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This simple Sheet Pan Honey Buffalo Chicken with Broccoli is about to become your new go-to dish. Easy homemade, crispy chicken, tossed in a spicy-sweet honey homemade buffalo sauce. Serve with broccoli cooked up right alongside the chicken and your favorite creamy ranch dressing. The easiest sheet pan dinner. Add a side of rice or homemade french fries and you’ve got all you need! This fun restaurant-style dinner is great any night of the week especially as a weeknight dinner!
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Oh my goodness, this meal is my favorite. Seriously, my favorite. There’s something I just love so much about oven-baked chicken served with rice. It’s so comforting to me. And even though it’s a more basic dinner, oven-baked chicken will always make me happy.
But you all? Add some buffalo sauce and a side of blue cheese dressing and I am sold. I think buffalo sauce is one of my all-time favorite sauces, my dad’s especially. But we all love a good buffalo chicken dinner.
Fun fact? I would make buffalo, baked up in the oven, long before I even began HBH. It’s a tried and true family staple that we all love.
When I decided I was making this, I didn’t really realize what I was making. I had just written out the recipe as a sheet pan chicken with broccoli in a spicy sauce.
It wasn’t until I was actually making the sauce that I was basically making my buffalo sauce, just with the addition of honey. So even better, right?
It turned out so, so, so yummy. Now the whole family loves this very simple sheet pan dinner!
The details
You want to start with the chicken. Cubed raw chicken, breasts or chicken thighs, or use a mix of the two as I do. Toss the cubed chicken with a mix of seasonings: smoked paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Add flour, then toss again.
The flour allows the chicken to get crispy in the oven. It’s a small amount, so a very light coating, but just perfect. Not a fully bready chicken, but breaded just enough so that the sauce can really stick nicely to the chicken.
Bake the chicken up with a side of broccoli. It takes maybe 20 minutes to cook.
Now the sauce. Hot sauce, Franks is my favorite. Add some salty melted butter and then a couple of teaspoons of seasoned salt and a pinch of black pepper. Melt this all together on the stove until just combined, Then, turn the heat off and mix in the honey.
The honey makes this buffalo sauce so special. The lightest bit of sweetness. Pour the sauce over the baked, crispy chicken and cook the chicken in the sauce. What happens is that the coating soaks up all the sauce – wow, so delish.
These are so yummy with home-baked french fries and ranch or blue cheese dressing!
Perfect dinner for everyone in the family! This would be a great dish for meal prep to keep in the fridge or freezer.
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Lastly, if you make this Sheet Pan Honey Buffalo Chicken with Broccoli, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Sheet Pan Honey Buffalo Chicken with Broccoli
Ingredients
- 2 pounds chicken breasts or thighs, cut into cubes
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- kosher salt and black pepper
- 1/4 cup flour or all-purpose gluten-free flour
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cups broccoli florets
- 1/2 cup hot sauce
- 6 tablespoons salted butter
- 1-2 teaspoons seasoned salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 cup honey
- blue cheese or ranch dressing, for serving
- sliced green onions, or serving
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 450° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or rub with oil.2. On the sheet pan, toss together the chicken, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Add the flour and toss again. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil, tossing to coat. Arrange the chicken to one side of the baking sheet. Add the broccoli to the other side. Toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Bake 15-20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. 3. Meanwhile, make the sauce. In a saucepan set over medium heat, melt together the hot sauce, butter, seasoned salt, and cayenne. Stir until melted and combined. Remove from the heat and mix in the honey. 4. Remove the broccoli from the sheet pan. Then pour the buffalo sauce over the chicken, toss the chicken up in the sauce. Bake another 5 minutes, until the buffalo sauce is baked onto the chicken. 5. Serve the chicken, broccoli, and buffalo sauce with green onions and blue cheese or ranch dressing. I love this over rice, but it's also great with french fries too!
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I was craving buffalo chicken and thought this recipe looked good and easy to make. It was easy but flavor was more ‘meh’ and it did not get crispy. I probably won’t make again. Sad because I really wanted to like it.
Hey Steph,
Thanks for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback, very sorry to hear you did not love it!
Can I use frozen broccoli florets or do they need to be fresh so it’s not liquidy?
Hey Jane,
I recommend using fresh broccoli for this recipe:) Please let me know if I can help in any other way!
If I’m using pieces of chicken tender, how long and at what temperature should I bake it?
Hi Sima,
I would do the same temp for 20 minutes. I hope you love this recipe, please let me know if you have any other questions!
I made this for the first time and it was a huge hit. Super easy and full of flavor. Served it over rice. This is going in the rotation. Thanks!
Hey Andrea,
Love to hear this! Thanks for making this recipe and taking the time to comment. Enjoy your Sunday!
Sooooo yummy!! Highly recommend. Tried it on rice, loved it.
Hey Kaitlin,
Happy Friday! So glad to hear this recipe turned out well for you, thanks a lot for making it!
Thank you for this recipe! We LOVE it! Your sauces are so, so good! My family is obsessed with this buffalo honey, as well as your jalapeno ranch, the hot honey and the honey garlic sauce. Are there other must-try sauces from your recipes that you would recommend I make next? Thanks so much! 🙂
Hey Megan,
Awesome! Love to hear this recipe turned out well for you, thanks for making it!
Here are some more sauce recipes you might like:
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/essentials/
Have a great week!
Thanks so much! Do you have any recipes for homemade chipotle sauce?
Sure do! https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/taco-stuffed-avocados/
This recipe is the best! We make it all the time and have even tripled the batch as an appie for NYE!
Thanks so much, Mary! Love to hear this recipe is always enjoyed! Thanks for your comment!
I’m not good with moderate spicy. If I halved the hot sauce and cayenne pepper would it be mild?
Hi Annette,
I would just skip the cayenne and use all of the hot sauce, just be sure to get mild:)
I hope you love this recipe!
Does margarine or another non-dairy substitute work?
Hi there,
Sure, I don’t see why not! I hope you love this recipe, please let me know if you give it a try!
Love this recipe! Have made it probably a dozen times!
Hey Jillian,
Happy Monday! I’m thrilled this recipe was a hit, thanks a lot for making it and taking the time to comment!
I have come back to this recipe so many times! The kids love the chicken pre-saucing and eat so much of it, and it completely replaces a need for chicken nuggs.
I have used it in a mom’s freezer meal swap and turned it into a dump sheet pan meal with a sauce packet to warm up, it gets rave reviews!
Yay! Thanks so much, Lindsay! So glad you have been enjoying this recipe, I appreciate you making it!
Go easy on the seasoned salt. I used 2 teaspoons and found it to be too salty
Thanks for your feedback, Jim!
I came back to this post specifically to let you know how much my family and I love this recipe. I make it 1-2x a month and there are never leftovers. So delicious, so easy. Thanks for a great recipe!
Hey Lydia,
Happy Monday! Thrilled to hear this recipe is always a hit, thanks for making it so often and your comment!
absolutely delicious! family fav!
Hey Monica,
Fantastic! I appreciate you making this recipe and your comment, so glad it was a hit!
Happy Friday!
This recipe is one of my favorite weeknight meals, it comes together very quickly and is one of those “I can’t believe I made this gourmet meal after a full day of work”. It is in my regular rotation in our house!
Thanks so much, Andrea! Love to hear this recipe always turns out well for you, I appreciate you making it so often!