Honey Chipotle Skillet Chicken is skillet recipe jam packed with flavor, SUPER easy and made just about 20 minutes! This easy chicken recipe will be on permanent rotation in your house.
Skillet Recipes are one of my most favorite quick and easy dinner ideas, especially on busy weeknights. And making chicken in the skillet is a great place to start because you can really get creative, while catering to even the pickiest of eaters!
Honey Chipotle Chicken Skillet is the Perfect Balance of Sweet and Spicy!
This recipe is perfect to alter to your family’s taste. You can make it as sweet or as spicy as you prefer! So let’s get the party started with not only a crazy easy dish, but one that is so loaded with flavor you will be eating it right out of the skillet. I love this stuff.
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Like I said, this is so so easy and fast. I used my cast iron skillet for this one, because it really heats evenly and gives the chicken a nice brown color.
First just whisk together a quick dry rub to rub all over your chicken thighs. Also, yes, you can use boneless breasts if you prefer. ANNNND yes, if you don’t like any spice, you can use BBQ sauce in place of Chipotle in Adobo. Easy peasy.
Next, whisk together your Honey Chipotle Sauce. It’s just honey, apple cider vinegar, adobo sauce, and garlic. I chop up some of the chipotles that are in the can of Chipotles in Adobo to add a little extra spice.
Heat your skillet to high heat and brown the chicken on one side…flip it over and turn the heat down to cook the other side. When the chicken is cooked add in your sauce and let it cook for a few minutes to thicken up.
Coat your chicken with the sauce, because FLAVORRRR!
And then garnish it with a little cilantro or parsley.
You can serve this with rice, a salad, or with mashed potatoes!
Enjoy!
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Prep Time: 10 minutes -
Cook Time: 16 minutes
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Total Time: 26 minutes
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Yield: serves 6 1x -
Category: Chicken
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Method: Skillet
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Cuisine: Dinner
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This is a simple dish, a little sweet, a little spicy and packed with flavor that takes less than 30 minutes to make from start to finish!
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
Dry Rub
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon chipotle powder
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon dry ground mustard
Honey Chipotle Sauce
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup adobo sauce, from a can of chipotles in adobo
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 chipotle peppers from the same can of chipotles in adobo, chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
optional – cilantro or parsley to garnish
Instructions
- Trim the excess fat from the chicken thighs and pat dry.
- In a small bowl mix all the dry rub ingredients together. Coat the chicken with the dry rub and set aside.
- In a medium bowl mix together all the ingredients for the Honey Chipotle sauce. Set aside.
- Heat olive oil in large skillet to high heat. Place chicken into the heated skillet and cook for 4-5 minutes until the chicken has a nice browned color on one side. Flip the chicken and turn the heat down to medium and continue cooking for 7-8 minutes, or until the chicken os cooked through.
- Turn the heat down to low and drizzle the Honey Chipotle Sauce on top of the chicken. Allow the sauce to cook for 2-3 minutes until slightly thickened. Flip the chicken over int he sauce, so both sides get coated.
- Garnish with cilantro or parsley if desired. Serve immediately.
Notes:
You can use chicken breasts in place of the thighs if you prefer.
If you don’t love Adobo Sauce you can sub in BBQ sauce in its place and omit the chipotle peppers.
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Recipe came out great. But for next time I wanted to change the chicken for skin on and bone-in chicken thighs. Is there a reason you chose to omit the skin and bone for your recipe ( other than health reasons)? Much appreciated!
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Just to lighten it up, that’s all!
I found this searching for a way to use up the can of chipotle in adobe I used for steak tacos the night before. Absolutely phenomenal! This is a keeper and will be in a regular rotation at our house! Thank you!!
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Excellent and easy!!!!! Thank you. Added to our rotation 🙂
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Made this today and my husband went nuts over it. The flavors are incredible. It has a permanent place on our play list!!!
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So glad you enjoyed it!! We love it too!
Do you use boneless skinless or with bones and skin. It looks like with but not sure.
Boneless and skinless, as per the recipe! 🙂
Somehow I missed that. Thanks!
Delicious!
I used homemade adobe sauce and did not include the chipotle peppers in hopes it wouldn’t be too spicy for my wife. Turned out great, still has the distinct adobe flavor. Thank you!
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This was great chicken recipe! It looks like sweet and sour chicken I had eaten in China restaurant.