic cloves minced
- 3 tablespoons salted butter divided
- 1/4 cup brown sugar lightly packed
- 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- salt and pepper to season
- 1-2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper to taste, then season with onion and garlic powder.
- In a large sauté pan melt 2 tablespoons of butter on medium high heat. Add chicken skin side down and sear 2-3 minutes on each side. Remove from pan and set aside.
- Add 1 tablespoon of butter to pan and turn heat down to medium. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes. Add honey, brown sugar, and oregano and stir until combined. Remove pan from heat.
- Return chicken (skin side up) to the pan and roast in oven for 25-30 minutes until chicken is cooked through (internal temp of 175 degrees).
- Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.
I love garlic and the honey will be a nice offset the garlic’s spiciness. Perfect easy weeknight meal that has loads of flavor and not a lot of fuss.
Easy and delicious is how we roll around here!
The sauce sounds sooooo good. I love that you use brown sugar as it is one of my favorites with savory dishes!
Mine too!
This was one of the best chicken recipes I have ever made!! I have shared it with everyone at work. Love love love 🙂
So glad to hear it!
Honey garlic is one of my favourite flavour combinations of all time. Every Friday night at our home is order in pizza night and I always order some chicken wings too. And, you guess it, they are always honey garlic. I’m loving the big, chunky garlic in that sauce. Looks so good!
I love Friday night at your house!!
Chicken thighs are our favorite chicken part. We believe they are super versatile – you can’t dry them out and they soak up all the yummy seasonings and liquids you put to them. I love the sound of the honey plus garlic — great flavors. It sounds a bit lit our recipe when we use a bit of soy along with the honey. YUM!! Great recipe for any night of the week.
Those chicken thighs look perfect! My hubby would love this dish.
This dish looks amazing, juicy and moist. My family to enjoy such meals.
Another great chicken recipe to add to my menu!
You can’t have too many ways to prepare chicken … and honey & garlic? There’s a winner flavor combination!
With a combination of garlic, honey, sugar and a little herbs that sauce has to be super tasty!
Garlic and honey go so well together on chicken. This is how we make ours too!
Mmm, I love chicken thighs! These sound so savory yet sweet. Love the combo of ingredients here!
we use thighs alot here and this is a keeper I really love the flavors you chose and the kids will love these too
Love chicken thighs!! So much more flavor! These flavors sound amazing. Will be using honey from my parents farm to try out your recipe!