Honey Mustard Curry Chicken

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!

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!

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 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.