Bacon-Wrapped Honey Mustard Tenders- chicken tenders are marinated in honey mustard, wrapped in bacon, and then baked until crispy. So much flavor!
How To Serve
These chicken tenders are salty, sweet, and a little spicy. They make a great gameday snack or kid-friendly dinner. Serve with extra honey mustard for dipping.
What You’ll Need
- Yellow Mustard
- Honey
- Worcestershire sauce
- Cayenne Pepper– add 1/4 teaspoon for just a little heat and 1/2 teaspoon if you want them spicy.
- Chicken Tenderloins
- Black Pepper
- Bacon– do not use thick-cut bacon.
How To Make Bacon-Wrapped Honey Mustard Tenders
- Mix together the mustard, honey, Worcestershire sauce, and cayenne pepper.
- Add the chicken tenderloins and marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to 1 hour. (Note: You can leave them in the fridge for longer than 1 hour if needed.)
- Remove chicken from marinade and season with pepper. Wrap a slice of bacon around each one.
- Place on a greased rack inside a rimmed baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 20 to 24 minutes. To crisp the bacon up, turn the broiler on for the last few minutes.
Bacon-Wrapped Honey Mustard Tenders Recipe Tips
You can use toothpicks to secure the bacon but it’s not necessary.
Do NOT use thick-cut bacon. It takes too long to cook and get crispy.
Boneless chicken breasts can be used instead of chicken tenders. Just slice each one into about 6 strips.
Storage
Leftovers will keep for 3 to 4 days in an airtight container in the fridge. Reheat in the oven or an air fryer to crisp the bacon up.
More Yummy Bacon Wrapped Foods
- Sweet Potato Fries Wrapped in Bacon
- Bacon Wrapped Maple Glazed Pork Loin
- Bacon Wrapped Little Smokies
- Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce
- Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Dates
Bacon-Wrapped Honey Mustard Tenders
Chicken tenders are marinated in honey mustard, wrapped in bacon, and then baked until crispy. So much flavor!
SERVINGS: 4
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup yellow mustard
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 8 to 10 chicken tenderloins
- black pepper
- 8 to 10 slices bacon
Instructions
- Whisk together mustard, honey, Worcestershire sauce, and cayenne in a medium bowl. Add chicken tenders and stir to coat.Refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and place a wire rack inside a rimmed baking sheet. Spray the wire rack with cooking spray.Note: For easy clean-up, line the baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Remove chicken from honey mustard mixture. Season with black pepper.
- Wrap a piece of bacon around each tender.
- Bake for 20 to 24 minutes. Note: take a peak with about 5 minutes to go. If bacon is not browning up, turn the oven to Broil for the remaining time.
Nutrition
Calories: 326kcal
Made these yesterday. As another stated it is best to precook the bacon for a few minutes, leave the bacon soft enough to wrap around the chicken tenderloin. I also brushed some of the marinade over after they were assembled. Quite tasty, will make again.
I made this last night but realized I was almost out of honey so I substituted the remainder with maple syrup. The chicken tenderloins marinated for about 1.5 hours and I wrapped them with applewood smoked bacon. I will definitely use this marinade again! Next time I will add a little more cayenne and will glaze the bacon with a honey mustard barbeque sauce because once it was cooked, the chicken had lost a lot of the marinade flavor. I would also suggest pre-cooking the bacon just a bit to get the fat loosened up. I had to broil the chicken for a little longer to get the bacon even close to crispy(and had to flip it halfway through the broil, which was a real challenge!)