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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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Delicious, easy weeknight dinner! Loved this recipe! 🙂
Hey Brooke,
Happy Wednesday!!🌈 🐇 I am so glad to hear that this recipe turned out well for you! Thanks for sharing your feedback and trying it out! xT
Mine didn’t come out as breaded, dark and sticky as pictured but the taste was still good!
Hey Jess,
Happy Wednesday!!🌈 🐇 I am so glad to hear that this recipe turned out well for you! Thanks for sharing your feedback and trying it out! xT
This was 5 stars! Loved it! Honey and butter in the Buffalo really tone down the spice so I didn’t think it was too spicy. Added some diced tomatoes. So good
Thanks so much Vanessa!! Love to hear that you enjoyed this dish and thanks a lot for making it! xT
I made this for dinner and my partner rated this as his favorite HBH recipe I’ve made (and I make a lot!)! Thank you for sharing this!!!
Hi Tyra,
Fantastic!! Thanks a bunch for giving this recipe a try, I love to hear that it turned out well for you! xx
I appreciate you including the gluten-free flour option. I was going to ask you about that in a comment because this looks sooooo good but you beat me to it! I’ll definitely comment again once I’ve made it. Thank you!
Happy to share! I hope you love the recipe Nicole!!
My family loved this dish! I followed your recipe exactly and we had it on top of brown rice. My husband loves spicy and this was definitely spicy! So yummy and permanently in our rotation. Thank you!
Hey Dee,
Happy Monday!! ☀️⛅️ I appreciate you making this recipe and sharing your comment, so glad to hear it turned out well for you! xT
SO good, SO easy. My boyfriend and I think this is the best chicken recipe we’ve made from this site. It felt like I was eating chicken wings. I 100% recommend.
Hey Grace,
Happy Monday!! ☀️⛅️ I appreciate you making this recipe and sharing your comment, so glad to hear it turned out well for you! xT
I make a lot of your recipes, but this is the only one I’ve ever made 2x in a week. It came together easily, was super flavorful, and made great leftovers! I expect it’ll become a part of our standard dinner rotation.
Hey Becky,
Happy Sunday!! Love to hear that this recipe turned out well for you, thanks so much for making it! xT
So good and comes together easily and quick! I added cauliflower but won’t next time, the broccoli was just so much better. Will make this again!
Thanks so much for sharing Barbara! So glad to hear this recipe turned out well for you and thanks for making it! xx
This was delicious! I did omit the seasoned salt from the sauce because I was worried it would be too salty (and I’m definitely glad I did! Might even swap part unsalted butter next time too.) Still super tasty with rice, and leftovers held up well too!
Hey Melissa,
Fantastic!! So glad to hear that this recipe turned out well for you, thanks so much for making it! Have a great weekend:)
Delish! Pretty simple recipe and sooo tasty! This recipe is a keeper
Hey Emily,
Happy Friday!!☀️🐰 Thanks so much for making this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear that it was delish! xT
SO easy, and so delicious.
Will be making again! Spicy and sweet
Love to hear this Kelly!! Thanks so much for trying this recipe! Happy Friday! xx
I made this for my family for dinner the other night and it was delicious! It was easy and quick to make and my 2 young boys enjoyed it (I just didn’t put the hot sauce on the some of the chicken). I had cauliflower on hand so I added that with the broccoli and it went really well! We served it over rice which complimented it perfectly. I will totally be making this again. Every single recipe I have made from you has turned out amazing!!!
Hey Sarah,
Happy Friday!!☀️🐰 Thanks so much for making this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear that it was delish! xT
This was so delicious and easy to make. I actually made two versions of it – chicken breasts per the recipe as well as salmon for myself since I don’t eat meat. My husband and son said the chicken was so flavorful and tasty and I absolutely loved the salmon version. I served it over rice plus put together a Greek yogurt blue cheese dip that was perfect for this meal. This weekend I am actually going to make it again but with just salmon for all of us and I know they will love that version of it as well.
Hey Annika,
Amazing!! So glad to hear that you enjoyed this dish, thanks so much for making it! xx
The recipe was SO good and easy to make. I didn’t change a thing and served over rice. Delish! By the way, happy birthday HBH! xoxo
Hey Bridget,
Happy Friday!!☀️🐰 Thanks so much for making this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear that it was delish! xT