Chicken Breasts with Spicy Honey Orange Glaze

Chicken Breasts with Spicy Honey Orange Glaze

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 45 mins
  • Servings: 4
  • Ingredients

  • 1/4 cuphoney
  • 2tablespoonsfrozen orange juice concentrate
  • 1teaspoonorange zest, grated
  • 1clovegarlic, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  • 1 1/4 teaspoonsred pepper flakes, crushed
  • 4boneless skinless chicken breast halves
  • 1tablespoonmargarine
  • 1/2 teaspoonvegetable oil
  • Directions

  • In small bowl, combine honey with juice concentrate, orange zest, garlic, salt and red pepper flakes.
  • Rinse chicken with cold water and pat dry. Season lightly with salt.
  • In large non-stick skillet, heat margarine and oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook about 4 minutes, until seared.
  • Turn chicken, cook another 4 minutes until just cooked through.
  • Pour honey mixture over chicken and cook, turning chicken to coat as sauce begins to thicken, about 2 min.
  • Serve chicken breasts with honey-orange glaze spooned over the top.
  • Reviews

  • “This is a lovely little repice. Quite delicious. However I recommend you cook the chicken breasts slowly and don’t add the honey glaze until the last 4 to 5 minutes of cooking as it burns very quickly. Keping that in mind, Please try this quick and easy recipe. :)”

  • “Made this recipe last night. It came out very well. It was a little on the sweet side..but thenagain I could not find red pepper flakes and substituted ground red pepper. next time I willadd more of the red pepper, and more garlic. I was afraid to use too much! Hubby is just getting used to me cooking things with a little kick!Will definitely make again! Made extra sauce to put over steamed rice, and served with fresh spinach.”

  • “Great, easy to make. We had all the ingredients on hand. Keep in mind it’s a glaze, so it’s thin and clear. Tasty, sweet and spicy. Made it with white rice and veggies.”

  • “So sorry to ruin the star rating, but this was just okay for us.It wasn’t too spicy or too sweet – we just didn’t like the combination of flavors with the chicken.It was certainly not bad!It just wasn’t one of our favorites and probably will not be made again in our house.Thanks anyway for sharing the recipe!:)”

  • “This was a delicious recipe but a bit on the spicy side (which is surprising, as I love spicy food!). I had 8 chicken breasts, which is double what is called for, and I wanted to take other reviewers’ advice and make double the sauce, so I ended up quadrupling the sauce recipe. The only thing I should not have quadrupled was the red pepper flakes. Next time I make this, I’ll halve the amount of red pepper flakes. All other modifications I made ended up turning out very well: using olive oil instead of vegetable oil, orange juice in lieu of frozen OJ concentrate, halving the margarine amount, and using 3 cloves of garlic instead of just 1. The flavor of this recipe is great, and I’ll definitely be making it again!”

  • “Very good recipe, the only thing i can faulter is the use of veg oil, i dont think this is necessary. I didnt have orange juice concentrate so i used the juice from an orange, which worked just as well. I also added a teaspoon of cornstarch to add a bit more thickness to the sauce, making it more of a glase.”

  • “Very tasty chicken, although VERY spicey!!! I decided that next time I will cut the crushed red pepper back to just 1/4 tsp. It was quick, easy and will be yummy when it doesn’t burn our mouth.”

  • “great recipe, but would double or triple the sauce so as to get it nice and goey like my husband likes.”

  • “This was soooo delish!!I had fresh oranges so squeezed the juice from one whole orange and used a small amount of fresh zest!Next time will make even more liquid as this was so yummy.Would be great served on a bed of rice!”

  • “Excellent easy, flavourful dish! I didn’t read properly so accidentally I used one tablespoon orange zest instead of one teaspoon but that didn’t hurt. Will make this again! Thanks for posting.
    Made for Best of 2010.”

  • “Delicious chicken recipe!My daughter made this for us this evening and wow the flavor was just wonderful – sweet and spicy, just like we like it.Very quick and simple to make too – thanks for sharing your recipe!”

  • “This recipe couldn’t be easier or more delicious!Instead of veg. oil I just used an extra tbsp. of butter.I zested a whole orange and used the juice of that orange instead of concentrate.Served over rice with some bread to sop up the extra sauce, very satisfying!”

  • “I made this for my family and the LOVED it!!We will for sure be making this dish again.Thanks:)”

  • “I made this last night and it was fantastic!I had doubled the recipe so that I had plenty of sauce to serve over rice (as suggested).This was a little spicier than I had expected, so I may adjust accordingly next time.But overall, I was very pleased with how this dish turned out.”

  • “I loved this recipe! I will definitely make it again, though I’ll have to adjust the sweetness a bit–it was a little too much. Also, I did not use all of the red pepper it called for. Thank you for this recipe!”

  • “DH and I really loved this sweet spicy chicken.It makes a great tasting glaze that is very pleasing to our tastes!If you don’t like spicy, be easy on the peppers.We have had this several times now, so you can say “It’s a keeper”!”

  • “This was really good, and it doesn’t get any easier than this!! If you have your ducks in a row you can have this meal ready in 20 minutes. I will definitely make this again. My son really liked it too! I asked him if I should make this again, and I got an emphatic YES! If you don’t like really spicy, or are feeding kids with this, you probably don’t want to put the full amount of red pepper flakes. I would love to try it with the full amount though, because it would be a great spicy/sweet meal!”

  • “This is a great versatile recipe, I’ve made it with chicken, pork and beef (probably work on fish, as well), it also makes a great stir-fry sauce with the addition of a bit of soy sauce and corn starch. I used a 1/4tsp of red pepper, and it was mildly spicy, I’d be cautious using more than 1/2tsp. I also omitted the salt altogether.”

  • “I thought this was great, but I only used a dash of red pepper because I don’t like things spicy.The sauce is wonderful over brown rice.”

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