Honey Mustard Pretzel Chicken can be on the table for your family in under an hour. With just four simple store-bought ingredients, and 10-minutes, this chicken dinner together is one easy recipe!
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 the crunch of 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 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?
Let's Make Pretzel Honey Mustard Pretzel Chicken
With the best flavors of both sweet and salty, this easy chicken dinner a has a homemade honey mustard sauce sure to become a go-to recipe for your family...
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- Dijon mustard
- honey
- boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- pretzels
- 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 and whisk together. Divide the honey mustard sauce in half, and keep one half aside to serve as a dipping sauce for dinner.
- Place pretzels in a zip-lock bag, close the bag, and crush pretzels into smaller pieces with a rolling pin or by hand. Pour pretzel crumbs onto a shallow dish or plate.
- On a cutting board, slice larger chicken meat pieces into smaller portions of chicken cutlets for kids. And you can even use chicken tenders, or cut each chicken piece into chicken nuggets!
- Using tongs, dip each of the skinless breasts or small pieces into the honey mustard, then dip in the crushed pretzel pieces. Discard any excess honey mustard used to coat the meat, don't use this for dipping sauce. Use the reserved portion.
- Lay coated chicken pieces with pretzel crust on a parchment paper 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.
Spicy Chicken Variation: For a spicier version, use a hot honey mustard to coat the chicken and for the dipping sauce!
What sides go with Pretzel Chicken?
- Wedge Salad
- Cauliflower Rice
- Roasted Vegetables
- Green Beans
- Simple Green Salad or Wedge Salad
- Roasted Baby Potatoes
- Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes
- Egg Noodles
- Coleslaw
- Easy Pasta Salad
- Cheddar Cheese Jalapeno Cornbread
- Dinner Rolls
- Smashed Potatoes
- Grilled Corn On The Cob
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Honey Mustard Pretzel 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 and whisk together. Divide the honey mustard sauce in half, and keep one half aside to serve as a dipping sauce for dinner.
- Place pretzels in a zip-lock bag, close the bag, and crush pretzels into smaller pieces with a rolling pin or by hand. Pour pretzel crumbs onto a shallow dish or plate.
- On a cutting board, slice larger chicken meat pieces into smaller portions of chicken cutlets for kids. And you can even use chicken tenders, or cut each chicken piece into chicken nuggets!
- Using tongs, dip each of the skinless breasts or small pieces into the honey mustard, then dip in the crushed pretzel pieces. Discard any excess honey mustard used to coat the meat, don't use this for dipping sauce. Use the reserved portion.
- Lay coated chicken pieces with pretzel crust on a parchment paper 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. Spicy Chicken Variation: For a spicier version, use a hot honey mustard to coat the chicken and for the dipping sauce!Side Dish Ideas
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- Cauliflower Rice
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- Green Beans
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- Simple Green Salad or Wedge Salad
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- Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes
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- Egg Noodles
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.