Gluten-free Sweet Chicken is such an easy gluten-free dinner to make, with only 5 ingredients! If you’re looking for a go-to easy gluten-free chicken recipe, this is it! My husband loves leftovers of this for work lunches. We love gluten-free chicken dinner recipes around here, and this gluten-free sweet chicken is definitely on my list of favorite weeknight meals. The chicken stays moist and the honey-sweetened sauce tastes great over the chicken and rice. While it bakes in the oven you have just enough time to get your table set and a side of veggies or salad ready and bake some gluten-free buttermilk biscuits or gluten-free cornbread. I always serve this over rice – usually my baked brown rice recipe, but I used white rice this time. It’s definitely more visually appealing! I also usually serve this with a side of green beans but want to try this baked butternut squash recipe soon. The original recipe for sweet chicken came from a friend and called for adding some sesame seeds and using this sauce over chicken wings as a party food. I decided to use chicken tenders or chicken breasts to make this an easy main dish for a healthy and hearty dinner served over brown rice or Basmati rice. I’ve been making it this way for 15 years now, so this is definitely a tried and true favorite! One thing I love is that you can serve it as whole breasts, tenders, or you can cut the chicken up after baking into bite-sized pieces and spoon additional sauce from the pan over the pieces. So good! Doesn’t that look so good dished up and ready to dig in? For those that like green onions, you can sprinkle some chopped green onions on top when serving. Another idea would be to sprinkle sesame seeds on top if you’d like. This is such an easy dinner to prepare since there are only 5 ingredients! I’ve got some shortcut tips to make it easy to clean-up too! If you need to take a meal to someone that just had a baby – this is a great one! It is mild, not spicy at all, and I haven’t met someone yet that hasn’t liked the flavor! Several times now, I’ve made a pan of this and a pan of my gluten-free cornbread, and threw together a fruit salad to deliver to a new mom. This is also a fabulous meal to make ahead and freeze (after cooking) into lunch-sized portions to take for work/school lunches. I’ve done this many times for my hubby and he appreciates just pulling one lunch container out of the freezer in the morning and then microwaving at work at lunchtime. Looking for more chicken recipes? I make this gluten-free shredded chicken for tacos all the time. For busy weeknights, this gluten-free chicken tortilla soup is a hit. I look forward to trying this gluten-free cream of chicken soup as it looks like it would work well in so many casserole recipes! I also have a whole round-up of easy gluten-free meals that you can check out! Hopefully this will gluten-free chicken will be a big hit with your family too! If you make this chicken dish and enjoy it, please come back and give this recipe a 5 star rating in the recipe card! Feel free to comment with tips or to share any successful substitutions you made. This sweet chicken is an easy gluten-free chicken dinner that's easy to prepare and easy to clean up. I serve over baked brown rice, with a side of green beans and fresh baked gluten-free biscuits or cornbread. Line 9x13 baking pan (I use glass) with aluminum foil for easy clean-up. Lay thawed chicken breasts or chicken tenders in pan. In a 4-cup measuring cup or a medium sized bowl, whisk together all other ingredients. Pour over chicken in pan. Bake at 375° for 45 minutes (breasts) or 25-30 minutes (tenders). Cooking time will vary depending on size of chicken pieces, so make sure you keep checking on it. Serve with rice. While I've never come across a ketchup that contains gluten here in the US, please always double-check. See blog post for more information. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases. Pin this to your gluten-free dinners board: I hope you and your family enjoy this easy gluten-free chicken dinner recipe as much as mine does!Notes on Ingredients for this gluten-free sweet chicken: (With only 5 ingredients, there isn’t much to say!)
Gluten-free Sweet Chicken Recipe:
Gluten-free Sweet Chicken
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Originally posted January 7, 2013 with a really bad photo! 😉 It was one of the first recipes on this blog! Updated May 2019 with better photos. Old photo:
Yield: 9 servings
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes
Total Time
35 minutes
Jennifer
Saturday 12th of December 2020
Thankyou! This was awesome! New to the celiac world, so I am loving this site.
Ashley
Monday 30th of November 2020
What can you replace garlic with? I’m allergic :(
Michelle Palin ~ My Gluten-free Kitchen
Thursday 3rd of December 2020
Can you do onion? You could definitely use some chopped onion - even more of it than garlic.
Ruth
Tuesday 1st of September 2020
It looks wonderful. But, white rice is not gluten free. For those dealing with medical issues and reactions to gluten, it would be imperative to use brown rice.
Michelle Palin ~ My Gluten-free Kitchen
Wednesday 2nd of September 2020
Ruth, I'm not sure where you got that information but it is not true. White rice is gluten-free.
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Ashley Romano
Monday 6th of January 2020
Love this recipe we have it once a week now!!! So yummy