The sweet homemade barbecue sauce for this BBQ chicken breast in oven recipe is AH-mazing y’all. Made with the finger-lickin’ combination of honey, brown sugar, ketchup, soy sauce, and garlic powder, it makes the most sensational sticky chicken dish.

Now, I’ve shared a sticky chicken recipe before on Southern Plate. However, the original recipe requires bone-in, skin-on chicken breast. The skin was key for all that wonderful sticky sauce to have something to stick to.

I’ve since modified the recipe with a little trick (which will be revealed below) that makes it work with boneless skinless chicken breasts because we all know they are everyone’s favorite. They are easier (and often cheaper) to find these days. I personally always have boneless, skinless chicken breast in my freezer.

This bbq chicken breast in oven recipe includes a sweet homemade bbq sauce that’s going to blow you away! It includes an enticing combination of honey, brown sugar, soy sauce, garlic powder, and ketchup. The oven-baked chicken breast comes out nice and moist and irresistibly saucy.

We like to serve our baked chicken breast (which we call sticky chicken) with yellow rice and spoon extra sauce on top for the rice to soak in. I can’t wait for you to taste this sauce! It’s like no other.

Recipe Ingredients

Boneless skinless chicken breasts
Honey
Brown sugar
Ketchup
Soy sauce
Garlic powder
All-purpose flour (self-rising flour will do just fine if that is what you have).

To make the best barbecue sauce ever, simply place all of the ingredients in a 2-cup measuring cup and stir well. Place this in the microwave or a small saucepot.

If using the microwave: Heat for one minute and stir. Repeat in 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until smooth and well blended.

If using a saucepot: Heat over medium heat, stirring often, until it becomes hot enough to blend together well with no lumps.

Pour just a bit of this wonderful sauce in the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish. Spread to coat the bottom of the dish.

Place flour in a shallow bowl and just press each side of each chicken breast into that so that it is lightly coated.

Place these in your baking dish.

Spoon the remaining barbecue sauce over the top of the chicken breasts.

Place uncovered in a 350-degree oven.

After 30 minutes, remove from the oven and carefully flip chicken pieces over. Spoon sauce from the baking dish over them again and return to the oven for another 15-30 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked.

Baste it once more during this time.

Remove from oven and baste again (without returning to the oven). Allow to sit for five minutes and baste once more before serving.

Excellent served with yellow rice or mashed potato so you can spoon some of that delicious bbq sauce over them!

I hope your family and friends love this baked BBQ chicken breast recipe as much as mine does.

Storage

Store leftover barbecue chicken in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Reheat in the microwave, oven, or air fryer until warm. You can also freeze them for up to 4 weeks. Thaw in the fridge before reheating as mentioned.

Recipe Notes

You can use boneless chicken thighs instead of chicken breasts in this bbq chicken recipe if you prefer.

Recipe FAQs

What do you serve with BBQ chicken breast?

The world is your oyster when it comes to sides to accompany this main dish. I’ve mentioned yellow rice and mashed potato but you might prefer cauliflower rice or cheesy garlic mashed potatoes. Another option is mac and cheese, like our favorite oven-baked version or cauliflower mac and cheese. What about roasted vegetables or a potato salad? The options are truly endless!

Check out these other great chicken breast recipes:

10 Crockpot Recipes with Chicken Breast

Broccoli Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast

Easy Chicken and Dumplings With Biscuits

Marry Me Chicken

Easy Ranch Fried Chicken Tenders