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This Honey Mustard Chicken was an instant winner at our house. In fact, I made it twice in one week to perfect the recipe and it was gobbled up with pleasure both times. This lazy day recipe uses pantry friendly ingredients to deliver a sweet and tangy one pan feast. Pair it with veggies, or just bake the Honey Mustard Chicken… just promise you’ll make this because I guarantee it will be love at first bite!
Why you’ll love this Honey Mustard Chicken Recipe
EXTRA JUICY: A quick brine creates mouthwateringly juicy chicken while you prep your veggies. EXTRA FLAVORFUL: A spice rub AND homemade honey mustard sauce are the key to complex flavor. EXTRA VEGGIES: Bake the honey mustard on its own or with potatoes and green beans that seep up the honey mustard drippings of the succulent baked chicken. EXTRA CONVENIENT: Prep the entire dinner ahead of time, refrigerate, then bake when ready.
Ingredients for Honey Mustard Baked Chicken
Chicken: Use 4 large chicken breasts and slice then through the equator to create fillets. Alternatively, use 4 small chicken breasts pounded to an even thickness. Kosher salt: This is a coarse salt that is dissolved in warm water to create a brine for the chicken. Do NOT use the same amount of table salt in your brining solution, or your chicken will be too salty. If you only have table salt, use half the amount. Seasonings: Paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, dried parsley, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper season the honey mustard sauce to perfection. Honey: Mild clover honey is ideal. Mustard: As discussed, using three different mustards (Dijon, stone ground mustard and yellow mustard) creates the best complex honey mustard sauce! You may substitute any of the mustards if you don’t have them on hand.
· Vegetables: Red potatoes and green beans cook in the same amount of time as the chicken as they soak up the honey mustard sauce.
What mustard is best for Baked Honey Mustard Chicken?
Mustard is made by mixing and/or grinding the seeds of the mustard plant with liquid. We get different types of mustard depending on what seed and liquid is used. I like to combine the following three different mustard to create a dynamic honey mustard sauce for this Honey Mustard Chicken:
Dijon Mustard: made from fine ground hotter brown or black mustard seeds and white wine which give it a sharp, pungent flavor with a little heat. Stone Ground Mustard: mustard usually made with the hotter brown or black mustard seeds like Dijon mustard but the seeds are only partially ground down, leaving some whole, to create a thick paste. Stone Ground mustard is typically robust and sharp in flavor. Yellow Mustard: a mild, smooth mustard made from fine ground yellow mustard seeds and turmeric for a clean mustard taste.
Can I substitute Dijon or Stone Ground Mustard?
If you don’t typically stock Dijon, Stone Ground and Yellow Mustard, then you can just use yellow mustard plus either Dijon or Stone Ground and use half of each (3 tablespoons each). For example, you can use half yellow mustard (3 tablespoons) and either half Dijon or half Stone Ground (3 tablespoons).
How to make Honey Mustard Chicken (Baked)
You can just bake the Honey Mustard Chicken and omit the green beans and potatoes if you prefer and go straight to step 4. Step 1: Make the honey mustard sauce and set aside There are many different combinations for honey mustard but my favorite is a quick whisking of:
1/3 cup honey 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 2 tablespoons stone ground mustard 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
You can make the Honey Mustard Sauce up to 1 week ahead of time and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator until ready to use. Step 2: Potatoes Add potatoes to a microwave safe dish with enough water to fill 1/4” up the sides. Cover, and microwave for 6 minutes. Drain water and add potatoes to a lightly greased 9×13 baking dish. Par-boiling the potatoes ensures they will all be cooked when the chicken is done otherwise they will cook unevenly because they are stacked on top of each other. Toss the potatoes with olive oil, salt and pepper then divide them in half and push to the sides of the pan, making room for the green beans down the middle. Step 3: Green Beans While the green beans are on still on the cutting board, toss with olive oil, salt and pepper. Each element of a dish should be seasoned so it is independently delicious and exponentially delicious all together. Line the green beans down the center of the pan in between the potatoes – they will not be in a single layer but slightly overlapping. Step 4: Chicken Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and all “chicken seasonings” to a large bowl and stir together to make a wet rub. Add chicken and massage the spices into the chicken with your hands. While the chicken is still in the bowl, coat both sides of the chicken evenly in the Honey Mustard Sauce. Transfer chicken to baking dish, and spoon over any remaining sauce/spices from the bowl. Step 5: Bake Cover Honey Mustard Chicken, green beans and potatoes with foil and bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10-20 minutes OR until chicken is cooked through (an instant read thermometer should register 165 degrees F, cooking time may be more or less depending on thickness of chicken). Brush chicken again with Honey Mustard Sauce. Step 6: Rest Let chicken rest 5-10 minutes before slicing so the juices that have been pushed to the outside of the chicken while baking can be redistributed and reabsorbed.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BAKE CHICKEN?
This Honey Mustard Chicken takes anywhere from 25-40 minutes to bake depending on the size and thickness of your chicken breasts. I highly recommend investing in a meat thermometer otherwise there is no accurate way to check and see when your chicken is cooked without slicing it open and loosing valuable juices. When checking the temperature of the chicken, make sure you insert the thermometer at the thickest part of the meat. The safe internal temperature for cooked chicken breasts is 165 degrees F, so I usually bake it to 160 because it will continue to bake at least to 165 as it rests for 10 minutes.
How to make Mustard Baked Chicken in advance
You can completely assemble the Honey Mustard Chicken with the potatoes and green beans up to the point of baking, cover tightly and refrigerate. Cover and refrigerate the unused Honey Mustard Sauce separately. When ready to bake, either let the dish sit at room temperature for 30 minutes (preferable) or be prepared to add an extra 10 minutes or so to the baking time.
Honey Mustard Chicken Recipe Variations
How do you make honey mustard chicken thighs?
I chose boneless, skinless chicken breasts because they are leaner but emerge unbelievably juicy with a brine, but you are welcome to use chicken thighs if you prefer. You do not need to brine chicken thighs. To make Honey Mustard Chicken with chicken thighs, you can use either bone in, or boneless chicken thighs, but be sure to remove the skin otherwise the chicken and potatoes will be swimming in grease. I also recommend searing the chicken thighs before adding to the potatoes and green beans to render some of the fat and to give the chicken even more flavor. Honey Mustard Chicken Thighs, Bone In: Honey Mustard Chicken Thighs, Boneless
How do you make honey mustard grilled chicken?
This Honey Mustard Chicken is so tantalizing you are going to want to make it in every form! To make Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken:
What to serve with Honey Mustard Baked Chicken
This Honey Mustard Chicken really is a meal-in-one but that doesn’t mean we can’t add more! I like to serve it with:
a big fruit salad such as my Perfect Fruit Salad or Winter Fruit Salad homemade Breadsticks, Dinner Rolls, Cornbread, or Cheesy Pull Apart Bread a big green salad, Wedge Salad, Cranberry Apple Salad or Creamy Bacon Pea Pasta Salad
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