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This easy Honey Mustard Curry Chicken recipe is the perfect balance of sweet and savory flavors. An easy weeknight dinner that uses just a few ingredients, requires minimal prep work and tastes absolutely amazing. It’s perfect for busy days, and even picky eaters love it!
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Curried Honey Mustard Chicken
If you’re looking for a new quick and easy chicken recipe, you’re going to love this delicious baked honey mustard curry chicken. It’s so simple, yet the flavor is completely out of this world. It may just become your family’s favorite dinner!
I can’t say enough about this honey curry chicken recipe. It is a vintage recipe I found in my mom’s collection a few years ago, and I’ve made it thousands of times already! I even have an Instant Pot version. Seriously, it’s that good. Even my pickiest eaters love this recipe, and that’s definitely a good sign!
The original name for the recipe is Chicken Diablo, but I can’t figure out why. To me, a name like that means your mouth may be on fire after eating the chicken, but that’s not the case here. There’s a little warmth from the curry and mustard, but there’s also a sweetness from the honey and richness from the butter. Honestly, it’s perfectly balanced.
If you’re not a fan of curry, you should still give this recipe a chance. My family wasn’t that excited about trying it at first, but just one bite of this honey chicken chicken was enough to win them over. And now, they request it about once a week!
Ingredients
There are just 7 ingredients in this simple chicken recipe. Full ingredient amounts are in the printable recipe card below.
- Boneless skinless chicken breasts — You can sub chicken thighs if you like.
- Butter — I use salted butter for the sauce, but unsalted works, too.
- Honey — Use your favorite brand of honey here.
- Mustard — I use Dijon mustard.
- Seasonings — curry powder, dried minced onions, sea salt
How to Make Honey Mustard Curry Chicken
Like I said, this chicken recipe has almost no prep work, and it’s ridiculously simple. I like to melt the butter in a mixing bowl in the microwave. Then, whisk the remaining ingredients with the melted butter.
You just mix the sauce, pour it over the chicken, bake it all up, and that’s it. In about 40 minutes, you’ve got dinner on the table.
I like to spoon the awesome sauce over the chicken right before serving. You can even baste the chicken while it’s cooking if you want. And when you serve it, be sure to spoon plenty of sauce over the chicken — You’ll want to get as much of this delicious sauce as possible!
What do you Serve with Sweet Honey Curry Chicken?
Actually, the possibilities are endless. My family prefers serving the honey mustard chicken over couscous and peas, but you can add a side of jasmine rice or brown rice, quinoa, pasta or mashed potatoes or roasted veggies, too. Or, just eat the chicken by itself, and slurp up the sauce. It’s that good!
Recipe Tip
Choose cuts of chicken roughly the same size so they bake evenly.
For extra heat, add a pinch of cayenne pepper to the sauce.
Storage
Store leftover chicken and curry sauce in an airtight container in your refrigerator for 3-4 days. Freeze chicken for up to 3 months. It reheats well in the microwave.
More Baked Chicken Recipes
Try my Easy Chicken Stuffing Bake or Ritz Cracker Chicken and check out more easy chicken recipes your family will love.
Honey Mustard Curry Chicken
Ingredients
- 4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts about 2 pounds
- 1 teaspoon dried minced onions
- 4 tablespoons butter
- ¼ cup Dijon mustard
- ½ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 ℉
- Grease a large baking dish with oil or non-stick cooking spray
- Place chicken in prepared baking dish in an even layer, and sprinkle minced onions over chicken
- In a small bowl, melt the butter in the microwave, then add the mustard, honey, sea salt and curry powder, and whisk until well combined
- Pour the sauce evenly over the chicken
- Bake for 40 minutes uncovered or until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees, according to a meat thermometer
- Sprinkle with chopped parsley, if desired, and serve immediately
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Honey Mustard Chicken with curry powder is now one of our favorite dinners, and I hope it becomes one of your favorite dinners, too! For more easy recipes, sign up for the weekly newsletter and follow on social media.
Happy Cooking,
Recipe first published in 2017 and updated in 2024.
I’ve made this dish three different times. Each time I changed the amounts of the key ingredients. More honey, made it sweeter, more curry makes it spicy, and I played around with different mustard’s. Guess what? Each dish turned out great. I’ve even added cumin….and it’s all good. Thanks for a quick and easy fancy dinner, that will surely impress your guests. CZ
I’m so glad you enjoyed the chicken, Charles! Thanks for the review and for sharing your tips!
Had this recipe at a friends house for dinner, it was delicious!! I told her I had to have the recipe. Now I can’t wait to make it for our church fellowship lunch this Sunday. It looks super easy to make. Thank you for sharing!
So happy you liked it, Sherri. Thanks so much for letting me know! 🙂
This is a great combination for a curried chicken. Hope you are having a wonderful week and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
This looks so easy and so easy and delicious! My family will love it!
Wow this looks so easy and tasty! YUM!
The perfect Sunday supper! I am definitely cooking this one night!
Today I am in the mood of chicken! Looks great!
This chicken looks so juicy!
I love all the ways you can change it up by changing the sides! Can’t decide which side to make first!
It really is very versatile, and the leftovers are even better!
What a great flavor combo! I have got to try it out!
The flavor is amazing! I hope you get a chance to make it! 🙂