I not messing with you here. There’s a reason this recipe is called No work Chicken. Cause it is absolutely NO work!
Back when I first met my husband, I had the opportunity to become pals with one of his mother’s best friends, Pat O’Keefe. Beautiful, lovely, charming and far younger than her chronological age, Pat is bubbly and full of life every time I see her.
A few years ago, Pat decided that she was starting her own cooking blog. She told me about all of the recipes she loved to create and share with her family — especially her beloved grandson, Toby — and now wanted others to discover.
Since then I have received an email from Pat almost every week featuring a new recipe — original ideas that are always a little out of the ordinary and with ingredient combinations I wouldn’t normally think of putting together but which make perfect sense when you taste the final product.
I’ve enjoyed many of Pat’s recipes over time, but when I saw “No Work Chicken” as the subject line of last week’s email, I was beyond intrigued. After all, if there’s a recipe for something with little-to-no work involved and it’s very likely going to be delicious, I’m in! I tweaked Pat’s recipe slightly to suit our family, but this is my interpretation and it’s unbelievably good. Not just another chicken recipe, this one immediately earned a distinguished place in our dinner rotation.
All you do is quickly whisk the marinade ingredients together in the morning (or the night before), add the chicken breasts and then bake them when you get home that night. In less than an hour, you’ll have moist, juicy chicken with a sweet and tangy sauce that is heavenly served over brown rice.
Recipe courtesy of Pat O’Keefe
No Work Chicken
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons dijon mustard (mild)
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/4 cup chopped scallions
- 4 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- In a 9 x 13 baking dish, whisk the honey, soy sauce, dijon mustard, curry powder and scallions.
- Place chicken on top of sauce and turn to coat.
- Cover and marinate 30 minutes to overnight, flipping halfway through to coat with sauce.
- Cover with foil and bake chicken 30-40 minutes, depending on size of chicken breasts. Baste chicken with the sauce half way through cooking.
- Serve over rice or pasta.
I think this would work with tenders! Those will cook much faster. I’d check for doneness at 15-20 minutes!
Can i make this with chicken tenders? if so how long in the oven for?
Yes, I would do about 2 tablespoons of chopped onions so it isn’t overpowering!
I’d like to make this recipe, but I don’t have scallions. Can I substitute chopped onion?
My kids and I made this today and we loved it! Of course we didn’t have any curry in the house so based on the list of ingredients that make up curry, we mixed up our own version with what we had in the house (cinn, cumin, ground mustard, cayene, cloves and nutmeg)!
I.m trying this recipe right now. It’s in the oven… I hope it turns out!!!
Just found the site yesterday and am loving it. After reading the comments, I wonder if the “curdling” that JF noted was the white stuff that comes out of chicken when it’s cooked. Also, I’m so disturbed lately at the amount of chicken that has been injected with, from 12-15%, water or broth. It really makes baked chicken dishes soggy as there is too much liquid to evaporate during a normal cooking cycle. Maybe this is what screwed up the glazing?
I made this last night and it was wonderful. But today I’m having leftovers and it’s EVEN BETTER!
Yes! Leave the chicken and the marinade in the baking dish. It turns into a great sauce!
Do you bake the chicken with the marinade?
Soooo good!
Huge hit! I put it over whole wheat pasta and added some chopped up steamed broccoli and my kids gobbled it up:)
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This is my 3rd Weelicious recipe in the last week, after finding it only a few weeks ago. This has already gotten the seal of approval from my fiance and 2yo daughter, will be a firm family favourite from here on out.
From Louise, all the way in New Zealand.
Have this marinating right now and the marinade tastes and smells delish! (I tasted it before I put the chicken in!) I bet my kids will love it!
Made this last night for dinner and it was a huge hit! My husband and my one year old (who doesn’t eat alot of meat) gobbled it up! Love your website SO much!