As registered dietitians, one of the requests that we get the most is for healthy, delicious meals that can be made in a flash. We hear ya, and we relate! We all could use a few extra hours in our day. So recently, when Tammy’s daughters requested one of those squeeze pouches of peanut butter and honey, it brought back memories of our love for honey.
We loved our Mom’s peanut butter, honey and banana sandwiches– and one of our favorite things to do was to help her make her homemade granola so we could stir in the honey and eat the honey-covered granola right out of the bowl before it was cooked. Our poor mom would always have to chase us down to clean our grubby, sticky, honey-covered little hands 🙂 before we covered the furniture in honey (our favorite honey-covered rocking chair finally had to be retired– apparently we were the only ones who wanted to sit in a sticky chair– go figure!).
This quick, easy, healthy and delish dish was inspired by our love of honey!
Psst… looking for more healthy and tasty chicken dishes? Please feel free to search this site! And here are a few to try…
Skinny Speedy Honey Ginger Chicken
Serves 4
Ingredients
2-1/2 tablespoons honey
Ginger powder
Garlic powder
3/4 pound very thinly sliced chicken breast
Sesame seeds (optional)– sometimes we cover the chicken with the seeds, but sometimes we’re in the mood for the chicken without the seeds– and it tastes just as delicious!
Directions
- Add honey to a large skillet over medium heat. As honey thins, add garlic and ginger. Then add chicken.
- Cook chicken until thoroughly cooked and chicken looks seared and starts to turn a nice golden brown as the honey absorbs into the chicken. The more thinly sliced the chicken, the better in terms of cooking quickly.
- Add more ginger and garlic powder to liking. Once chicken is completely cooked through and no longer pink, remove from pan. Add to a plate filled with your favorite veggies or cover with sesame seeds and then serve. Enjoy!
Nutrition Information: Calories 181, Fat 3g, Saturated Fat 1g, Cholesterol 72mg, Sodium 63mg, Protein 26 g, Carbohydrates 11g
- 2-1/2 tablespoons honey
- Ginger powder
- Garlic powder
- ¾ pound very thinly sliced chicken breast
- Sesame seeds (optional)-- sometimes we cover the chicken with the seeds, but sometimes we're in the mood for the chicken without the seeds-- and it tastes just as delicious!
- Add honey to a large skillet over medium heat. As honey thins, add garlic and ginger. Then add chicken.
- Cook chicken until thoroughly cooked and chicken looks seared and starts to turn a nice golden brown as the honey absorbs into the chicken. The more thinly sliced the chicken, the better in terms of cooking quickly.
- Add more ginger and garlic powder to liking. Once chicken is completely cooked through and no longer pink, remove from pan. Add to a plate filled with your favorite veggies or cover with sesame seeds and then serve. Enjoy!