This Brown Sugar Baked Chicken recipe will have you saying, "Hasta la vista" to take out, because it is SO QUICK & EASY to prepare and undeniably delivers on flavor. Who doesn’t love a one pan dinner? If you're a busy mom like me, you look at the facts: One pan means cleanup is a snap, which is especially helpful after a long day. More importantly, simplicity of this recipe means less time spent in the kitchen, and equally more time spent with family. If those aren't enough reasons to try this recipe, it's undoubtedly healthy.
Although a touch of sugar is added to this recipe, the sauce is naturally sweetened with honey and just 1 teaspoon of brown sugar. That slight hint of sweetness really amps up the savory flavors of this dish. Give it a try and you'll be kicking your feet up and relaxing after dinner in no time!
Ingredients
- chicken breasts
- baby gold potatoes
- olive oil
- garlic powder
- black pepper
- paprika
- garlic pepper seasoning
- salt
- cherry tomatoes
Sauce
- dairy-free butter
- brown sugar
- honey
- pepper
- salt
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
- First, mix together all of the dry seasonings and then set them aside.
- Next, make the sauce. Melt butter in a saucepan on stovetop over medium heat, then add remaining sauce ingredients.
- Thirdly, let sauce simmer for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400°F.
- Afterwards, pound chicken to achieve a similar thickness for each breast and lay chicken breast and potatoes on sheet pan.
- Before baking, drizzle olive oil over potatoes and chicken, and coat both chicken and potatoes with seasoning mixture.
- After ensuring that the chicken and potatoes are coated thoroughly, pour sauce mixture over chicken.
- Bake for about 34 minutes, or until brown sugar baked chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165°F.
- For more well-done potatoes, remove chicken and continue cooking until desired doneness (generally, about 5-8 minutes)
- Lastly, spoon sauce over chicken/and or potatoes. Enjoy!
Equipment
No special equipment (e.g. air fryer, specific pan, etc.) are required.
Storage
Store the leftovers in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
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📖 Recipe
Brown Sugar Baked Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds chicken breasts
- 1 ½ pounds baby gold potatoes quartered
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 ½ teaspoon paprika
- 2 teaspoon garlic pepper seasoning
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 10-15 cherry tomatoes
Sauce
- 3 tablespoons dairy-free butter
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- ½ cup honey
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- First, mix together all chicken seasonings and set aside.
- Next, make sauce. Melt butter in a saucepan on stovetop over medium heat, then add remaining sauce ingredients.
- Thirdly, let the sauce simmer for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400°.
- Afterwards, pound chicken to achieve a similar thickness for each breast, then place them into a bowl with the potatoes.
- Before baking, drizzle olive oil over potatoes and chicken, and coat both chicken and potatoes with seasoning mixture.
- Pour sauce mixture over the chicken and potatoes.
- Add chicken, potatoes, and tomatoes to the pan.
- Bake for about 34 minutes, or until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165°F.
- For more well-done potatoes, remove chicken and continue cooking until desired doneness (about 5-8 minutes)
- Lastly, spoon sauce over the oven baked chicken and potatoes. Enjoy!
Claudia-Cristina says
I made this brown sugar baked chicken and it came out caramelized, tender, and full of sweet-savory goodness—so easy and tasty!
jaleah says
This brown sugar baked chicken is amazing! such a delicious recipe.
Leslie says
I think I just found my new favorite weeknight dinner recipe. This was fantastic!! A regular dinner rotation from now on!
Ashley says
Such a great combo of flavors. I'll definitely be making this one again!
Krystle Smith says
The chicken turned out super juicy with that sweet-savory glaze, and the potatoes were perfectly tender with a little crisp on the edges. Honestly, it was one of those dinners where you just wanna go back for seconds.
Jean says
I was a little skeptical at first putting sugar on chicken, but it worked girl. very yummy
Claudia says
I made this brown sugar baked chicken and it turned out perfectly caramelised and juicy—so simple and delicious!
Jaleah says
This brown sugar baked chicken is amazing!!
Krystle says
The best sheet pan meal I've tried. Everything cooks up super crispy and I love the pop of sweetness.
Courtney says
Ok, these steps are confusing. In step 7, its pour sauce mixture over chicken and potatoes that were added to pan in step 6. Then…step 8 is add chicken, potatoes and tomatoes to pan…?! They were already there? But even more confusing: step 11 is to spoon sauce over chicken/potatoes…
So are we putting sauce on before or after cooking?
I think you really need to edit your recipe steps.
Nicole Kendrick says
I am sorry, I think you are reading these wrong. Step 6 says to coat the chicken and potatoes with olive oil and seasoning. Then coat them in the sauce you made. Then you add them to the pan with the tomatoes. When you are done cooking, you can spoon more of the sauce that has fallen off the meat into the pan, back over the chicken and potatoes. Sorry for the confusion.
Rebekah says
In the photo, it looks like there are cherry tomatoes in the pan with the potatoes and chicken, but they aren't in the recipe. Am I seeing things?
NKendrick says
Hahah! No they are there! I added them at the end but they are optional!
Anonymous says
This worked exactly as written, thanks!
Sue McCollow says
Thank you for this recipe. I just made it. I followed the recipe, & poured the sauce mixture (step 7) over the chicken before I put it in the oven. I noticed that step 10 says to spoon the sauce over the chicken and/ or potatoes, but I had already poured all of the sauce over the chicken. I think that the next time I make this recipe, I may pour some of the sauce over the chicken about half way through the cooking process, because the sauce burned in the pan. And then I will have sauce left to pour over everything after everything is cooked. Does that sound like it would work?
NKendrick says
Absolutely that would work!!!
Rowena Mitchell says
I really want to try try this recipe but I am afraid the chicken will get over cooked. Chicken breast only takes 15 min to bake normally.
NKendrick says
Hello Rowena, Baking time will certainly depend upon the size of chicken breast you are baking. These breasts I use are quite thick and do require a longer baking time. For this, I always recommend using a thermometer to check the internal temperature of your chicken breasts and remove them once they reach an internal temperature of 165 degrees. I hope that helps.
Kristin says
Absolutely delicious! Made this for the family this week. Super simple, paired it with some broccoli and it was a winner for everyone at the table!!
NKendrick says
Hi Kristin! I'm so glad that you liked this recipe, and I LOVE that you paired it with broccoli. I am such a fan of one pan dinners because they make everything so much less stressful. Thanks again for your feedback!