BBQ Chicken Breast in Oven

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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.

Spooning bbq sauce over chicken breast in 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. 

BBQ chicken breast in oven ingredients

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). 

Helpful Kitchen Tools

Making sticky chicken sauce

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. 

Cover the bottom of baking dish with BBQ sauce.

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. 

Coat chicken breast in flour.

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

Place coated chicken breast in the baking dish.

Place these in your baking dish. 

BBQ chicken breast ready for the oven.

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.

Basting chicken breasts in BBQ sauce.

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

BBQ chicken breast served with yellow rice.

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

BBQ chicken breast served with yellow rice.

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

BBQ Chicken Breast in Oven

The homemade barbecue sauce (with honey and soy) for this BBQ chicken breast in oven recipe makes the most finger-lickin' sticky chicken.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: barbecue, chicken, sauce
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 226kcal

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
  • 1 cup flour

Instructions

  • In a medium bowl or a large measuring cup (I use a 4-cup measuring cup), stir together the ketchup, soy sauce, honey, brown sugar, and garlic powder until well combined.
    1/2 cup honey, 1/2 cup ketchup, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 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. 
  • 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 of 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 them, making sure to coat the chicken.
    1 cup flour, 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • Place in a 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!

Nutrition

Calories: 226kcal
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37 Comments

  1. Mmmm, yummmy! I want to make this tomorrow. I just got a package of unusually large chicken breasts each weighing about a pound. Should I use 1 or 2 of these breasts, with the amount of sauce in this recipe? 1 pound or 2 and I assume cut the large pieces smaller before cooking? Thanks so much.

  2. 5 stars
    The newsletter with this recipe came through right as I was deciding what to make for dinner. It was a hit here. Thanks!

      1. It’s pretty much the same as soy sauce and not as much sodium. A nutritionist friend got me started using it. I’ll give it a try and report back. Thanks much!

  3. Has anyone tried this without the flour? I have Celiac Disease and can’t have flour & some flour subs don’t have the same results.

    1. 5 stars
      I made it without the flour because the person I was taking it to needed glouton free. It turned out fine. I like it with the flour best but this still was yummy !

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