Changes, hints and thoughts for the future:

- it was pretty good; honestly, it didn't require any changes...

-I could substitute maple syrup for the honey in the marinade to change up the taste a bit...?

- S. cooked the chicken on our barbeque (thank goodness it wasn't too cold!) because I hadn't cleaned the oven after spilling some of the sauce from dinner the other night (oops!); this was a good change-up, but possibly the marinade didn't penetrate the chicken in the same way it would have if cooked in the oven

 

 

Honey Soy Chicken

Serves 2; takes 45 minutes plus time to marinate the chicken.

Ingredients:
1 garlic clove, smashed
1/4 teaspoon chili flakes
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh ginger
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 chicken breasts
SAUCE:
4 tablespoons sweet Asian chili sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Instructions:
1. Pound the garlic, chilis and ginger together in a mortar and pestle to form a paste. Add the soy sauce, honey, lemon juice and olive oil, and stir well. Pour over the chicken in a dish, coat well and leave to marinate for at least an hour (or even overnight).
2. Heat the oven to 400 F. Place the drained chicken on a roasting tray lined with foil and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, basting two or three times with the marinade, until the skin is crisp and golden and the chicken is cooked through. (Alternately, cook on grill for about 15 minutes, using marinade.)
3. Meanwhile, mix sweet chilli sauce with lemon juice in pot on stove and keep warm (not hot!) until chicken is done.
4. Remove chicken from oven or grill and allow to rest for five minutes then serve, thickly sliced. Spoon chili-lemon sauce over chicken.

I served this with a really refreshing cold Asian Noodle Salad.