Baked Honey Mustard Chicken
Simple, sweet, and tangy… just like honey mustard should be.
My husband loves honey mustard. As in, loves it so much that I wouldn’t be surprised if he just licked it off a spoon. He eats it with chicken tenders, fries, soft pretzels… you name it. So this Baked Honey Mustard Chicken is made in his honor. It’s a reliable go-to recipe for easy baked chicken breasts but it smothers them in a delectable sauce that features two kinds of mustard and — you guessed it — honey. (There’s some other delicious stuff in there too.) Besides, who doesn’t need another chicken breast recipe? You can never have enough!
Here’s how it goes:
Sear your chicken breasts first. I know, I know, it’s an extra step, but it gives you flavor that oven baking just can’t match. And it only takes a minute. Put those seared chicken breasts in a baking dish.
And then make your sauce. (This takes, oh, about thirty seconds.) Stir together some Dijon mustard, wholegrain mustard, honey, white vinegar, and paprika. Taste, and add a little more honey or a little more mustard if you’d like. Prefer yellow mustard? You can add some in! Pour that sauce all over the chicken and turn the chicken a couple of times to coat it.
Cover the dish in foil, bake it for twenty minutes, then uncover and let it bake a little longer. (That way it caramelizes a tad.) It’s sweet and tangy and everything honey mustard should be and makes for a great go-to main dish!
Baked Honey Mustard Chicken
Yield(s): Serves 4
10m prep time
35m cook time
Diet: Gluten-Free, Diabetic
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1-2 teaspoons seasoned salt, or to taste
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons wholegrain mustard
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 375°F and grease a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- In a skillet over medium-high heat, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil.
- Season chicken breasts with seasoned salt and pepper and sear on each side until browned, about 2 minutes per side.
- While chicken browns, make the sauce:
- Stir together remaining olive oil, honey, mustards, vinegar, and paprika.
- Transfer seared chicken breasts to baking dish. Pour honey mustard sauce over the chicken, turning chicken over so it's coated entirely.
- Cover dish with foil and bake 20 minutes.
- Uncover and bake until chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes more. Enjoy!
Recipe adapted from Diethood.