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This simple Sheet Pan Honey Buffalo Chicken with Broccoli is about to become your new go-to meal. Easy homemade, crispy chicken, tossed in a spicy-sweet honey 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!
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 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 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!
Looking for other busy weeknight-night recipes? Try these!
One Skillet Saucy Chicken Tortilla Enchilada Rice Bake
Crockpot Crispy Chicken Tinga Tacos with Avocado Jalapeño Crema
Sheet Pan Honey Mustard Salmon with Caesar Roasted Potatoes
One Skillet Cheesy Green Chile Chicken
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
Servings: 6
Calories Per Serving: 441 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
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!
We love buffalo sauce and were really excited to try this recipe. The 1 Tablespoon of paprika ended up overpowering the whole dish. The chicken was tender and the the sauce was good. I will make it again without the heavy dose of paprika.
Hi Kelly,
So sorry to hear that you didn’t enjoy this recipe! Let me know if you give it another try without the paprika:) xT
Made this tonight and it is now another one one of our favorites! So delicious and the broccoli turned out amazing. Just the right amounts of seasoning and oil for roasting. I used chicken thighs and I they held up to the heat and were not dry. Thanks again for another fabulous dinner!
Hey Joy,
Happy Wednesday!! Thanks a bunch for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear that it was a winner!🌞 xx
So easy and tasty! A definite winner. Made this for the first time tonight and will definitely make it a regular in my recipe rotations. Might tweak to add some blue cheese crumbles with the green onions for garnish on the next iteration.
Love to hear this Emily!! Thanks a lot for giving this dish a try and sharing your review, so glad it was enjoyed! xx
So delish, super easy and quick cleanup for a weeknight meal. The honey buffalo sauce was unreal. New favorite for the rotation!
Yay!! Thanks so much Alice!! So glad to hear that this dish was enjoyed, thanks for making it:) xx
Didn’t take a photo but my son said it was the best dinner ever! I agree.
Love to hear this Lisa!! Thanks so much for making the recipe:) xx
Made this tonight. It tasted good although my chicken looked very little like these photos. It didn’t crisp up and was very saucy. I mixed everything on the sheet pan as directed and had a lot of extra flour. I ended up transferring it to a clean piece of parchment before baking so the flour wouldn’t burn. Then, I poured the sauce over the chicken and again, too much sauce. Not sure what I did wrong. I used two pounds of chicken.
Broccoli was also kind of mushy. I seem to have this problem a lot with HBH recipes – photos look amazing but when I try the recipes, they rarely turn out the same.
Maybe your oven isn’t hot enough.
Hi Gina,
Thanks for giving this recipe a try and sharing your feedback, so sorry to hear it was not enjoyed. Was there anything you may have adjusted? You don’t need to use all of the buffalo sauce, totally up to you as to how much you want to use. Let me know how I can help:) xx
I did this with shrimp instead and it was so good!
Great idea to use shrimp Alexandra!! So glad to hear that this recipe was enjoyed:) xT
I’m not a big “buffalo” fan since I like hot sauce as an accessory and not the main event. The added honey lead me to hope it would tame things down, and the recipe definitely delivered! Still has that buffalo taste but not overpowering. It paired perfectly with my salad and sweet potatoe salad lunch sides. Definitely a new weekly work lunch option!
Hi Kristin,
Awesome!! Thanks so much for sharing what worked well for you, so glad to hear you enjoyed this recipe! xx
Hands down one of the best chicken recipes I have ever made!! Turned out exactly like the picture and the flavor is PHENOMENAL. My husband said this should instantly go into our meal rotation. Cannot wait to have the leftovers for lunch tomorrow!!
Hey Catherine,
Happy Wednesday!! Thanks a bunch for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear that it was a winner!🌞 xx
Having those leftovers for lunch right now. Every bit as delicious on day two!!
Omg! This is amaaaazing! My fave recipe yet from half baked harvest! Didn’t want to share the meal with my family bc i wanted it all to myself! Thank you!!!!
Hey Amanda,
Happy Wednesday!! Thanks a bunch for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear that it was a winner!🌞 xx
Loved this one! So much flavor and not a lot of clean up. Excellent!!!
Hi Laura,
Amazing!! Thanks so much for making this dish, I am so glad to hear it turned out well for you! xx
Hi! Excited to find your site and recipes! We are a family that doesn’t do alot of spicy due to GI issues. Is there anything we can sub for hot sauce and cayenne?
Thanks so much Jessica! Honestly, I would probably try a different recipe:) Here’s some other ideas for you:
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/korean-chicken-meatballs/
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/sticky-pomegranate-chicken/
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/sticky-ginger-soy-chicken/
I hope this helps, please let me know if you have any other questions! xx
Delicious. Fast and easy weeknight recipe. The honey came through perfectly. The chicken tasted fried 😋
Hi Rachel,
Happy Wednesday!! Thanks a bunch for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear that it was a winner!🌞 xx
Delicious and easy to make!
Thanks so much Jennifer! Love to hear that this recipe was enjoyed:)
SO flavorful and yummy. We had a guest for dinner and she texted me the next day to say she was still dreaming about it 10/10
Hey Keri,
Happy Wednesday!! Thanks a bunch for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear that it was a winner!🌞 xx