Today’s recipe is for beer lovers… Honey Mustard Pale Ale Chicken

Honey Mustard Pale Ale Chicken on a plate with beer cookbook displayed

This recipe comes from The Craft Beer Cookbook by Jackie Dodd.  This is a book full of delicious recipes featuring craft beer. This recipe is a simple chicken cooked in a mustard-beer sauce.  When I told my husband what I was making for dinner, he was REALLY excited.  He loves beer!

chicken frying in pan

Jackie’s recipe utilizes chicken thighs.  Normally I love to use chicken thighs in a recipe, but I don’t buy them unless I can get them somewhere where they are good quality and not so laden with fatty pieces.  I wasn’t able to use thighs in this recipe, so I opted for chicken breasts instead.  I cut them horizontally into thin pieces so they’d all be about the same size.   The chicken is seared in a small amount of butter…

chicken frying in pan

… on both sides.

Pouring sauce onto chicken in pan

The mustard beer sauce is whisked together and then poured on top of the chicken.  Then you just put the chicken, pan and all into the oven to finish it off.

Honey Mustard Pale Ale Chicken on a plate with rice and veggie

Serve it over rice with a little sauce drizzled over, add a vegetable, and serve with a beer if you’d like!  Just for the record, I’m not really a “beer person.”  I’m more of a wine person, and I will drink an occasional light beer on a very hot and sweltering day.

I do really enjoy this dish though- the beer and the mustard combine to make a nice flavored sauce.  And my beer-loving husband, of course, thinks it was the best thing ever. 🙂

Recipes Using Beer:

Honey Mustard Pale Ale Chicken
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Honey Mustard Pale Ale Chicken

This makes a delicious, savory winter dinner!
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes
Total: 50 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
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Ingredients

Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  • Add the mustard, honey, beer, cornstarch, ¼ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper, garlic and lemon juice to a bowl. Whisk together until smooth.
  • Melt the butter in an oven safe skillet over medium high heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper on all sides. Sear chicken on both sides until browned.
  • Pour mustard sauce over the chicken and bake until the chicken is cooked through, about 22 to 25 minutes.
  • Plate chicken over rice, if desired. Spoon desired amount of sauce over chicken.

Notes

  • Choosing the right beer: Look for a medium hopped, citrusy American pale ale to find the right balance with the strong mustard notes in this recipe.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 268kcal, Carbohydrates: 24g, Protein: 23g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 115mg, Sodium: 768mg, Potassium: 342mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 18g, Vitamin A: 131IU, Vitamin C: 3mg, Calcium: 30mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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24 Comments

  1. Lucy says:

    Thanks for turning me on to the beer blog–my son will love it! Putting it on his Christmas list right now. And putting this chicken on my must-try list.

  2. tammy says:

    We used pecan nut ale, this is a great recipe. My 8 year old absolutely LOVED it!

  3. Joel A. says:

    I would love to try this recipe. The sauce looks really delicious with this chicken.

  4. Jennie @themessybakerblog says:

    Lori, that sauce sounds divine. I love that you paired the chicken with rice so it can be used as a vehicle for that delicious sauce. Yum! Pinned.

  5. Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. says:

    The sauce looks and sounds amazing!

  6. Tieghan says:

    Huge congrats to Jackie!! I love love her and am so excited about her new book! This meal looks delicious. So my thing!

  7. Paula – bell’alimento says:

    This chicken dish sounds amazing! I look forward to checking out Jackie’s new cookbook!

  8. Charmaine (The Party DIY) says:

    I’m always looking for new and unique chicken dishes to make around my kitchen and this one looks amazing! Pinning images as I type away.

  9. cheri says:

    My husband would love this for sure. Thanks for sharing. Looks great!

  10. Alice Walters says:

    Could I add wine and not beer?

    1. Lori Lange says:

      I haven’t tried this recipe with wine.