Last Updated July 18th, 2022 at 07:36 pm by Lisa
Easy pretzel-coated Honey Mustard Chicken can be on the table for your family in under an hour with four simple store-bought ingredients and 10-minutes to put a chicken dinner together.
This is a great last-minute dinner for busy weeknights. Stock the ingredients or grab them on your way home from the store. The whole family can help make this easy kid-friendly pretzel chicken recipe. Of course, their favorite part might just be crushing the pretzels!
Honey and mustard are a heavenly combination with salty baked pretzel pieces. Serve a simple green salad on the side, then drizzle on some more sauce...
This is one of the new recipes I originally shared it on CocoandAsh.com, so you might see it there as well.
A family hit, this easy chicken recipe is a whole new level of yum, even for picky eaters. Oh, and did I mention it makes great leftovers?
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Let's Make Pretzel Honey Dijon Chicken
With the best flavors of both sweet and salty, this chicken dijon will become a go to recipe in your family for dinner.
- ½ cup Dijon Mustard
- ½ cup Honey
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 2 cups Pretzels crushed
- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Line a large baking sheet or spray a wide shallow baking dish.
- Mix Dijon mustard and honey in a small bowl. Divide the Dijon mustard in half, and keep one half aside to serve as a dipping sauce.
- Place pretzels in a zip-lock bag, close, and crush into smaller pieces. Pour in a shallow dish or plate.
- On a cutting board, slice large meat pieces into smaller portions of chicken cutlets for kids. Dip each of the skinless breasts into the honey mustard, then dip in the crushed pretzel pieces. Discard any honey mustard used to coat the raw meat.
- Lay coated pretzel crusted pieces on a parchment lined baking sheet in a single layer or in a wide shallow baking dish.
- Bake 45 minutes at 374 degrees Fahrenheit, until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees on a meat thermometer.
- Serve with honey-mustard extra sauce.
What sides go with Pretzel Chicken?
- Wedge Salad
- Cauliflower Rice
- Roasted Vegetables
- Green Beans
- Simple Green Salad
- Roasted Baby Potatoes
- Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes
- Egg Noodles
- Cheddar Cheese Jalapeno Cornbread
- Dinner Rolls
- Smashed Potatoes
- Grilled Corn On The Cob
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Pretzel Honey Mustard Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup Dijon mustard
- ½ cup honey
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 cups pretzels crushed
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Line a large baking sheet or spray a wide shallow baking dish.
- Mix Dijon mustard and honey in a small bowl. Divide the Dijon mustard in half, and keep one half aside to serve as a dipping sauce.
- Place pretzels in a zip-lock bag, close, and crush into smaller pieces. Pour in a shallow dish or plate.
- On a cutting board, slice larger meat pieces into smaller portions of chicken cutlets for kids. Dip each of the skinless breasts into the honey mustard, then dip in the crushed pretzel pieces. Discard any honey mustard used to coat the meat.
- Lay coated pretzel crusted pieces on a parchment lined baking sheet in a single layer or in a wide shallow baking dish.
- Bake 45 minutes at 374 degrees Fahrenheit, until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees on a meat thermometer.
- Serve with honey-mustard extra sauce.
Notes
dipping sauce
Be sure to divide the sauce into two separate portions. -One to coat the chicken then discard that bowl of sauce as it is not food safe as a dipping sauce. -Use the reserved sauce for dipping and to drizzle as a sauce.Side Dish Ideas
- Wedge Salad
- Cauliflower Rice
- Roasted Vegetables
- Green Beans
- Simple Green Salad
- Roasted Baby Potatoes
- Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes
- Egg Noodles
- Cheddar Cheese Jalapeno Cornbread
- Dinner Rolls
- Smashed Potatoes
- Grilled Corn On The Cob
So easy, and only 4 ingredients in this recipe it quickly becomes a go-to recipe for busy weeknights.
This was seriously the BEST chicken ever! Salty and sweet all at the same time and SUPER simple to make! So darn good!
Oh my!! This was amazing. I needed a quick and simple dinner recipe and this fit the bill. I love pretzels, mustard, and chicken... so this recipe was a no-brainer for me.