Baked Pretzel Popcorn Chicken with Chipotle Honey Mustard
Tender, juicy chicken bites breaded in crushed pretzels and baked until crispy perfection, and served with easy, homemade chipotle honey mustard dipping sauce! Serve as a game day appetizer or fun dinner that both kids and adults love.
Ingredients
Pretzel crusted chicken
- ¼ cup greek yogurt (or sour cream)
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup dijon mustard
- 2 pounds chicken breasts, cut into 1-2 inch bite size pieces
- 1 ½ cups crushed pretzels
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- Olive oil cooking spray
Chipotle honey mustard
- ¼ cup dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 2 tablespoons honey
- ¼ cup greek yogurt (or sour cream)
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1-2 teaspoons chipotle chili pepper powder (to taste)
- ¼ teaspoon paprika powder
Instructions
Pretzel crusted chicken
- In a large bowl, whisk together the greek yogurt, mayonnaise and dijon mustard. Add the chicken and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the crushed pretzels, flour, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Working with a few pieces of chicken at a time, remove the chicken from the marinade and roll into the pretzel and flour mixture, pressing to adhere. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Generously spray the pretzel crusted chicken with olive oil. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
Chipotle honey mustard
- While the chicken bakes, whisk together all chipotle honey mustard ingredients in a small bowl.
- Serve the chicken with the chipotle honey mustard dipping sauce.
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