Healthy Honey Mustard Chicken: The 1-hour meal prep that could take you through the entire week!
Meal prep is the best way to ensure you’re eating healthy all the time. It makes clean eating easier and quicker than fast food. Beginners come to us all the time to ask how they can meal prep without spending hours in the kitchen every week. Enter: batch cooking. This healthy honey mustard chicken is a great recipe for meal prep (not to mention, it’s a sure crowd-pleaser!).
Most of us can usually find time to make breakfasts and even snacks, but we find that our clients struggle the most with lunch a dinner. So, here’s a quick hack…
We know that healthy home cooking is the secret to good health, so you’ve got to get comfortable with cooking your own foods. When you set aside time at night to cook dinner, make it your meal prep time too! Double up your dinner recipes to make extra for lunches or dinners over the next days. A batch baked dish, like this healthy honey mustard chicken, is the perfect option. It doesn’t take any additional time, because you’re already making the meal. (You can use this tip for any dish, any day of the week!)
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Healthy Honey Mustard Chicken
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Honey Mustard Baked Chicken
This sweet and tangy honey mustard chicken is a deliciously easy meal prep! (Double your dinner to make lunches easy.)
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Ingredients
- 1 lb Chicken Breast (x4 breasts preferred)
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 1 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/2 tsp Mustard Powder
- Salt & Pepper, to taste
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Olive Oil, divided
- 1/4 c Honey (raw honey preferred; can substitute agave nectar)
- 2 Tbsp Dijon Mustard
- 1 Tbsp Yellow Mustard
- 1/2 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1/4 tsp Organic Paprika
- 4 Sprigs Fresh Rosemary (one for each chicken breast)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375(F).
- Prep a large baking dish (we prefer glass bakeware, click here for an example) by lightly greasing with a high temperature cooking oil (we like light tasting olive oil, avocado oil, or flax seed oil). You should use about 1/2 tablespoon of oil or less. Spread with clean fingers or a cooking brush (we use a silicone brush - click here for an example). Note: with glass, we usually do not need to grease the pan. However, not all baking dishes and ovens are made equally, so please use the method that works best with your equipment. If you aren't sure, go ahead and prep the dish to prevent potential sticking and make cleanup easier.
- Heat 1 Tbsp olive oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Meanwhile, prep your chicken. Make sure chicken breasts are trimmed of fat (and skin/bone if necessary). Season chicken breasts with onion powder, garlic powder, mustard powder, salt, and pepper.
- When oil is heated, lay seasoned chicken breasts in a single layer in the skillet and cover with lid. Allow to cook for 2-3 minutes - DO NOT MOVE THE CHICKEN, let it brown. Flip chicken, cover, and allow to cook for another 2-3 minutes. The chicken does not need to be cooked through, just make sure it is browned. (It will finish cooking in the oven.)
- While chicken is browning, prepare your mustard sauce. Whisk together 1/2 Tbsp olive oil, honey, dijon mustard, yellow mustard, apple cider vinegar, and paprika.
- Place browned chicken in the bottom of the prepared baking dsh. Pour mustard sauce over the top of the chicken breasts. Move the chicken breasts around a bit, picking them up to ensure the mustard sauce is on the bottom and top of each chicken breast. Place a sprig of rosemary on each chicken breast.
- Cover pan with foil, and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover, and bake for an additional 10-15+ minutes (until chicken is cooked through). The thicker the chicken breast, the longer it will need to cook.
- When cooked through, remove pan from oven and let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
Recommended Products
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Great Value Organic Dijon Mustard, 12 oz - Walmart.com -
Great Value Organic Yellow Mustard, 8 oz - Walmart.com -
Local Fischer's Honey Raw & Unfiltered Pure Honey Raw Honey 24 oz - Walmart.com -
McCormick Gourmet Organic Paprika, 1.62 oz - Walmart.com -
Bragg Organic Raw Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar with Mother, 32 Fl Oz - Walmart.com -
Great Value Organic Ground Mustard, 1.6 oz - Walmart.com -
Pompeian Robust Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 32 fl oz - Walmart.com -
Pompeian Extra Light Tasting Olive Oil, 32 fl oz - Walmart.com -
Pompeian Classic Olive Oil, 32 fl oz - Walmart.com -
McCormick Black Pepper Grinder, 1 oz - Walmart.com -
McCormick Himalayan Pink Salt Grinder, 2.5 oz - Walmart.com -
McCormick Sea Salt Grinder, 2.12 oz - Walmart.com -
McCormick Garlic Powder, 8.75 oz - Walmart.com -
McCormick Onion Powder, 7.62 OZ - Walmart.com
Nutrition Information
Serving Size 4 ozAmount Per Serving Calories 194Total Fat 4.6gSaturated Fat 0.8gUnsaturated Fat 3.5gSodium 201mgCarbohydrates 9.6gSugar 8.7gProtein 35g
Nutrition information may vary due to brands used, changes made to recipes, or substitutions. Recipe was calculated assuming all sauce is to be consumed. Does not include sides pictured.
