Hot Honey Chicken
This is the Hot Honey Chicken of your dreams! Crisp chicken baked in the oven or air fryer and then drizzled with our Homemade Hot Honey Recipe. SO GOOD! Seriously crispy chicken tenders with a sweet, sticky and spicy kick--you'll be making this over and over!
Ingredients
Chicken
- 3 chicken breasts boneless and skinless
Wet Coating
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise we use avocado oil mayo
- 1 egg
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 teaspoon salt and pepper
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 1 lemon juiced
Dry Coating
- 3 cup cornflakes crushed
- 1/2 teaspoons salt and pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoos Italian seasoning
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated
To Bake or Air Fry
- Avocado oil Spray
To Serve
- 1 hot honey RECIPE HERE
Instructions
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Start by preparing the coating. First , the dry. Crush the cornflakes in a ziploc using a rolling pin or food processor. Then add it to a shallow plate and toss the seasoning with it. Mix well and set aside.
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Now the wet. In a similar shallow plate mix in the mayo, eggs, spices, minced garlic, a squeeze of lemon and some fresh herbs if you have them! They always add a fresh touch.
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Then you're going to prepare you chicken. You can buy store bought chicken tenders and use them as is. Alternatively you can slice your chicken breasts into tenders and use them. Either way it's best to use boneless skinless chicken breasts for this recipe.
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Start by placing the chicken, one at a time into the wet mixture and coat it well on all sides.
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Then remove the piece of chicken and immediately place it into the plate of cornflakes and coat it well on both sides. Press the flakes to make sure they stick.
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Baked Hot Honey Chicken
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Start by preheating the oven to 400 degrees F.
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Spray your baking sheet lightly with oil. We also prefer avocado oil spray here.
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Place the coated chicken in a single layer on the baking dish. This is KEY.
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Spray another spray of the oil over the chicken.
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Bake until golden, crisp and fully cooked through.
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As soon as it's ready and still hot, you're going to drizzle some of our Hot Honey Recipe over the top. Use as much or as little to your taste.
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Air Fryer Hot Honey Chicken
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You don't need to preheat the air fryer as you would with an oven.
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Here we use the basket type air fryers, because they're our favorite.
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Spray the air fryer basket lightly with oil.
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Likewise arrange the chicken in a SINGLE layer in the basket.
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Spray the tops of the chicken with some oil.
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Air Fry at 375 degrees until crisp, golden and cooked through.
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Remove from the air fryer and while they're still hot, drizzle some hot honey on top.
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
Tips for Hot Honey Chicken Recipe
- Have your Hot Honey Recipe made ahead of time. It keeps in the pantry for a year so make plenty of it! Use it on Salmon , Squash, Fries, Salad, anything!
- Use boneless skinless chicken breasts which you can cut up into tender size pieces if you can't find chicken tenders.
- Make sure your chicken is all the same size so it cooks evenly.
- Adding Mayonnaise to the coating makes the chicken breasts super juicy!
- The cornflakes is best when crushed before coating the chicken. you can use a food processor or a rolling pin and ziploc.
- Make sure to cook the chicken ALWAYS in a single layer. This applies to oven or air fryer method.
- While both oven and air fryer hot honey chicken are the same, we slightly prefer the air fryer as it cooks faster.
- Drizzle the hot honey over the cooked chicken tenders while they're still HOT. This helps them soak in all the sauce.
- Serve right away as or make the Nashville style hot honey chicken sandwich as shown below.
Make Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich
We LOVED this sandwich that we shared on instagram. We made Mayo biscuits, used that as bread to make hot honey chicken sandwiches Nashville style. A layer of chicken sauce (store bought is great especially the new chosen foods sauces! YUM). Then layer lettuce, hot honey chicken tenders and some pickles. SO GOOD!!!! So easy and cute size for entertaining!
What to Serve with Hot Honey Chicken?
Zucchini Fries, or any type of French Fries, Sweet Potato Fries. Potatoes are a great side dish, like Air Fryer Baked Potato, Pan Fried Potatoes, Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes .
Salad are SUPER side dish like Peach Burrata Salad, Panzanella Salad, Wedge Salad, Caprese Salad.
If you're looking for authentic biscuit recipe, check out tutorial on How To Make Biscuits.
Make in Advance & Storage
This recipe is so good for making n advance. The chicken can be coated and placed in a single layer on a baking sheet and covered. Then you can store it in the fridge for up to 2 days before baking or air frying.
Leftovers are great for sandwiches, lunch, and so easy to reheat. To reheat, it's best to use an air fryer. Set the sir fryer at 350, and reheat the chicken for 5-7 minutes until heated through and crisp just as if it was fresh.