Thank GOD the weekend is almost here!!! This week has been a jumbled mess! Somehow I fell out of my routine on Monday and haven’t been able to get it together since. (Ever have those kinda weeks?) The laundry is backed up to high heaven, unread email is through the roof and I haven’t even touched my sewing machine. Ugghh!!
Well at least tonight’s dinner was a success!
I served up these super easy and savory honey curry chicken thighs with basmati rice, caramelized baked sweet potato slices, and french-cut green beans. DIVINE!
I used thighs in this recipe but you can use breasts, legs, wings or whatever you have on hand. Just be sure to flatten the breasts out so everything cooks evenly. The curry powder, honey, and grey poupon are a match made in heaven!! The soy sauce adds just the right amount of saltiness to balance out the sweetness of the honey and smokiness from the curry powder.
I think I will try this on a whole chicken in my crock pot next month, just because I love the flavors so much.
There was none of this chicken left over, even my little man demolished two whole thighs! (there goes my panini idea for lunch tomorrow!) Next time I’ll double the recipe. I love how it has tons of bold ingredients but is still kid-friendly. It’s a winner in our household! Hope you enjoy it as well!!
I marinated for 4 hours which was enough for these thin, boneless thighs. If using bone-in chicken or thicker cuts marinate overnight for maximum flavor! Tastes amazing on the grill!!
Resist the urge to poke at and move the chicken around while cooking. Just place them in the pan and leave them be!!
NOTE: BASTE SAFELY: If you want to baste using the marinade, reserve a small amount before adding in the raw meat. Although I do baste with raw chicken marinades at time (making sure that there is plenty of cooking time left) it’s probably best to not advise others to do so just to be on the super extra safe side.
Watch me make these Honey Curry Chicken Thighs from start to finish!
- 5 boneless chicken thighs
- 1/4 cup raw honey
- 1/4 cup melted, butter
- 1/4 cup dijon mustard
- 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Curry Powder
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2/3 cup onions, diced
- Black pepper (optional)
- Parsley (garnish)
- Mix all the ingredients, except chicken thighs in a large bowl.
- Reserve a small amount of the mixture for basting.
- Place chicken thighs in a dish or zip lock bag and add the sauce mixture.
- Cover and marinade in the refrigerator for 4-8 hours.
- Heat buttered grill pan on medium high heat.
- Place the chicken thighs onto the pan.
- Cook for about 6-8 minutes per side, depending on the thickness of the chicken. Adjust the heat to medium if needed.
- When the first side is done, flip the chicken over and cook until done.
- Baste with reserved sauce if desired.
- When done, plate and serve.
- Add parsley for garnish.
I didn’t have Dijon Mustard, I am using regular mustard, will that be okay?
Just made this and it was a hit! I grilled some of the thighs and baked some of them, although both ways taste good, I really liked the baked thighs better. Thanks for the recipe. My husband kept complimenting the food and he NEVER likes to try anything new. Every recipe of yours I’ve tried has been a hit! Thanks for helping me to improve my cooking.
Hello, can this recipe be doubled?
Absolutely delicious! Thanks for all of your awesome recipes!
Can I use my George foreman for this??
I think it would dry it out a little bit? Just my thoughts
Hi,…so fa every recipe I have made my husband has loved! I have a pressure cooker…..do you have any recipes using one?
A family favorite around here. Thanks!
Hands down the best chicken I’ve ever made! OMG Delicious!!!!
This really was great! I did not have time to marinate, so I just baked it in a Dutch oven for a little over an hour. Great flavor!
I just made this for dinner. I left the chicken to marinade for 4hrs. This is the best marinade I ever tried …really tasty ….I loved it!
Can I use turkey wings?
Has anyone had this with skinless breast? Is that a good choice with this recipe?
Yup, when in doubt add more butter to give the sauce a deep taste and to do a sweet and savory way add more honey too. Better quality honey = taste you can tell the difference.
Any tips to making this in the slow cooker with leg quarters?
Love this chicken recipe! The chicken is so tender and flavorful! Very easy but it looks so gourmet like you spent hours and hours cooking it. (At least it does to me and my lazy butt lol)
All I can say is….I’m soo glad I doubled the recipe!!
need to season meat first, if not will be kind of bland. the marinade is good, but their was no seasoning taste on the chicken. IE SALT, PEPPER
i tried to make these on a home indoor grill using bone-in chicken legs/thighs. i was relieved to see that the honey mixed up well without a lot of gluey hassle.
The marinade tasted good, but i’d make one change next time: different cut of meat. The chicken legs took way too long to cook, and after all the trouble, they weren’t very meaty. i’d try this on breast meat or wings next time.
Just put my wings in the fridge and will let them marinate for 5 hours and then I will bake them. I added a little extra curry though since I luv curry.
Tried this tonight and my family loved it. Thank you so much. Will be trying others soon.
I made this last night!!! ABSOLUTELY A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!
I didnt have time to let it marinate so i just slow baked it…delish
I used chicken breasts and only marinated them for 4 hours, I didnt eat them until the next day and it was delicious, a great spin to plain chicken breasts.
Where is the written recipe? I don’t see it (am I missing something?).
If I wanted to make this in my slow cooker could I skip the marinating step and then cook on low 8 hours/ high 4 hours? Also, should I double the marinating liquid for the slow cooker?
Have this recipe in the oven right now. Didn’t have Soy Sauce so I used some Worcheshire Sauce! It smells divine….Can’t wait to eat it!
MONIQUE GIRL!!!!!! Should I say Ma’am!!! These babies right here were excellent. I followed you receipe step by step. It turned out GREAT!!! I baked chcken thighs for about 50 m to a hr without marinating them. Full of flavor!!! My boyfriend loved them.
I used this recipe with shrimp in the oven oh man food porn!
I cooked today for dinner, very tender and nice color.
Baked in oven on tray pan, basted and added little brown sugar. Juicy and GOOD.
Just finished making this. HMM….MMMM…. HMMM lol. It was so freaking good. Unfortunately, we do not have a cast iron skillet or indoor grill so I decided to bake it at 350 for about 20 minutes, then broiled it on High for about 3-4 minutes on each side 🙂
I’m Cookin these with boneless leg meat n drinking my green monster right now. Thanks
just finish marinade to cook for dinner tomorrow hope it turn out great
Hey Monique,what is the name of the curry powder you used?
How long should they still in the oven if they are Baked?
I just made these for dinner today! My young niece even enjoyed them. Not too spicy, not too sweet. Just right. Thanks!
Ive made this dish many times and each time it comes out better and better. Thank you for this receipe.
Just started baking the chicken. The marinade only tastes amazing!! I can smell the chicken baking now..cant wait. Thanks 🙂 🙂
what kind of grill did you use? I used a stove top grill. I had to take the bone out of the middle because the meat did not lay flat. the family loves it still although it took me some time to finish them.
All the ladies have taken all the words out of my mouth. I love you for this site!i look forward to cooking new things from your site? I have my thighs marinating for tomorrow. Tried the hard boiled egg r and it turned out great. We eat eggs a lot around here and never knew that we was over cooking them. Lol I will be trying the meat loaf this week as well. Thank you so much.
I love your tutorials and everything is simple and your right we have most of these ingredients already in our fridge and cabinet!,, I’m not afraid to go into the store and find what I need because I have used it before. I’m not in there looking for things I have never heard of so it does not intimidate me and that is usually why I. Won’t cook from a cook book. Thanks againand thank God for you!,
What temp should I bake these?
:0 My sister doesn’t really mean that. It’s just she is not a fan of curry. But good dish, though. 😀
No offense but, it looks really not appetizing. 🙁
Thats a shame, because it tastes great!
I made this the first time a couple weeks ago and even my daughter who isnt a fan of chicken loved it..needless to say it is a big hit in the family..I’ve been sharing the love..Sharing your video with friends and family thank you so much it is soo yummy
This is so delicious. I have an issue though:( The first two times I made this it came out perfect. The last two times the marinade burns. I’ve been making chicken legs and using a lodge cast iron grill pan. I’ve tried adjusting the heat but the marinade still burned on the outside before the chicken can fully cook inside. Any tips on how I can keep this from happening. My hubby demands it every week now. Help:)
This dish was so delicious!I LOVE YOU COOKING DIVA!!!Your recipes are the BEST!!!!We cook from your website every holiday!!!We decided to make this on a shcool night and it was fast easy and perfect!THANKYOU!!
I am looking forward to making this receipe this weekend. Thanks for this website, I am new to this but so happy I found it! Already thinking up 3-course dinners to suprise my family
One thing missin though my sister, SMOTHERED Chicken, could you please add this to your already divalicious portfolio??
Thank you so much for posting this recipe!!! THis is seriously TO-DIE-FOR!!! I baked it and it tasted so delish!!
I can imagine how it taste on the actual griller!
Thank you again!
-Jaclyn
Preparing the marinade now. Going to use chicken breast. Smells great!!!! Thank You-
If I had to double this recipe, how much of each ingredient should I make? So as not to alter the flavor too much. Its in the fridge now but I think I need more, smells great!
Yummy! I baked them instead of grilling. Before I could even get of the oven and plate the dish, my husband took it upon himself to taste test. His response, “Mmm, very good!” Of course, with that reaction, I had to try it; and he was right! I had a nice amount of marinate juice left over. I’ll use over rice. Thanks! Can’t wait to try something else.
Could you use a Foreman Grill if you don’t have a grill pan?
yep, or you could bake it.
I made this about a week or two ago and the taste was almost there i felt like it taste to much like dijon mustard and not enough spice maybe because i got the cheap curry powder maybe, but i have tried many of the divas recipes and this one has been my least fav and i love curry so disappointed
I made this the other night and it is soooo delicious! Thank you so much for the recipe. I baked it in the oven at 375 F for 40 mins and made 12 pieces of chicken thighs.There was still sauce leftover to put on top of the chicken. I used honey dijon mustard. Chicken was very tastey and juicy!
I’m going to bake them, should I do it covered or uncovered?
I cooked this last night and it was awesome, my husband hates mustard but he loved it, this dish. I am not a fan of dark meat but boneless skinless thighs are pretty tasty. I may just have to start eating dark meat. I will be adding to my recipe box.
i made these the other night and they were a hit! next time i will HAVE to double up… and think next time i will add something spicy to give it a lil kick.. this 2nd recipe i’ve tried from your site and we loved both.
I cooked this tonight. I’m so happy I doubled the recipe so we’d have leftovers. I baked it because I don’t have a grill pan (maybe Santa will bring Mama one this Christmas?). I think it is important to serve with the basmati rice, the aromatics blend well with the sweet curry flavors and give it a perfect taste and extra zip that plain white rice doesn’t add! Thanks!!!
I made this dish tonight but I didn’t have time to let it marinate but it was still great! I served over white rice…yummy!
I love your site and youtube videos. I’ve been making your food and didn’t know it was the same person. You’re instructions are very simple to understand, thank you!
I tried these and mmmmmm mmmmm!!! delicious. Its a favorite now in my house. I used chicken wings and I baked mine and it was soooo good. I Love all your recipes
I made this for dinner last night and ended up baking them. Absolutely delicious!
I can’t wait to try this because it looks so good. I’ll have to let you know how it turns out.
I made these for dinner tonight. They were a a big hit with all.Thanks for giving me something else unique to make.
Monique What sides do you think would taste great with this?
OMG. I marinated some chicken thighs a day ago, and put them outside on the BBQ grill. Can I just say they were outstanding. Thank you so much, this and the apple crisps are both out of this world.
I’m going to try this too! Can’t wait!
Done and done. Made this for dinner tonight. I’m quite the happy camper! Now I’m off to see what I shall try next. The sausage, tomato and creamy pasta dish is calling me closer! Thanks for sharing Monique!
Great recipe. I cooked this tonight and my SUPER finiky 9 year nearly licked his plate clean. Cant wait to try your other recipes. Thanks Diva!
I freaking love your site! It is so awesome, I love how you make things so simple and have videos/pictures to coincide! I can’t wait to try this, your oven fried chicken was deelish!
Just put them in the fridge for tomorrow they smell great!! cant wait
I made this for dinner tonight – SO SO YUMMY! Thanks for the great recipes! You’ve really helped me to improve my cooking skills with easy, quick and delicious recipes. Love it!
Will try this 🙂
Do you think this would work well if I use chicken legs?
yes! I love this on legs and wings!
I have these marinating in the fridge right now. I can already tell that they are going to taste great!
@vachickntx – I think that you could bake them also. If I bake them, I will do it for about an hour at 400 degrees.
Do you think these will taste the same if I baked them instead?
yep it tastes great baked!
I baked it on a plain baking sheet and it turned out DELICIOUS!!! And I only marinated it for about 1 1/2 hours. This is the BOMB!!! :-DDD
How long did you bake the chicken for and at what temp? I really want to make this but I don’t have a grill pan 🙁
We just had this dish for dinner. I baked it as others did. I did not have grey poupon so I used spicy brown mustard. For curry, I used hot madras curry. Surprisingly, it did not turn too spicy at all (I guess the honey neutralized the spice and blended it well) and it tasted so good that even my very picky son loved it! My husband said that it is a winner. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!