Sriracha Brown Sugar Chicken

Sriracha brown sugar chicken is a quick and easy sweet and spicy baked chicken dinner in under 30 minutes.

Easy Baked Chicken dinners are a quick option we love and this recipe won’t disappoint you. For other easy, flavorful options you should also look at my Adobo Chicken or Baked Orange Chicken recipes. They’re so easy!

Sriracha Brown Sugar Chicken in Pan

SRIRACHA BROWN SUGAR CHICKEN

Super flavorful food doesn’t have to be difficult. This baked chicken recipe takes longer to bring the five ingredients to the counter than it takes to prep the recipe.

The flavors that come out of the oven? You’d never guess how easy the recipe is. This spicy baked chicken tastes like an authentic sweet and spicy Asian bbq sauce was labored over before being added to the chicken.

You don’t have to share the secret to how easy this recipe is if you don’t want to, but once you invite people over and serve them this chicken:

chicken thigh baked with brown sugar and sriracha sauce they are going to want to know how you made it.

As the chicken bakes in the oven it reduces the sauce into this beautiful thick glaze you’ll pour over Rainbow Roasted Vegetables or Chinese Steamed Rice.

If you want a non-spicy version of this recipe you can try any of my Brown Sugar Garlic recipes on the site (there are quite a few of them)! Some of them have bacon added to the mix for a salty sweet flavor combination.

In fact, my Brown Sugar Garlic Slow Cooker Chicken is one of the most popular recipes on the site!

In fact if you would like, you can even add bacon to this recipe and it would be delicious. I’d recommend using bone in thighs that you’ve removed the skin from so the bacon and the chicken have time to cook and crisp up.

You can make this dinner all summer long in fact, this recipe is so easy you can throw the ingredients into a ziplock bag the night before then just cook it off and serve it on a bun for bbq sandwiches or serve it like bbq chicken along side some summer side favorites.

What to serve with this easy summer dinner with?

Sweet and Spicy Baked Chicken in orange pan

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Sriracha Brown Sugar Chicken

Sriracha brown sugar chicken is a quick and easy sweet and spicy baked chicken dinner in under 30 minutes.

Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Keyword Sriracha Brown Sugar Chicken
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 242 kcal
Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken thighs , boneless, skinless
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (or 2 cloves garlic - minced)
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar , packed
  • 3 tablespoons Sriracha Sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees.

  2. Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl and place the chicken into an oven safe cooking dish, pouring the rest of the sauce over the chicken in the pan.

  3. Bake, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes (if the sauce gets a bit dry or thick, remove chicken when done, add 1/2 cup water and whisk to loosen sauce, then pour over baked chicken).

Nutrition Facts
Sriracha Brown Sugar Chicken
Amount Per Serving
Calories 242 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Cholesterol 107mg36%
Sodium 948mg41%
Potassium 327mg9%
Carbohydrates 27g9%
Sugar 27g30%
Protein 22g44%
Vitamin A 45IU1%
Vitamin C 7.3mg9%
Calcium 33mg3%
Iron 1.2mg7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Brown Sugar Sriracha Chicken

Sriracha Brown Sugar Chicken is a quick and easy meal that needs only 5 ingredients and 1 one pan, with a touch of sweetness and a hot finish.
Sriracha Brown Sugar Chicken is a quick and easy meal that needs only 5 ingredients and 1 one pan, with a touch of sweetness and a hot finish.
Sriracha Brown Sugar Chicken is a quick and easy meal that needs only 5 ingredients and 1 one pan, with a touch of sweetness and a hot finish.

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

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  1. I love this so much the sweet spicy mix is to die for I couldn’t stop eating this and chicken thighs are my favorite type of chicken. I added some soy sauce to the brown sugar mix and I’m glad I did I feel like it all came together amazing. Favorite website for recipes right now. Your bacon brown sugar wrapper tenders are so far my fav recipe in the world rn with ranch dip ??

  2. Quite tasty! I used a bit less of the brown sugar and full amount of siracha sauce. My family loved it! I’m making the sauce this evening for grilled chicken wings per my 14 year old son’s request!

  3. Hi! I’ve used this with chicken… AWESOME! Can I used the same with baked salmon? I know the time would be different, but would you adjust anything with the recipe?

  4. i loved this. added a little worstershire the first time then cut the sugar in half and used a jalapeño peach jam in place the second. anyone who says “too spicy” is nuts! it’s simple and great and CHEAP! i served with jasmine rice and roasted veggies. husband LOVES it.

    1. You totally made my day! I’m so glad you made it and then came back to tell me about it! I look forward to seeing you around the site!

  5. I made this recipe, and we loved it. I changed it a bit: 3/4 cup of the brn. sugar and only
    1 – tsp of Sriracha sauce. I also added 2 – Tbl. butter to sauce, and 1/4 – cup water. This
    was delicious !! Served it with rice.

  6. This was my first recipe that I tried from your site. It was good and very easy to make – very spicy though! Served it with an Asian pasta salad and sweet n sour coleslaw.

    1. Thank you so much for taking the time to come back and let me know. So glad you enjoyed the dish!

  7. First of all, I’d lik to comment that all the entries that says “looks good” are not really reviews of the recipe.
    I made this and it was WAY TOO SPICY. I never even tasted the sweet. I will give it another shot using less Sriracha and will post a follow up.

    1. Feel free to adjust as everyone’s spice level is different. Glad you’re willing to give it another try.

  8. Not only a meal that can be thrown together in no time then left to cook itself but the taste was divine.

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