Sheet Pan Honey Mustard Chicken and Vegetables

Name: Sheet Pan Honey Mustard Chicken and Vegetables
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 2 large chicken breasts with skin on and bone in (about 2 pounds total); 1 teaspoon kosher salt (plus 2 pinches, divided); freshly cracked black pepper; ½ teaspoon olive oil (for the chicken); 20 Brussels sprouts (halved); ½ small butternut squash (peeled, seeded, cut in 3/4 inch cubes); 1 large apple (peeled, cored, cut in 3/4 inch cubes); 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard; 3 tablespoons honey; 1 teaspoon dried tarragon; 1 tablespoon olive oil (for the honey mustard sauce)

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This Sheet Pan Honey Mustard Chicken and Vegetables recipe is a great one pan meal. Juicy chicken, tender veggies, and fresh apple are roasted and topped with a honey mustard and tarragon glaze. Easy dinner to make and full of fall flavors!

Sliced chicken and veggies on plate next to serving platter, silverware, and napkin.

This post was updated to include new photos and more recipe tips.

This sheet pan chicken recipe is great for when you want a tasty meal that’s quick and easy to prepare. Like Za’tar Roasted Chicken, it’s easy enough for busy weeknights, but delicious enough for a shabbat dinner. Sheet pan recipes are a great way to get a delicious meal on the table in less time. You can find more chicken dinner recipes here.

I love that this is a seasonal fall recipe highlighting autumn produce. It's a versatile recipe that can equally be served for a weeknight dinner or fall holiday like Rosh Hashanah, Erev Yom Kippur, and Sukkot.

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Why You'll Love This Recipe
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Top Tips
Make Ahead Strategy
Storage and Reheating
Frequently Asked Questions
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Why You'll Love This Recipe

One pan meal means easy clean up!
Highlights fall produce
Flexible recipe to make with vegetables you have on hand
Ready in under an hour, so great for busy nights

Dana’s note: With its apples, honey, and fall produce, this easy sheet pan dinner matches the theme of the High Holidays including Rosh Hashanah, erev Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. I find this one pan meal especially handy for carrying dinner outside to the sukkah during Sukkot. All-in-one dishes are the best when you’re carrying the food outside.

Plus, my kids get excited when this dish hits the table, and I hope you will too.

Ingredient Notes and Substitutions

Small dishes with ingredients for honey mustard chicken including tarragon, apple, squash, and Brussels sprouts.

See the recipe card below for a complete ingredient list and measurements.

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Bone in chicken breasts - Using bone-in chicken breasts with skin helps to keep the chicken moist in the oven. You can substitute for boneless chicken breasts, and decrease the baking time. Bone in chicken thighs will also work for this recipe.
Fall produce - This recipe calls for brussels sprouts, butternut squash, and apples. Other fall vegetables would work like sweet potatoes, broccoli florets, cauliflower, fennel, carrots, parsnips, or red onions. It's a great way to use vegetables that you already have. Or swap out different vegetables for different seasons.
Honey - Adds a lovely sweetness to this dish. Local farmers markets often carry different flavors of honey. I like using more savory and less sweet honey varieties in this dish, like avocado, buckwheat, or chestnut honey. Clover honey is a good choice if shopping at the supermarket. Other varieties will work too. Try sampling honey varieties at a farmers market to see that they each have a different flavor.
Tarragon - This recipe calls for 1 teaspoon dried tarragon, but you can substitute with 2 teaspoons fresh tarragon. The dried to fresh herb ratio is often 1:3, but I find fresh tarragon to be stronger in flavor. Thyme or rosemary also would work well with these fall flavors.
Other ingredients - dijon mustard, olive oil, kosher salt, pepper.

Step by Step Photos

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Put chicken breasts skin side up on a large baking sheet. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper, and drizzle olive oil over the breasts. Roast the chicken for 15 minutes at 350°F.

Chopped butternut squash, sliced Brussels sprouts, and peeled apple on cutting board. — Prepped fall produce.

Chicken breasts on a sheet pan with salt, pepper, and olive oil. — Season chicken breasts ready for the oven.

Meanwhile, make the honey mustard sauce in a small bowl and set aside.

Honey mustard sauce ingredients in glass jar. — Mix together the honey mustard sauce.

Remove the pan from the oven and add Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, and apple in a single layer around the chicken and season with salt. Pour the honey mustard mixture primarily over the chicken and a little over the vegetables.

Continue roasting the chicken with the vegetables for another 15 minutes more. Stir the vegetables and baste them with the sauce, then cook for another 10 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender and chicken reaches 160°F. The chicken will continue to rise in temperature as it rests.

Honey mustard sauce is drizzled over the chicken and veggies in the pan. — Add vegetables and honey mustard sauce halfway through roasting.

Cooked honey mustard chicken and veggies in the sheet pan. — Bake until chicken is cooked and veggies tender.

If you'd like the chicken and vegetables more brown, place them under the broiler for about 2 minutes. Watch carefully so they don't burn.

Serve this chicken and veggie dinner warm. You can use this as a complete meal, or add additional sides like a Fall Harvest Salad and Crispy Smashed Potatoes.

Top Tips

Use bone-in chicken breasts with skin for more juicy and flavorful chicken.
An instant-read food thermometer is the best way to tell when chicken is finished without overcooking.
Cut vegetables to the size specified so that they will finish cooking at about the same time as the chicken.
Line the sheet pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper for easy clean up. Toss everything with a little olive oil so nothing sticks.

Make Ahead Strategy

The prep work can be done the day before or earlier in the day and then stored in the refrigerator. Store seasoned chicken, cut vegetables, and honey mustard sauce in separate containers. Cut the apple at the last minute and roast dish just before serving.

Honey mustard chicken on a plate with veggies next to a decorative napkin and silverware.

Storage and Reheating

How to store: Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

How to freeze: I don’t recommend freezing this recipe.

How to reheat: Reheat the chicken gently so it doesn't dry out. Put the vegetables on top of the chicken while heating to help keep the chicken moist. Reheat in the microwave or covered in the oven at 325°F.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you bake raw chicken and vegetables together?

Yes! You can bake chicken and vegetables together in the oven. This recipe cooks the chicken for a few minutes first, then adds in the vegetables later so everything finishes cooking at the same time. The result is a flavorful meal with juicy chicken and tender vegetables.

How long to bake bone in chicken breasts at 350°F?

Two bone-in chicken breasts with skin should finish roasting in about 40 minutes at 350°F. For best results, use an instant-read thermometer to know exactly when the chicken reaches 160°F (which is a chef recommended temperature). Once out of the oven, the chicken continues to cook a bit more. 165°F is the USDA recommended temperature for cooked chicken.