The Barbecue Sauce for this baked Sticky Chicken recipe is AH-Mazing y’all. This barbecue sauce is a deliciously different homemade honey soy sauce barbecue sticky sauce.
We like to serve it over baked chicken (and call it sticky) with yellow rice and spoon extra sauce on top for the rice to soak in. You’ve got to taste this sauce! It’s like no other.
Today I’m sharing a new version of the best Barbecue Sauce for boneless Chicken Breast with you!
The original recipe requires bone-in, skin-on chicken. 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 that makes it work with boneless skinless chicken breasts because: A. They are everyone’s favorite. They are easier (and often cheaper) to find these days. I always have boneless, skinless chicken in my freezer.
Ingredients you’ll need are:
- Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- Honey
- Brown Sugar
- Ketchup
- Soy Sauce
- Garlic Powder
- All Purpose Flour*
*Self rising will do just fine if that is what you have.
- To make the Best Barbecue sauce for chicken, simply place all of the ingredients in a 2 cup measuring cup and stir well.
- Place this in the microwave or a small sauce pot. If using the microwave: Heat for one minute and stir. Repeat in thirty second intervals, stirring after each, until smooth and well blended.
- If using a sauce pot: 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 remaining barbecue sauce for chicken over the top.
- Place in 350 degree oven, uncovered.
- After 30 minutes, remove from oven and carefully flip chicken pieces over. Spoon sauce from baking dish over them again and return to 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 oven). Allow to sit for five minutes and baste once more before serving.
Excellent served with yellow rice or mashed potatoes so you can spoon some of that delicious sauce over them!
I hope your family and friends love this barbecue sauce for chicken as much as mine does.
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- In medium bowl or large measuring cup (I use a 4 cup measuring cup) stir together ketchup, soy sauce, honey, brown sugar, and garlic powder until well combined. If using the microwave: Heat for one minute and stir. Repeat in thirty second intervals, stirring after each, until smooth and well blended. If using a sauce pot: Heat over medium heat, stirring often, until it becomes hot enough to blend together well, with no lumps.
- Place enough sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish to be able to spread it around and cover the bottom.
- Place 1 cup flour in a shallow bowl. Dip each chicken breast into flour on both sides and place in the baking dish top side down. Spoon remaining sauce over, making sure to coat the chicken.
- Place in 350 degree oven, uncovered. After 30 minutes, remove from oven and carefully flip chicken pieces over. Spoon sauce from baking dish over them again and return to oven for another 15-30 minutes, or until chicken is fully cooked, basting once more while cooking.
- Remove from oven and baste again. Allow to sit for five minutes and baste once more before serving. Excellent served with yellow rice or mashed potatoes so you can spoon some of that delicious sauce over them!
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Made this the other night, thought my husband was going to founder, we loved it so much, will become a family meal for us, and so easy to make.
Have you tried this with boneless skinless chicken thighs?
I haven’t but it should work perfectly fine 🙂
Christy, is there ever a replacement for Ketchup in any recipe? My doctor has taken me off Nightshade plants and it’s killing me! No tomatoes, no peppers (bell, paprika, cayenne and PIMENTO!) No squash, okra, eggplant, or SOY sauce because in the USA, soy is cut with petunia which is a nightshade plant. Though, I have to say I am feeling much better since cutting these out of my diet, rats! (Spaghetti !!!) I hope you can give me some direction here. We so love your recipes even though I have to *edit* them. Thank you and God Bless!
Oh my goodness! I’m glad you were able to figure out the source of the issue and that it is so much better now! I’ve not heard of a replacement but I will sure ask around and let you know if I come up with anything. Thank you for sticking with me!
I made this boneless breast sticky chicken last night. Everyone just love it. My daughter who can be funny about chicken ate the most. Thank you for your wonderful recipes. When they ask where the recipe came from I just have to say Christy and they know who I am talking about. I use a lot of your recipes. Thank you for all of your hard work.
Tried this last night. Delicious! I’m diabetic so I shouldn’t have had any. The men loved it. Next time I’m going to add sweet bell peppers and onions to the sauce. Served with white rice. Thanks!
This menu looked so delish I decided to make it for dinner last night. Everything was done except for the chicken in the oven when do to a freak occurrence our oven decided to go into ERR mode. I decided to finish it in the pressure cooker. I am sure it would have been better finishing it the way the recipe intended but it was absolutely divine. Thanks for sharing this menu. The only thing I did different was to add a skillet of yellow squash!!
I made this over the weekend and it was by far one of the best chicken dishes I have ever had. So easy, the chicken was moist and the sauce was over the top! I will be making this for our Fourth of July meal. We had potato salad and corn on the cob with it on Sunday. I treated it like BBQ chicken! So yummy!
I enjoy your emails so much. Thanks for sharing all of these great recipes! They are a joy to read (lots of funny mixed in!), as is your entire post each time!
This is amazing !! Made it tonight for dinner