Honey Mustard Chicken Breasts

Oven baked honey mustard chicken is a delicious and lean dinner with chicken breasts covered in a homemade honey mustard sauce. This easy recipe is an excellent quick sheet pan dinner that the whole family can enjoy.

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• 🥘 Ingredients
• 🔪 Instructions
• 🐓 Chicken
• 💭 Top tips
• 🥗 Side dishes for honey mustard chicken
• 🍲 Leftovers
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• 📋 Frequently asked questions
• 📖 Recipe

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🥘 Ingredients

To make honey mustard chicken, you will need chicken breasts (or any other cuts of chicken), dijon mustard, whole grain mustard, honey and black pepper. If you don’t have dijon, you can also use yellow mustard.

I highly recommend using grain mustard, as it gives the honey mustard chicken an amazing texture, and the mustard grains just taste fantastic.

Any other seasoning like garlic powder can be used if you wish. It’s not strictly necessary however, since this recipe places mustard in the spotlight.

💡 TIP! You can also make this recipe using your favorite honey mustard sauce, either homemade or store bought if you don’t want to make the sauce from scratch.

🔪 Instructions

This honey mustard chicken recipe is easier to make than you would think. Combine the ingredients for the mustard sauce in a bowl. Add boneless skinless chicken breasts or chicken thighs to a baking dish. Pour the mustard sauce over the top, and place it in the oven to bake for about 20 minutes, or until the chicken is tender. The sauce will keep the chicken juicy while it cooks through.

Not a fan of sheet pan chicken? The good news is that you can also make this on the stovetop. Use half of the sauce as a honey mustard chicken marinade, and marinate the chicken breasts for at least an hour. Cook the chicken breasts in a cast iron skillet or frying pan until tender. Meanwhile, heat the honey mustard sauce in a pot until it’s warmed through. Pour the sauce over the grilled chicken, and serve.

💡 TIP! Double up on the honey mustard sauce, and keep the spare sauce for later. The honey mustard sauce is delicious and can be used for other dishes such as honey mustard pork, or as a cooking sauce for any other types of meat. It can also be used as a marinade for grilled chicken or vegetables.

🐓 Chicken

I prefer to make honey mustard chicken with boneless chicken breasts. It’s a lean and tasty white meat which cooks easily. However, you can really make this recipe using any cut of chicken! Here are some other options:

Using chicken tenders – These are thinner and cook faster. Chicken tenders might only need to bake for about 5 minutes to cook through completely.

Using chicken thighs – Boneless skinless chicken thighs require slightly longer to bake than chicken breasts. The result is often a tender and more juicy chicken as chicken thighs contain more fat than chicken breasts.

Using chicken thighs with bones – Chicken with bones require a much longer cooking time than boneless skinless chicken. I recommend baking these in the oven for about 40 minutes. The chicken skin will be crispy, while the meat is fall off the bone tender.

💭 Top tips

Here’s how you make perfect honey mustard chicken:

• Regardless of which cut of chicken you use, you should make sure to cook through it completely. Eating raw chicken can be dangerous. Use a meat thermometer to be certain. It has cooked through and is considered safe to eat when it has reached 75°C or 165°F.
• On the other hand, be careful as not to overcook the chicken, or it could dry out.
• The mustard chicken marinade can be stored separately for later in the fridge or freezer and used in future meals as long as it has not touches the raw or cooked chicken.
• Honey mustard chicken is ideal for meal prep, or for cooking a large batch to freeze for later.

💡 TIP! You can turn this recipe into a full sheet pan meal by baking the in the oven with vegetables such as potatoes, green beans, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes and more.

🥗 Side dishes for honey mustard chicken

Chicken and potatoes is a traditional entree, so I often serve honey mustard chicken with mashed potatoes or roasted potatoes. You can also serve it with roasted broccoli and carrots, a light salad, roasted green beans, sauteed spinach or stewed kale.

🍲 Leftovers

Leftover honey mustard chicken can be stored in the fridge for up to 4 days, or frozen for up to 3 months. If you have any leftover mustard sauce, this can also be stored separately, either in the fridge for a few days or frozen for later use.

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📋 Frequently asked questions

Can I make honey mustard chicken in the slow cooker? – Absolutely! Add boneless skinless chicken thighs or chicken breasts to a slow cooker with the sauce ingredients, and leave it to cook for a few hours until the chicken has cooked through and is tender.

What size baking dish do I need? – Use a dish that’s big enough to contain all chicken fillets without crowding the baking dish. You can use a baking sheet covered sheet pan if you intend to bake many chicken breasts at once. Your dish has to be safe for use in an oven.

📖 Recipe