Honey mustard chicken is a creamy zingy, sweet and salty dish that will satisfy the whole family. The recipe is based on the popular "Chicken Tonight" sauce in a jar, but this dish is so much better!
I'm always on the lookout for quick, weeknight recipes that my family will love! When my Thermomix team leader and good friend Gemma said she wanted an easy Honey Mustard Chicken that the kids would enjoy I was happy to give it a go.
I was familiar with the Chicken Tonight "sauce in a jar" but wanted to "reimagine" the recipe as a healthier version of itself.
Why I like this Honey Mustard Chicken recipe
- It's an all in one meal - The Varoma is used for layered cooking
- Quick weeknight meal in 20 minutes
- The recipe includes 2 serves of vegetables
- Kid-friendly mild flavours
- Freezer ready recipe
Layered Cooking in the Varoma
Whenever you use layered cooking in the Varoma it's important to allow good steam circulation. There are a number of ways to do this;
- When arranging ingredients in the Varoma ensure that some steam holes are visible.
- Stir once or twice during cooking
- Keep the Varoma lid on during cooking (no peaking)
- Use a trivet to lift large slabs of meat or bulky ingredients up off the holes
- Ensure the sauce in the TM bowl reaches boiling point and maintains a rolling boil which the Varoma ingredients cook.
What is a Thermomix Varoma trivet?
When talking about a trivet for the Varoma, I'm referring to a wire rack that fits inside the deep Varoma dish as pictured above. The rack lifts the ingredients off the steam holes allowing for even circulation of steam. The mix shop sells a heavy-duty, stainless steel trivet that is designed to fit perfectly into the deep Varoma dish. If you use the link above, simply remove the TM6 from the cart and type "trivet" in the search bar.
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Honey Mustard Chicken Thermomix
Equipment
- Varoma
Ingredients
- 120 g baby spinach
- 400 g cauliflower divided into florets
- 20 g mayonnaise
- 1 TBS plain flour
- 10 g garlic
- 300 g pour cream
- 55 g honey 35
- 35 g Seeded Mustard
- 35 g Dijon Mustard
- 1 TBS Massel Chicken stock powder (or Thermomix Vegetable stock paste)
- 1 teaspoon mustard powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 700 g chicken thigh fillets Large dice (5 cubes per thigh fillet)
Instructions
- Place the baby spinach in a Thermoserver and reserve.
- Add the cauliflower to TM Bowl. Blitz 4 sec/Speed 5
- Place the cauliflower rice in the deep Varoma dish. Ensure steam holes are present and reserve with lid on.
- Combine the flour and mayonnaise in a cup to form paste and reserve for later.
- Place the garlic in TM bowl. Blitz 3 sec/Speed 9.
- Scrape down the bowl.
- Add cream, honey, chicken, and all remaining ingredients except the flour paste.
- Place the lid on the TM Bowls and remove the MC. Add the Varoma to the lid. Cook 15min/120 degrees/Speed 1 (REV BLADE)
- Remove the Varoma and stir the cauliflower rice.
- Add the flour paste to the TM bowl. Add the Varoma to the lid. Cook 4 min/100 degrees/ Speed 1 (REV BLADE)
- Pour the honey mustard chicken over the spinach and gently stir to combine.
- Serve the honey mustard chicken with cauliflower rice.
Notes
- Chunky cauliflower rice is better in this recipe as it will leave better steam for cooking in the limited cook time.
- The cauliflower rice should be just heated and not cooked as the crunch is nice with this recipe.
Nutrition
I hope you enjoy this recipe! Have a wonderful day and please don’t forget to come back and let me know how you went making my recipe.
Happy Cooking
j
Sue Frahn says
Julie this is a regular in our house, absolutely delicious
Julie Carlyle says
Hi Sue
Thank you for coming back and leaving this comment. I am so pleased to know the family are enjoying the recipe.
Julie xx
Julie says
absolutely delicious.
I added a julienned onion and zucchini to the bowl when I added the chicken.
added the spinach for the final 5 minutes.
didn't make cauliflower rice.
Teegz says
This recipe is absolutely gorgeous and so simple for a busy family.
Your recipes are so flavoursome and family friendly.
Julie Carlyle says
Hi Teegz
I am so pleased you enjoyed the recipe. Than you so much for leaving your kind comment.
Happy cooking
Julie xx
Julie Harris says
Always a winner xx
Brett Carlyle says
Hi Julie
Thank you so much for coming back and leaving g your lovely comment.
Happy cooking.
Julie xx
Julie says
yummy 😋 xx
Julie says
Yummo xx
Lena B says
Thanks so much for sharing. My whole family loved your recipe! I substituted the cauliflower rice to the brown rice, and ended up mixing in the spinach inside the thermomix bowl. Everyone raved how delicious the meal was
Julie Carlyle says
Hi Lena
I am so pleased the family enjoyed the recipe. Thank you so much for coming back and letting me know 🙂
Julie xx
Rebecca Melinchar says
I made this with cauliflower rice and it was sensational. This is by far the best honey mustard chicken recipe I have tried
Julie Carlyle says
Hi Rebecca
I’m so pleased you enjoyed both of these recipes.
Thank you for coming back and leaving a message.
J xx
Kelli T says
Absolutely delicious & so easy, almost a one pot wonder. I enjoyed mine with steamed rice. Definitely recommend. I created the recipe in Cookidoo also.
Donna says
2 adults and 5 kids in our house.
Seriously everyone LOVED this creation.
What a winner.
Thank you so much
Linda says
Is this recipe okay to cook in my TM5 please ?
Julie Carlyle says
Yep, all recipes are tested for the TM5.
Happy Cooking
J
Julie says
Very very nice. Simple weeknight fare but very yummy. Thanks Julie, you're fabulous xx
Alison says
This is an amazing recipe! So easy and brilliantly tasty. As I don’t like too much honey in recipes (I find it can overpower the flavour), I used 35g instead of the 55g and it was perfect! Thank you so much for sharing this.
Julie Carlyle says
Thank you so much Alison! I’m so pleased you enjoyed the recipe and I really appreciate you come back to leave a comment 🥰
Happy Cooking
J
Donna says
The whole family loved this recipe, will definitely cook again. Thank you for sharing.
Donna says
This was amazing! Thank you for sharing this recipe, the family loved it. Definitely will go on my dinner rotations.
Liz Clare says
Can I make this in the TM31
Julie Carlyle says
Hi Liz,
Absolutely you can make this in the TM31.
Happy Cooking
J
Fiona says
Absolutely delicious and a definite make again. Thanks Julie.
Julie Carlyle says
Hi Fiona
I'm so pleased you enjoyed the recipe.
Thanks for coming back and letting me know 🙂
Julie