Baked Honey Mustard Chicken – The classic combination of honey and mustard smothered all over tender chicken breasts and baked to a succulent perfection. A wonderful throw-together baked chicken dinner that’s really easy to make and it’s healthy!
Baked Honey Mustard Chicken
Juicy and flavorful chicken breasts cooked in the most delicious honey mustard sauce.
Crispy golden brown skin and a bright sweet and savory sauce plus a side salad is all that you should want. You don’t need much else when simple ingredients and baked chicken breasts are this utterly perfect.
HOW TO MAKE HONEY MUSTARD CHICKEN
- Prepare the honey mustard sauce, first: combine olive oil, honey, dijon mustard, wholegrain mustard, yellow mustard, vinegar, and paprika in a mixing bowl and whisk until combined.
We then have two choices here;
- A) Arrange the chicken breasts in a baking dish, pour the sauce over the chicken, and pop it in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes.
-OR-
- B) Brown chicken breasts in a skillet, first, just for few minutes on each side. Then, transfer chicken to a baking dish, pour over the sauce, and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
That’s pretty much it. Serve it with a side of loaded mashed cauliflower, or with this Spring Vegetable Potato Salad for a healthy and well balanced meal.
Word of advice; you might want to double this Baked Honey Mustard Chicken recipe to be sure that you have enough for everyone to have seconds – it’s THAT good! I mean, what is better than saucy, tangy, sweet and savory chicken for dinner? Exactly!
CAN I USE CHICKEN THIGHS
Absolutely, but cooking times will vary. Use an instant read thermometer to check for doneness – safe internal temperature for cooked chicken is 165° Fahrenheit, or 75° Celsius.
HOW TO STORE COOKED CHICKEN LEFTOVERS
- Store chicken in an airtight container and keep in the fridge for up to 3-4 days.
MORE MUSTARD CHICKEN RECIPES
- One Pan Maple Mustard Chicken and Potatoes
- Crock Pot Honey Mustard Chicken Wings
- One Skillet Dijon Chicken with Mushrooms
ENJOY!
TOOLS USED IN THIS RECIPE
Baked Honey Mustard Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 (4 ounces each) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon (or to taste) chicken seasoning blend <-- click here for the recipe
- 1-1/2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1/8 teaspoon paprika
- 4 sprigs fresh rosemary, optional but recommended
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Lightly grease a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet.
- Season chicken breasts all over with the chicken seasoning blend and add chicken breasts to the skillet; cook for 2 minutes on each side, or until browned.
- Combine 1/2 tablespoon olive oil, honey, mustards, white vinegar, and paprika in a small mixing bowl; whisk until well combined.
- Transfer chicken breasts from skillet to previously prepared baking dish.
- Pour prepared honey mustard sauce over the chicken breasts, turning chicken over so to cover each chicken breast entirely.
- Lay sprigs of rosemary between chicken breasts.
- Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove cover and continue to bake for 15 minutes more, or until chicken is cooked through. Cooking time will vary depending on the size/thickness of the chicken.
- Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes.
- Serve.
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Nutrition
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.
This was so good! I followed it exacts en down to the cook time. I highly recommend!
Thank YOU! I’m very glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Once again, in what world is that a tablespoon each of mustard??
Are you disagreeing with using 3 types of mustard? I’m sorry, I don’t understand your question.
This dish is delicious. I didn’t have white vinegar so I used apple cider vinegar and doubled the sauce since the chicken was bigger. I’ll definitely make this again and again.
Thank you for this amazing recipe! It is so delicious. I didn’t want to wait so long for the chicken to cook in the oven so before searing them I pounded them to equal thickness. After searing I poured the honey mustard sauce directly into my skillet and popped it all in the oven uncovered for 12 minutes. Juicy moist delicious chicken every time. I like to serve this with a side of basmati rice to soak up any leftover sauce.
Thank you so much! I am very happy you loved it! 🙂
This recipe was delicious! I cooked my chicken 10 minutes less and it was still too much! Next time I might skip the searing. Very good sauce!
Thank YOU! I’m very glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
The most delicious honey mustard chicken I have had, thank you so much. I did swap the breast for thighs and used more of the spice mix though which btw is lovely and extremely easy to make. Will definitely be making this again!!
That’s great to hear! I am very glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for chiming in! 🙂