Description
Indulge in the ultimate comfort food with this crispy honey butter chicken recipe. Tender chicken strips are coated in a flavorful buttermilk and spice mixture, fried to golden perfection, and then drizzled with a luscious honey butter sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
Chicken:
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts, cut into strips
- 1 cup buttermilk
Breading:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Other:
- Vegetable oil for frying
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- â…“ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
- Fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Marinate the Chicken: Place chicken strips in a bowl with buttermilk and let marinate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 4 hours.
- Prepare the Breading: In a shallow dish, combine flour, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, salt, and black pepper.
- Coat the Chicken: Dredge each piece of chicken in the flour mixture, pressing to coat well.
- Fry the Chicken: Heat vegetable oil in a skillet, fry chicken in batches until golden brown.
- Make the Honey Butter Sauce: Melt butter, stir in honey, soy sauce, and red pepper flakes until smooth and thickened.
- Finish and Serve: Drizzle warm honey butter sauce over crispy chicken, garnish with parsley, and serve.
Notes
- For extra crispiness, double-dip the chicken in flour and buttermilk before coating again in flour.
- Serve with mashed potatoes, biscuits, or coleslaw for a complete meal.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus marinating time)
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 portion
- Calories: 540
- Sugar: 11 g
- Sodium: 640 mg
- Fat: 27 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 39 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 32 g
- Cholesterol: 125 mg
