A deliciously Creamy Honey Mustard Chicken with crispy bacon pieces will become your new favourite dinner — WITH dairy free options!
Sweet and creamy honey mustard sauce that takes LESS than 5 minutes to pull together, with minimal ingredients and maximum taste. Yesssss, I’m ALL about that simple quick flavour. It’s an unconditional love type situation I have with honey mustard. But then there’s THIS creamy honey mustard that compares to nothing else. Just staring at these pictures all over again…..well, oh em gee.
Since you guys have been loving this Honey Mustard Chicken, Avocado + Bacon Salad, mostly writing in to tell me that salad hating husbands have now been converted to salad loving men (you’re welcome, by the way), I know in my heart of food hearts that it’s the combination of chicken → bacon → honey mustard → that has helped the transformations. So, I thought, what would happen if I turned that into the ultimate of comfort foods → throwing in a creamy sauce → for an epic dinner recipe that would rock our worlds and our senses?
This. This is what happened ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑.
I took this recipe, made a few changes, and developed the best creamy honey mustard chicken I’ve ever tried. IN my life time. Most recipes I’ve tried in the past call for 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of mustard in a whole entire pan of cream (in my world, that’s about the size of 2 pin-heads going into a haystack). What is that amount supposed to do? My taste buds are forever searching around for HONEY and MUSTARD flavours, coming up with only an infinitesimal trace. Ugh.
Not this sauce, friends. This sauce will have you weak at the knees, drinking it straight from the pan and good luck to anyone else that’s too slow not to come up with that idea first because now there’s none left. Type of thing.
First, we coat the chicken in said sauce. I’ve used both breasts AND thighs in this recipe. Both work. You can use either. Again, you’re welcome.
While the chicken is sitting in the most perfect honey mustard creation, the bacon is fried until crispy, leaving behind it’s flavourful oil to fry the chicken in. Chicken fried in bacon fat. Mmmmmm. Once again, you’re welcome.
You CAN leave the bacon in the pan at this point and fry the chicken WITH the bacon….however, I transfer it out to sear the chicken on their own, because I don’t like the smoky flavour the bacon adds into the creamy sauce in the end. Bacon fat? Yes. Bacon pieces? No.
THEN, the sauce goes in. For this recipe and for the sake of the best, creamiest flavour, I pour in 1/3 cup of light or reduced fat cream. Now, you can replace this with milk of your choice (skim, 2% fat OR full fat — even almond milk works too since we are thickening it at the end with some cornstarch). BUT I personally love the small addition of cream to add that unmistakeable creamy flavour.
THEN, top with the crispy bacon pieces and HOHMYGOSH eat it straight out of the pan because HELLO NO PATIENCE!
I mean. DO YOU SEE THE THICK CREAMY HONEY MUSTARD IN THERE? ↑ GAH!
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- ⅓ cup honey
- 3 level tablespoons whole grain mustard
- 1½ tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt to season
- 5 skinless and boneless chicken breasts (or chicken thighs)
- ½ cup diced bacon, trimmed of rind and fat
- ⅓ cup cream (light or reduced fat) *SEE NOTES FOR SUBSTITUTION OPTIONS
- 1 cup milk (skim, 2% or full fat - almond milk may be used for a dairy free option)
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch (corn flour) mixed with 1 tablespoon water
- 2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- In a large, shallow dish, combine the honey, mustard, garlic, oil and salt to taste (not too much salt if serving with bacon as the bacon will add a salty flavour when served). Coat chicken evenly in the sauce. Set aside.
- Heat a nonstick pan (or skillet) over medium heat. Fry bacon until crispy; transfer to a plate. To the same pan, sear chicken fillets on each side in the oil left over from the bacon until just beginning to brown (about 3 minutes per side -- not completely cooked through as we will finish them in the sauce).
- Add any remaining honey mustard sauce into the pan along with the cream and milk. Bring to a simmer while stirring occasionally to mix the favours through the sauce (about 3 minutes), until the chicken is cooked through. Transfer the chicken to a warm plate.
- Pour the cornstarch mixture into the centre of the pan, mixing it through the sauce until it thickens. Place chicken back into the pan; coat with the sauce. Top with the bacon and garnish with parsley.
- Serve over steamed / roasted vegetables for lower cal options. Also great with pasta, rice or mashed potatoes!
Nutritional information is based per serve, including cream.
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This was absolutely delicious. Served over mixed grains and veg. The sauce is addicting. Will make again!!
Thank yoi
This was fantastic!
What is cream?
I made this using unsweetened cashew milk and it was delicious! I thought the cashew milk might be a better choice as it is creamier than almond milk, but I’m sure it is delicious both ways. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
My granddaughter-in-law made this for supper last night and it was wonderfully delicious, Since we are not fans of a strong mustard flavor, she used my prepared hoiney mustard sauce. This chicken was so good, I ate the last piece this morning with scrambled eggs for breakfast.
You’re very welcome Fern! Thank you for your feedback!
This is one of the best recipes I’ve ever made! Absolutely loved it and will make it again and again. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Tricia! I’d suggest all almond milk (1 1/3 cup)! I hope you enjoy it!
Trying this recipe tonight. My daughter can’t have dairy so I am using almond milk. My question is do I substitute the 1 cup almond milk for the 1/3 cup cream or do I use 1 1/3 cups of the almond milk? Can’t wait to try this and for my house to smell like bacon!
I make this with rice or pasta! Both are equally incredible.
We normally have this with mashed potatoes! Although rice would also be yummy!
What side dishes dishes did you make with this?
Trying this tonight
Thanks, Karina. These recipes look Devine. Can’t wait to try!
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I made this incredible and delicious recipe two days ago. Karina muchas gracias😊!!! Soooo simple and so flavorful. I am from Puerto Rico and love to cook and try different things. I didn’t have parsley, but had mushrooms which we love and the final product was delicioso😋😋 my husband also love it. These Puertorricans 🇵🇷🇵🇷 are loving your recipes!!! Can’t wait to try more😉😉 GOD bless!!!!
Hi Callin. I find yellow mustard stronger in taste compared to whole grain, but you can definitely try it!
Hi – Can Regular Yellow Mustard Be Used Instead Of Whole Grain?
Hi Sara. You can try to cut the honey but I cannot guarantee the outcome of the taste 🙂
I’m so happy to hear that Simon!!!
Cooked this dish for the first time earlier today and was pleasantly surprised! We swedes are not accustomed with that kind of sweetnes in our food, but this sure was great!
I need to cut the carbs of this recipe. For those of you who have made this, can I get by with less honey? I use only full fat when I bake or cook,
Whenever I see a recipe I’m interested in cooking, I always scan the comments to see the thoughts of someone who actually made the dish. If I can’t find any, I usually move on, because I absolutely HATE it when I go out to get the ingredients for a new recipe and spend the time making it, only to have it be a flop. With this recipe, I decided to take the risk and make it anyway, because the pictures just looked so good. I was NOT disappointed. This dish was easy enough and positively delicious. My very picky boyfriend absolutely loved it and wanted the recipe (I’m not giving it to him because I have always wanted to have a “secret” recipe that he loved, haha). Thank you for this amazing chicken dish. We ate the entire pan! He already has big plans for us to make this again and make sandwiches out of the chicken on big brioche buns. =)
This looks like a great recipe! Do you know what the nutritional facts would be without the cream and using almond milk? 🙂
Can you freeze this meal for later?????
Do you eat this along with pasta or mashed potatoes or use it as a gravy for those? which do you perfer and which way?
thanks, im thinking of making it today!
You should see a Read More option just below the first image. Tap or click on that to open the full page 🙂 I hope that helps Chris!
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