Saturday, October 11, 2014

Super easy honey mustard chicken

Hello, everybody! The Fresh Pioneer is back! Maybe everyone knows a honey mustard recipe but I've never known how easy this is. I've done the cheater recipes that have a sweet and sour flavor, but never a honey mustard recipe. I tried this back in August, so the veggies are looking pretty delicious right now!
 1/2 cup dijon mustard
1/2 cup honey
1 tbs lemon juice
salt to taste

(Some add mayo but I wanted a thinner sauce for the chicken, rather than a dip type sauce, so I skipped the mayo.)
                                 
Cook the chicken tenders in the oven, covered with foil, until done through. I added a cup of chicken stock to the pan while cooking because I didn't want them to dry out.
Take the chicken from the oven, baste with the honey mustard sauce.

With the garden fresh veggies, it was a perfect summer meal!

18 comments:

  1. wow this is the shortest post in history! usually yours are full or Pyrex and kids and stuff!
    Ruthy you better skip this one with the honey and your bear problem...
    Susanna

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    1. Susanna, how true! :) I am just amazed that we heard it... we know they're moving into the area (which is kind of weird, coyotes and bears and probably lions and tigers are NEXT!!!! :) And a cousin saw a mountain lion/cougar type cat going through our woods a few years ago. He was in a tree stand and he stayed VERY QUIET as Mr. Big Cat headed west. They say we don't have them here, and they're probably right, but the number of sightings of big cats says they do pass through to get from eastern mountains to the Southern Tier... Or McDonalds for a twenty pack of nuggets. :)

      Oh, wildlife!!!

      Virginia, what sort of wildlife do you have lurking, ready to eat your small children?

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    2. Yes, Susanna, this was my experiment in trying to streamline! Consider this a novella, not a whole novel. It's like those short romances where you have to FOCUS on the romance and not all the side plots... well, this is post is focused on the food! LOL

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    3. Noooooo, not much wildlife! A big dog down the street maybe???

      I know, people hear Oregon and think mountains and such... Probably the way you say new York and people think New York City. But it's a big ol' state over here. Lots of different regions!

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    4. well I miss the pyrex shots! and the kid shots...I don't like novellas!
      Susanna

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    5. Me, either! I don't think I've read a novella in my life. LOL

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  2. I am so in for the easy recipe. Thank you.

    Suzanna, you are right. No talking cooking utensils either. WHAT????

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    1. LOLOL. And I think I wrote this post back in August, too. SO LONG ago!

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  3. Easy and I love honey mustard with chicken!!!! Thank you, Fresh Pioneer! Honestly, this is a perfect meal, right here. #happy!!!

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    1. I thought this would make the low-carb (does the honey change that??) peeps happy!

      But in truth, this isn't what I cooked last night. I made CINNAMON ROLLS WITH MAPLE FROSTING.

      And they were delicious. :)

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  4. Love it! Very simple but tasty. BUT I have a question. Did you marinate in this or only add it after cooking?

    Thanks for sharing!

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  5. I've never had honey mustard anything but I'm wondering what vegetarian recipe I can try this on....maybe marinating tofu in it first before baking? Or grilling? I might have to get adventurous at some point.

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    1. I do love honey mustard but I think it's an acquired taste since most of my family doesn't care for it.
      I definitely think tofu could handle some of this for a marinade. And the grilling would add another level of flavor.

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  6. Sounds quick and tasty... perfect combination! I like honey mustard, but had no idea there was such an easy recipe for it.

    As for wildlife, around here we have bears and raccoons that make it onto our back deck, deer that eat my favourite garden plants, and coyotes that keep me awake some nights with their howling. I've seen one bobcat and hope it's the only wild feline I'll ever encounter here, thank you very much. :)

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  7. Wow! The coyote howling make me think of Laura Ingalls Wilder!

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  8. Thanks for the quick & easy recipe. Love honey mustard. Love to dip chips into it..
    Carol Smith
    penelope223@yahoo.com

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