Take-out Tuesday, Honey Mustard Coconut Chicken
This recipe really is easier and better than take out
Chicken tenders baked in a luscious honey mustard sauce and
sprinkled with shredded coconut
A hit with children and adults!
You can have this prepped and ready for baking in literally 5 minutes
The sauce is simple pure maple syrup,
a quality dijon mustard or gourmet mustard, like Honeycup Mustard
and a dash of rice vinegar,
With coconut flakes for finishing
Place chicken tenders in a baking dish that holds them closely together
Season with salt and pepper
Mix the sauce ingredients together and pour over chicken
Sprinkle with coconut
At this point the dish can be refrigerated for baking later
The thick sauce keeps the chicken moist
and the coconut gets toasty and adds a sweet crunch
Serve chicken with pan sauce spooned over top
Honey Mustard Coconut Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 2/3 lbs chicken tenders
- 1/2 cup honey mustard I like Honeycup mustard
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 T rice vinegar
- 1 cup coconut flakes
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Choose a baking dish that will hold chicken in an even layer, placed closely together. Spray dish with cooking spray. Place chicken tenders in dish. Season with salt and pepper
- Combine mustard, syrup and vinegar and mix well. Pour over chicken in dish. Sprinkle with coconut. Refrigerate for several hours if possible to allow sauce to marinate the chicken. Or you can bake it as soon as it’s assembled.
- Bake dish at 400 degrees for 30-45 minutes, basting with pan sauce after 15 minutes. Check chicken towards the end of baking time and remove from oven when just done.
- Garnish with more coconut when serving if desired, and spoon cooking sauce from dish over chicken.
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Happy rainy Tuesday! I love chicken with coconut and this sounds really good. I hope you can stay in today and avoid getting wet. Spring will come and summer will be hot and dry. We will look back and be thankful for the rain 😄
I know you’re right about wishing for rain in the summer, but right now it is hard to remember! Chili is cooking in the crock pot for supper…
Yum! Could you send me a bowl? I agree it is hard when every day is dark, gloomy, or raining.
You should see how many flowers I have around…trying to beat the winter blues!
Flower therapy always helps. We are leaving on Thursday for Highlands, NC and it is supposed to snow. If it is going to be cold, I would love to see snow.
Your romantic getaway!! Snow would be wonderful! ❄️
Jenna, this recipe sounds delicious. And, I love how easy it is. We eat a lot of chicken and I’m always on the hunt for new chicken dishes. The coconut sounds like a great topping for little sweetness. Stay dry today!
It really is one of the easiest things I’ve ever made and we all loved it. Thanks Emily, and I hope you can stay cozy and dry too!
Chicken tenders might be my favorite method of cooking chicken, no matter what I do with them. This looks crisp and tasty!
Thanks Jeanie, couldn’t be easier 🙂
Yum!! Making these tonight! Thanks, Jenna!
Oh good Rosie, let me know how they turn out!
Jenna, this coconut mustard chicken strips look so incredibly delicious! I must make them. They would be perfect to serve at a tropical table. I think we both enjoy the warm weather of the tropics. The beach is calling us. Enjoy
Ha, you’re so right Marsha, I think my mind is on the coast!
Sounds good Jenna, I think I’d like ’em:@)
So easy!
That sounds delicious! I love how simple it is to make too. Pinned.
thanks, great for a night when you don’t have much energy 🙂
I bet your grands prefer your chicken tenders over the fast food versions. ♥
What a sweet thing to say, they actually both thanked me, which was a treat!
This looks SO good Jenna! I can’t wait to try it 🙂 Congrats! You’re being featured this week at Celebrate Your Story!
Thanks so much Rebecca!