Easy Baked Mongolian Chicken recipe. Perfect weeknight meal, or lunch prep idea. Ready in under 30 minutes, it is healthier than take out!
Confession: tonight I went out for pizza and fries for dinner.
Seriously, my eating habits haven’t changed since I was a teenager.
My work habits may have gotten a little better, but that just gives me an even better excuse to go out for fast food instead of making something at home.
But when I have chicken in the house, you know I will be making something quick and easy with it. Like this new favourite of mine: baked Mongolian chicken.
Honestly, I am kinda regretting my decision to buy pizza instead of making this chicken. It is much healthier than pizza, and it doesn’t take that long to make.
Well, okay. That may not be that true. It does take time to let the chicken sit in the marinade. But maybe if I had the foresight, I would have done it the night before.
Also, I just had a really long day. I got to work at 7 AM and left at 7 PM. Sometimes, a pizza really is necessary.
But, when I come home at a reasonable time and I want a nice healthy dinner idea, this is definitely a recipe that I will turn to more and more.
I found this recipe on the blog Sweet and Savory Meals, a blog where I get daily inspiration on what I should make for dinner on any given night.
I followed this recipe almost to a tee, changing a few things here and there to fit with what we had on hand. But this disappeared way faster than I thought it would.
In fact, I made it only yesterday, leaving two full chicken breasts left so that we could have it for dinner tonight as leftovers. Let’s just say, leaving John alone with food will always result in him eating the said food. Hence the pizza night.
What you need to make Baked Mongolian Chicken
Honestly, the ingredient list isn’t even that long. All you need is:
- chicken breasts
- brown sugar
- soy sauce
- sesame oil
- rice vinegar
- garlic
- fresh ginger
- red pepper flakes
- onion powder
That’s it!
So tomorrow night, I am off to the grocery store for some chicken breasts. Maybe I will double the recipe. This would be an awesome meal prep idea, so that I can have a healthy meal for lunch as well as dinner.
On the topic of meal prep, can anyone tell me some meal prep ideas? I am awful at planning ahead, and any advice or recipes would be warmly welcomed!
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Baked Mongolian Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 large chicken breasts
Marinade
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 Tbsp sesame oil
- 2 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 8 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp fresh grated ginger
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/2 Tbsp onion powder
Instructions
- In a 7x11 inch baking dish, combine all of the marinade ingredients.
- Place the chicken breasts in the marinade, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Make sure you flip the chicken at least once.
- Remove from the fridge 1 hour before cooking to allow the dish to warm up at room temperature.
- Preheat the oven to 425˚F.
- Bake uncovered for 15-18 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink. While cooking, spoon the sauce mixture over the chicken so that it picks up more flavour.
- Once the chicken is cooked, remove from the oven and allow to sit for around 5 minutes before serving.
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Chicken that is sure to taste nice with pizza.
Yeah, it really would!
you had me at chicken
Right? It’s a winner.
Mmmm I will definitely be trying that marinade on some sliced tofu – it sounds delicious! And I am a huge fan of trying flavours from all over the world 😀 And I am glad the dish went down such a treat! Despite intending to have leftovers… I t is always nice whenever everything gets demolished – it means it was super tasty! 😀
As for meal prepping, I am a little cautious of using rice, because you have to ensure it is piping hot and stuff! So maybe prepping a different grain or something like a fancy bulghur wheat to go with it? 🙂 Then you can have it either hot or cold, which is good depending on how much time you have on your break 🙂 I usually prep my lunches the evening before, and usually it’s just a sandwich, banana, some nuts and dried fruit and these amazing Graze chocolate vanilla squares I recently discovered! It would be nice to prepare more exciting stuff, buuuut then again I come from Scandiland – where sammiches will be forever in our hearts XD
Omg, let me know how it goes with tofu, that sounds so amazing!!
I should really prep the night before. I always get too lazy, and end up buying my lunch. I am the worst!!
Looks so delicious! I am surely making it this weekend
I hope you do. It is so good!
Looks delicious I will be asking my wife for this tomorrow.
It’s so good 🙂 Thanks Larry
I definitely have to try this out!! I always struggle with eating chicken because the flavor is too strong for me and I know it’s because I need to learn how to season/cook it better. But this looks SO tasty!
xx Jen
http://lilthoughtswithjen.com/
It is so good. I think that it would be perfect for you!!
Mmmmm… definitely stealing this one for our dinner rotation. Simple ingredients, and much healthier than a takeout… Love easy recipes!!
It is on my dinner rotation as well 🙂
This dish looks and sounds amazing! I can totally relate to the need for pizza after a 12 hour day at the office, those are the worst and pizza really does help make it all better 🙂
Haha, right? I am glad I am not the only one 🙂
That looks and sounds delicious I’ll have to make it
I totally agree though pizza is sometimes necessary
Pizza is always my backup. Thanks Alice!
The recipe looks pretty easy to make. It looks delicious too. I am going for a much healthier choice these days, so I will be trying this one.
Making healthy choices is hard these days! This chicken definitely helps 🙂
This looks absolutely delicious!! I want to save this recipe. Our daughter would love it!!
I am sure she would! Thanks Brittany!
Yum this looks yummy! I need to eat before I open your blog posts cause you make me drool every time!
Hahah! Thanks 🙂
I enjoy finding new recipes to incorporate into the family dinner, thanks
It’s a good one on busy nights!
This looks like it was created with LOVE and PERFECTION! We will add this to our list of foods to try!
Aw, thanks! Let me know if you give it a try!
This looks so comforting for some reason! What an easy and simple recipe, love it!
xo, Sondra
Cusineandtravel.com
It is very comforting! I make it so often because it is so easy too 😉
I agree that pizza sometimes is a necessity. But this chicken recipe also sounds like it needs to happen! Yum.
It really does! I hope you try it out Heather!
As much as I love Mongolian Chicken I have never made it at home. We have a great Chinese restaurant that makes the most delicious Mongolian chicken and beef dishes. I may have to try this recipe and forego this week’s order.
I would probably go there for dinner most nights too! But this would be a good option for when you want to stay in!
This recipe looks amazing! I’ve been looking for more chicken-based recipes. Chicken seems to be the go-to meat for my household, so I’ll have to give this a try to mix things up a little bit.
Same here! I am too afraid to cook with anything else. Hope you give it a go 🙂
This recipe looks delicious,I want to make this soon and keep the leftovers to add to my salad the next day!
That is such a great idea! I will need to try this in a salad some day!
Oh this looks absolutely delicious! I love that it is baked!
I am starting to find that healthy dinners can be delicious too 🙂
You can’t go wrong with protein. Mongolian baked chicken is perfect for a healthy meal and easy to make. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks Evelyn. It is one of my favourite things to make for dinner!
Such a great lunch prep idea.. And guess what Just in 30 minutes prep time😱 its so comfy and easy to cook so work best who just searching out easy prep meal recipes!!!
So true! Thanks!
A perfect mid-week dinner. That marinade sounds lovely.
It is seriously so tasty!
Really unique chicken dish!
Thanks Calvin!
I love love love this recipie, anything made with sesame oil seems to come our really yummy! This is definately my go-to recipie for chicken, also really yummy in a stir fry, if you have time to chop up all the veggies. I will forever make this for my family.
Yay! So glad you like it! Thanks Ashley!