Honey Mustard Chicken is probably one of the most popular chicken dinner recipes.
The combination of honey and dijon mustard works great on chicken, especially with juicy and tender chicken thighs.
In this recipe, I will teach you how to make this chicken in an Instant Pot.
I have been using my Instant Pot a lot, especially on those busy weeknights when I don’t have much time in the kitchen.
I love that this Honey Mustard Chicken recipe is so easy; it calls for 5 key ingredients, with an active time of 10 minutes. I used soy sauce to enhance the flavor and it turned out absolutely delicious!
Serve the chicken with either steamed rice or plain spaghetti; ladle the sauce over the rice or mix it with the spaghetti, it’s very good. Heating up is extremely easy with the Instant Pot saute function.
Try this recipe tonight and I am sure you and your family will love the chicken so much that you are going to keep making this dish. This recipe is a keeper for sure!
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Honey Mustard Chicken Recipe
Honey Mustard Chicken - tender, juicy and fall-off-the-bone chicken in rich honey mustard sauce. The easiest and most delicious chicken dinner ever!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 - 2 lbs chicken thighs, 5 chicken thighs
- salt
- ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 3 tablespoons dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon chopped parley
Directions
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1Season both sides of the chicken thighs with salt and ground black pepper.
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2Mix the honey, dijon mustard, soy sauce and chicken broth together. Stir to combine well.
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3Turn on the Instant Pot and set the mode to Saute. Add the olive oil when it's fully heated so the chicken won't stick to the pot. Pan-sear both sides of the chicken thighs, skin side down first, until the skin is a nice golden brown and the bottom part is nicely browned.
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4Add the garlic into the pot, follow by the honey mustard mixture. Cover the lid and select Manual and set to High pressure for 10 minutes. When it beeps, turn to Quick Release. When the valve drops, remove the lid carefully, add the chopped parsley. Change to saute mode and reduce the sauce for 1 to 2 minutes, if you like a thicker sauce. Serve with plain spaghetti or steamed rice.
Recipe Notes
If you don’t have an Instant Pot, you can make this Honey Mustard Chicken in a slow cooker, or on your stove top. If you use a slow cooker, make sure not to overcook it. Use high heat and cook for 3 hours. For stove top, just pan-fry the chicken and then add in the Sauce. Simmer on low heat and cook until the chicken meat is tender.
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tjk
I have a XL electric pressure cooker. I would like to double this recipe. Would I make adjustments to the time and amount of ingredients for the sauce?
Rasa Malaysia
Time should be the same but you can double sauce and ingredients.
Emily
Delicious! Thanks for the recipe! I used boneless skinless chicken breasts, set them aside after browning while I sautéed onions, shallots and mushrooms I needed to use up, along with the garlic. I might add a splash of white wine next time. And there WILL be a next time!
Rasa Malaysia
Awesome Emily, I am so happy that you tried out this honey mustard chicken recipe on your Instant Pot.
Tracey
If using a slow cooker, should I sautés the thighs in a frying pan first? Thanks!
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, you should, they will taste better!
Emily Johnston
I made with 1.25lbs frozen boneless/skinless thighs, doubled the sauce recipe and did at high pressure for 12 minutes and it worked really well.
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Emily, that’s awesome! I am so happy you tried my honey mustard chicken recipe.
Rooters
Looks like a delicious recipe. Can I cook in my duo plus with 10 boneless thighs all at once, including sauce?
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Rooters, I am not familiar with the duo plus but you can double my honey mustard chicken recipe.
Deborah
I made this recipe last night with boneless, skinless chicken thighs and it was delicious! My husband also thought it was great. This will be one of my regularly used recipes. I sautéed 8 thighs in 2 batches in my instant pot, 2 minutes each side. Then I poured 1 1/2 recipes of the sauce on the thighs in the pot (I had prepared previously), and high pressure cooked 3 minutes. I took out the thighs and reduced the sauce and added 1/4 cup cream. The cream elevates a notch, but I will not use for “regular dinners”.
Rasa Malaysia
Deborah, thanks for trying this Honey Mustard Chicken recipe!
Diane
Are these boneless or bone-in chicken thighs?
Rasa Malaysia
Bone-in chicken thighs.
Cynthia
I wonder about the nutritional information. This recipe says there is 5.4 g protein per serving. One of your similar recipes I believe it’s the garlic honey chicken has same amount of chicken and it lists 50g Per serving.
Rasa Malaysia
Cynthia, the label is generated by the website I used.
Elke Murphy
Made this for workers at our marina, it was a huge hit.
Rasa Malaysia
That’s awesome, thanks Elke for trying my honey mustard chicken.
Anna Risco
Hello! Was just wondering, can I sub chicken breasts instead of thighs? wanted to make this tonight but im broke and unfortunately only have breasts. and if so, will that affect the amount of ingredients or cooking time?
Rasa Malaysia
Sure, you can use chicken breasts and increase to 12 minutes.
Karen
It made these on top the stove a couple weeks ago and they were delicious!! have 3 large chicken breasts that are frozen but I want to make in my new insta pot ultra. Don’t have time to thaw them. Is there anyway I could adjust the recipe to make it work?
Rasa Malaysia
If you don’t thaw them they won’t be as nice, but I guess you can cook for 12 minutes or 15 minutes with double the sauce.
Ashley
Can I use frozen chicken breasts instead? If so how long of cooking time?
Rasa Malaysia
It’s best you thaw them. I have never used frozen breast in my IP. If you do, I guess you will have to double the sauce and cook longer in the IP, perhaps 12-15 minutes on high pressure.
Liz Nichols
Sadly mine looked nothimg like the photo. Sauce was watery..
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Liz, turn on Saute mode to reduce the sauce to your desired consistency.
Christine
I have an IP Mini. How do I adjust the amount of cook time? Do my chicken thighs have to all be on one layer at the bottom of the pot? Is the mixture enough liquid for pressure cooking??
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Christine, I am not sure about mini, I have a 6 quart. You can double the sauce just to be sure, and you can just serve with spaghetti with the extra sauce! :)
Christine
It didn’t go very well. I used 3 bone-in thighs and followed the directions. I don’t think I pan seared long enough (I’m a pretty inexperienced cook and new to all this), but the real problem seemed to be that they were just swimming in sauce. I pressure cooked them for 9 minutes and the sauce was watery at the end…so I added 3 min of saute so it would thicken, but it didn’t. It’s not BAD, but it doesn’t look like yours. Any ideas where I went wrong?
Christine
(I did use your original sauce proportions because it did wind up being 1 cup of liquid, which is what I know the IP needs.)
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Christine, I think it’s because my recipe calls for only 1/2 cup liquid and you had 1 cup. 1 cup is too much. Saute would reduce the sauce.
Jodi
Could you use boneless chicken breast?
Rasa Malaysia
Yes.
Courtney
If you don’t know this, I understand…but if I did boneless skinless chicken breast instead, would I still cook for the same amount of time?
Rasa Malaysia
Maybe cut down to 8 mins?
Ashley
And if they are frozen?
Ellen Scott
Look so amazing! I wonder 10 minute is enough to make chicken soft and infused spices, isn’t? I always have to marinated it with spices for a long time before i cook it, it will be delecious but need a lot of time. Thank for your sharing!
Barbara Aliquo Hickfrd
I made this for my 14 year old fussy eater granddaughter and her 2 friends. They absolutely loved it! My granddaughter made me promise I would give the recipe to her mother. This recipe is so easy. I made it on the stove top. Definitely a winner.
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Barbara, thanks so much for trying my honey mustard chicken, yes stove top works just fine!
Melissa
Should I double the time in the Instant pot if I double the recipe?
Rasa Malaysia
I think you can increase the time to 15 minutes instead of 10. Good luck and let me know how you like my honey mustard chicken.
Shane
This looks so good.I might have to cut back on the honey so I can have it on my Keto diet.
Rasa Malaysia
Sure, I am sure it works.
Dennis Burt
Thanks for including the instructions for us low tech kitchen warriors!
Deborah Ireland
How do you make this if you don’t have an instant pot?
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Deborah, please check the Recipe section, in the Cook’s Note for slow cooker and stove top cooking. You can use regular skillet.