I’m a big fan of easy meals and what could be easier than a recipe that throws some chicken into a pan, covers it in a sauce that’s packed with flavor, and roasts it? This roasted chicken is covered in a quick, easy, and tasty homemade honey dijon sauce. Chicken broth is added to the sauce to help make sure that the sauce does cook off and burn on the edges of the pan, this way you will end up with plenty of sauce to drizzle on your chicken and sides! Speaking of sides, you can easily make some while the honey mustard chicken roasts! For this meal I steamed some broccoli (or green beans, brussels sprouts, etc.) and made some mashed potatoes (mashed cauliflower is also good, as is pasts, rice, etc.) and the honey mustard sauce was amazing on everything!
Easy Baked Honey Dijon Chicken
Super easy honey dijon chicken simply baked in a pan with the tasty sauce!
ingredients
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons whole grain Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce (or tamari or omit for gluten-free)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced/grated
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup chicken broth (or water)
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts (or chicken thighs)
- 2-3 sprigs of rosemary
directions
- Mix the honey, mustards, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, salt, pepper, and broth, and toss with the chicken, place it all in a baking dish with the chicken in a single layer before placing the sprigs of rosemary in between the chicken.
- Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until the chicken is cooked through (165F/75C), about 25-35 minutes.
- Serve topped with the sauce from the pan!
Option: Replace the honey with maple syrup!
Option: Replace the the Dijon mustards with yellow mustard.
Option: Add 1/4 cup parmesan cheese to the honey dijon sauce!
Option: Add 1 tablespoon white miso paste to the honey dijon sauce!
Option: Add 1/2 teaspoon paprika to the honey dijon sauce!
Option: Add 1/2 teaspoon curry powder to the honey dijon sauce!
Option: Add sriracha (or other chili sauce) to taste to the honey dijon sauce!
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This looks like such a fun easy weeknight meal idea! We’ll have to add this to the menu plan for next week!
Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com
I made this for dinner tonight. It couldn’t have been quicker or easier and was so tasty. Cooked it in my oven proof fry pan. Firstly, I brought the chicken, sauce and fresh rosemary to boil on stovetop and finished in oven to make it quicker, so after about 12 minutes in the oven it was done. Thickened it slightly with a cornstarch slurry using about 1/2 tsp cornstarch. I didn’t have regular Dijon so used 4 tbsp. whole seed Dijon instead. Another great recipe, Kevin. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Diane. I will try this next time.
I’m confused by whole grain Dijon mustard AND Dijon mustard. The Dijon I know is the Grey Poupon type, I know spicy brown mustard, which has some whole seeds in it, and stone ground mustard – also with whole seeds. But I’ve never seen whole grain Dijon mustard. What is it? How is it different from the Dijon mustard called for? Do I really need it in this recipe? Where do I find it?
The whole grain dijon mustard is there for the presentation and texture and it has the same flavour as the regular dijon mustard so you can either replace it with another kind of whole grain mustard or more regular dijon mustard. Enjoy!
I have never seen Dijon whole grain mustard either!
You can use any whole grain mustard or partially ground mustard. Enjoy!
Maille mustard comes has both Dijon and whole grain. I usually find them at Whole Foods or my local grocery store.
I made this tonight and the sauce didn’t thicken how it should’ve so I had to add cornstarch. I do however wanna add that where the recipe says to use 1/4cup of honey I attempted to but most of it was maple syrup per the sub option. Not sure if that was a factor in the consistency of my sauce but the chicken was tasty af so I will make again!
Made this recipe tonight. The moment I added the broth I knew it won’t turn up like on the pics in this recipe. After 40min cooking I opened it to find the chicken breast looked white as of just being boiled. Cooked it further uncovered trying to baste often and hoping the watery sauce will reduce and thicken. That only over cooked the meat.Had to remove the chicken breast and tried to thicken the sauce on the hot plate. Haven’t tried it yet but will advice the OP needs to tweak it as many say their sauce was runny.
I just made this for dinner, and had the exact same experience. The ingredients are all delicious, but this recipe definitely needs to be retooled because I ended up with sad looking poached chicken thighs with no sauce at all.
I agree 100%. I had the same experience….white boiled chicken in a watery sauce.
Do not add the water. I did not and if came out like the picture
I made these! same like you said doesn’t look like in the picture
I’m making this tonite and I’m really excited about it. It looks so good!
I made this and left out the water, I baked as instructed and turned on the broiler for about 4 minutes at the end and spooned the sauce and it looked just like the picture and was delicious.
this looks tasty. I’ll have to make this for my family.
I made this tonight and it wasn’t cooked after 30 minutes so I took off the alfoil and further cooked for another 20 mins and it was perfect and delicious.
Thanks Kevin.
Love your recipes.
The photo here is very misleading. Flavor was good but mine looked like standard baked chicken. Nothing like your picture here. I followed directions to a T but I’d love to know how you got this appearance.
I suspect the problems noted above of chicken not turning out as pictured is that the directions should not state to bake it covered. When you cover it, you are steaming it and it can’t brown. if you bake it uncovered it will brown nicely and some of the moisture bakes off, leaving a nicely thickened sauce.
This was absolutely disgusting and looked nothing like the photo.
I’m cooking it right now uncovered but it’s far too watery, I’m going to try and thicken it .
It’s obviously wrong to add so much liquid, the picture is totally misleading,they certainly didn’t add the stock/water
Wish I’d read the comments before making it
Tasty but looked nothing like the photo.
Excellent recipe. 5 stars. Shared with neighbors and they liked it too. Also, it is even better the next day.
Thank you
If I don’t have Dijon mustard, can I substitute it with honey Dijon mustard since that’s what I have?
That will work! You may want cut back on the honey that you add since the mustard already contains some honey. Enjoy!
I have made this with chicken twice and it is excellent. I was wondering what you thought, Kevin, about using it with maybe a pork tenderloin.