Honey Mustard Chicken & Sausage Skewers
A delicious baked chicken dinner with a mouth-watering glaze.
I don’t know what it is about food on a stick that gets me so hyped, but time for another recipe on a stick. Honey mustard chicken is something my mom used to order from the school Market Day’s frozen food section. That chicken was GOOD and my mom would always serve it with coleslaw, so I present to you honey mustard chicken and sausage skewers served on coleslaw! Kielbasa adds a fatty saltiness to the chicken that blends well with those honey mustard flavors. Marinade the chicken for thirty minutes and dinner’s ready in twenty.
This is a straightforward recipe to prep ahead for by just marinating the chicken. I tend to do this with most of my chicken as soon as I buy it from the grocery store, so I do not freeze all the excess meat. The chicken can stay marinated for up to three days.
I grew up eating grilled kielbasa a lot for dinner and I’ve been dying to add it to a recipe recently. It somehow reminds me of adult hot dogs. I knew the saltiness of the forced meat would pair beautifully with a honey mustard glaze.
The honey mustard glaze is just a honey mustard recipe beefed up with extra honey. The chicken has more of an opportunity to caramelize on the outside the more sugar you add.
This is my recipe for honey mustard, so if you have a favorite recipe or you have a favorite honey mustard, use that to glaze your skewers. Simply marinate the chicken, skewer, bake, then glaze. Four steps!
I love this recipe for not only how easy it is to produce but also how easy and fun it is to prep and bring over to a family picnic, BBQ, holiday, etc. These skewers cook up in just fifteen minutes. Make them as an appetizer to a party by just skewering a cube of chicken and a slice of sausage to serve a crowd. Bring meat back to the dinner table in an exciting way with plenty of condiments to dip these in.
Honey Mustard Chicken & Sausage Skewers
Yield(s): Makes 4 skewers
10m prep time
15m cook time
30m inactive
Allergens: Poultry
Diet: Gluten-Free
For skewers:
- 1 1/2 lb. chicken breast
- 14 oz smoked sausage, sliced into 1” pieces (kielbasa or andouille)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, pasted
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
For glaze:
- 3 tablespoons mayo
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 3 tablespoons dijon mustard
- Kosher salt & freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
Preparation
- Preheat a 425 ºF oven on convection bake and prepare a disposable half tray.
- Cut up your chicken into large cubes and place into a mixing bowl.
- Add olive oil, garlic paste, smoked paprika, onion powder, and lemon juice to the chicken and mix. Season with salt and pepper, then mix once more. Let chicken marinate for at least 30 minutes in the fridge.
- In a small bowl, whisk together mayo, honey, and Dijon. Season with salt and pepper to taste, then set aside with a pastry brush.
- Using five metal/wooden skewers, skewer one chicken cube and one sausage slice alternating.
- Bake skewers at the top rack in the oven for 6 minutes, then remove from the oven, flip each skewer over, and glaze with honey mustard. Bake for another 6 minutes, then repeat 2 more times.
- Plate with a bed of coleslaw and extra honey mustard. Enjoy!