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Honey Roasted Turmeric Chicken Recipe

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You’ve heard turmeric is good for you, but how do you use it? Here’s a simple recipe for turmeric that your family will love. Honey roasted turmeric chicken is flavorful and easy to make!

Honey Roasted Turmeric Chicken Recipe | Super Healthy Kids | Food and Drink

This sweet-savory chicken got two thumbs way up from my husband! He loves flavor, and this honey roasted turmeric chicken is anything but boring.

And the best news? It’s not only packed with flavor, but it’s bursting with antioxidants. I’d say that’s a win-win.

Honey Roasted Turmeric Chicken Recipe | Super Healthy Kids | Food and Drink
Health Benefits of Turmeric and Honey

What can be so great about some roasted chicken, you ask? Well, it’s glazed in some pretty amazing ingredients.

Honey Roasted Turmeric Chicken Recipe | Super Healthy Kids | Food and Drink

First, there’s the turmeric. Turmeric is becoming increasingly popular for health purposes because it contains curcumin, which is an antioxidant. This means that turmeric helps fight inflammation in large enough quantities, helping ward off heart disease, cancer, and other inflammation-related health issues.

Second, we used honey. While honey we think of honey as a sweetener, it also contains antioxidants and boosts immunity. Interestingly, honey also has antibacterial properties and has long been used to treat illness and injuries in many cultures.

Turns out turmeric and honey are quite the match! Double antioxidants in this recipe!

Honey Roasted Turmeric Chicken Recipe | Super Healthy Kids | Food and Drink
How to make honey roasted turmeric chicken

Let’s get going, I’m hungry.

Begin by cutting your chicken breasts into strips. Mine were between 1/2 and an inch wide. Cutting chicken strips not only helps portion out your chicken, but it allows for more surface area to be coated in delicious glaze. And it cooks faster than big chunks, so it’s winning all around.

Oh, and don’t forget to pre-heat your oven. 350 degrees, please. And mince your garlic, if you haven’t already.

Next, whisk up the glaze in a medium sized bowl. Honey, soy sauce, turmeric, minced garlic, and cornstarch. Add the cornstarch slowly and/or break up any clumps before adding it so that it doesn’t clump up in the mixture. Whisk until well combined. If you have issues with the honey mixing it, consider heating it up before adding the cornstarch.

Honey Roasted Turmeric Chicken Recipe | Super Healthy Kids | Food and Drink

We’ll quickly sear the chicken to help it retain moisture. In a large pan over medium-high heat, add a tablespoon of oil (vegetable, olive, whatever you like) and then add chicken. Sear for 1-2 minutes on each side, until the surface is white but the center is still pink.

Now place your chicken strips in a single layer at the bottom of a medium-large baking dish. I used a 9×13 pan and it worked great. Pour the glaze over top and flip chicken until coated.

Bake for 10 minutes at 350* F. Take the dish out and spoon some glaze from the bottom of the pan on top of the chicken again. Place back in the oven for 10 more minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.

Honey Roasted Turmeric Chicken Recipe | Super Healthy Kids | Food and Drink

Serve with freshly chopped green onions. I ended up wrapping a piece of chicken in the lettuce “garnish” and it was fantastic! Like a lettuce wrap, but less work because of no shredding. Try it! The extra glaze also goes nicely over brown rice.

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Honey Roasted Turmeric Chicken

You’ve heard turmeric is good for you, but how do you use it? Here’s a simple recipe for turmeric that your family will love. Honey roasted turmeric chicken is flavorful and easy to make!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Calories: 362kcal

Ingredients

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Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350* F. Cut chicken into strips (about 1/2-1 inch wide).
  • Make glaze: whisk together honey, soy sauce, turmeric, minced garlic, and corn starch until fully combined. Set aside.
  • Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil and sear chicken for 1-2 minutes on each side, until top and bottom are white (the middle will still be pink).
  • Place chicken strips in a medium-large baking dish and pour glaze over them. Flip chicken strips until coated.
  • Bake for 10 minutes. Take baking dish out of the oven and spoon glaze from the bottom of the dish on top of the chicken once more. Place back in the oven and bake for 10 more minutes, until chicken is cooked through.
  • Serve with chopped green onions.

Nutrition

Calories: 362kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 53g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 165mg | Sodium: 679mg | Sugar: 18g
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17 Comments

Great recipe!
Wendee has a great point. If you want to receive the awesome benefits of turmeric, a “driver” such as black pepper (piper nigrum) or ginger root are required for absorption. Health & nutrition 101! 🙂
Happy nourishing!

5 stars
This was absolutely amazing! I put it over a bed of quinoa and had chard on the side. Can’t wait for leftovers tomorrow!

4 stars
Can you use coconut aminos obstead of soy sauce? Most soy sauces have gluten and are gmo, so I would tey to substitute the soy sauce for cocounut aminos. Probably you could reduce the amount of honey sice cocunut aminos are sweet. Also I think adding ginger and pepper is a great idea for the absorption of tuneric. I would only use olive oil, coconut oil or avocado oil. Vegetable oils are usually hydrogenated- thus are inflammatory fats.

5 stars
My daughter reject all my chicken. She gobbled this up. All of it. I will definitely make this again. All the kids loved it! Thank you

5 stars
I needed a new dish and saw this one posted on Instagram! I didn’t have honey so I used maple syrup but it was absolutely delicious! I made a veggie noodle stirfry to go with it. I wish I would’ve doubled the sauce. I’ll definitely be doing that next time I make it!

I’m gonna make this tonight. My boyfriend just got diagnosed with MS and the honey, turmeric, garlic and chicken is all on his diet we need to start doing. I’m gonna add fresh ginger to mine and black pepper like a lot have been suggesting!

5 stars
This came out great! I used half coconut oil and half olive oil. I also used coconut aminos instead of soy sauce. I started it in a pan that I knew was oven safe and it made it easier and it was so tender and juicy.