As many of you know we have food allergies in our household so we always jump at the chance to try Food Allergy friendly recipes. Or, if you are my husband, create an original one. This winter the MapleMouseMama family had the opportunity to try our hand at using a great product to create a new recipe, one that would fall under the gluten free category! The task was to create a dish using Hidden Valley Ranch dressings. I have to share that I did not know that Hidden Valley Ranch dressings were gluten free, but now that I know we will be using them in many more recipes.
The recipe that my husband Doug created (see, I give credit where it is due 
) is this delicious marinade/dressing that we used on chicken. The challenge this time out was to make sure that all of the ingredients were gluten free as well. My initial thought was that this would be a breeze. After all we are seasoned (pardon the pun 
) vets when it comes to reading labels. We soon came to realize that looking for items with, or without gluten could be time consuming and complicated. But, this was a familiar challenge and we were up for the task. The end result is this lovely Sweet and Savory Gluten Free Chicken Marinade made with Hidden Valley Ranch dressing.
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup of yellow mustard
- 2/3 cup of Original Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 4 (5 to 6 oz) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Directions:
This is the easy part! Combine the mustard, Hidden Valley Ranch dressing and the brown sugar in a bowl, mixing thoroughly. Set aside one third of the mixture for use later.
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Prepare your baking sheet. We use tinfoil when using cookie sheets, however you can use a glass baking dish that has been lightly greased as well.
Coat each of your chicken breasts in the marinade, making sure to cover the whole breast. At this point you can choose to refrigerate your marinated chicken for a couple of hours OR you can cook it right away! Once you are ready for the oven lay the chicken breasts on the baking sheet. Bake at the pre-set temperature for 25 minutes.
We served our Sweet and Savory Gluten Free Chicken with rice and a variety of veggies. We used the remaining marinade to dip the chicken in during our meal. I also had the leftover chicken the next day, served on top of my garden salad. It was wonderful! I am the first to admit I can be picky when it comes to trying new things, but I was happily surprised at how tasty our Sweet and Savory marinade turned out. Cheers to Hidden Valley Ranch!
Is this recipe something you would give a try? Take the #HiddenValleyGFChallenge and give it a whirl!
FT&PD
Suz
Oooh, yummy! I’ve made something similar in the past, but never thought of adding brown sugar to it, sweet!
Gives it a nice kick!
Being Gluten free, I’m always looking for new recipes and marinates! This one looks like a perfect one! I love sweet in my food, so the brown sugar is an awesome addition!
That looks delicious! My boys are obsessed with mustard so I know they would love this dish.
Oh this has just the right amount Kerrie, perfect for kids!
Looks good Suzanne & Doug. We’ll have to give it a try. You know how much chicken we eat, so this is a nice change.
LOL, us too Mom. It was really yummy. Give a whirl!
This look like a nice recipe to try out. I’m always on the search for a new marinade or sauce for chicken.
You will love it!
I’m always looking for a different chicken marinade and this sounds delicious. Pinning for later reference. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
This sounds like a really yummy recipe, thanks for posting.
My pleasure
Enjoy!
oh yummy!
This looks like a really tasty marinade! I love that it has brown sugar in it!
Thanks!
The sugar is the perfect addition to it Anne..
How simple and so tasty! Love that it just includes ingredients already available in my kitchen!
Super easy to put together Laurie and great on several dishes too!
Thanks for sharing,going to give it a try
I am soooo glad to know that Hidden Valley Ranch is gluten free! Thank you so much. This yummy recipe is making me hungry just looking at it! God bless, and I really appreciate you blogging about these things. You do the hard work for us!
Oh wow, what a lovely comment to make Dawn, thank you! You just made my day reading this <3
Loving this recipe. I bet it is so good. I love HV Ranch and mustard but never thought of mixing the two.
This looks really good. My sister is gluten intolerant and always looking for new recipe ideas. I’m gonna share this with her.
Our family has to be gluten free to, I will be trying this one out the weekend on the BBQ. Thanks!!!
I’m always looking for new recipes,thanks!
I would definitely try this! Sounds awesome.
Intersting. Will have to give it a try.
Enjoy!
Have to give this a try been looking for a recipe like this
I like the sound of this recipe, love the fact that there’s brown sugar in it too.
OK, you had me when I saw Original Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing! I’ll have to give this a try.
My hubby is pretty good at creating nice sauces and marinades. This one will not disappoint.
Thanks for this always looking for Gluten free recipes
The marinade looks really good. I bet it’s very tasty too. Like you, I would use the leftovers (if there are any) for a topping on top of my lunheon salad. Thanks for sharing.
This sounds really great for a raost chicken! thanks!
my daughter is on a gluten free diet, so now I’m looking for new recipes, thanks so much for this one, it sounds delish!
I’m always looking for a different chicken marinade and we will try this over the holidays when we have lots of family around
This looks so good and easy to make. Gluten free is what I need. Saved for later. Thanks!
This recipe looks very yummy and I will be trying it in the very near future. I have used the Hidden Valley Ranch Mix (powder) to coat my chicken before and it was delicious. I mixed it in with bread crumbs and parmesan cheese and then coated the chicken in it.
Sounds very tasty, I use my tray I put in a roaster on a cookie sheet that way bottom doesn’t get Mushie
Chicken is my favorite in meat choices for dinner so this will be awesome to try.
This sounds like an easy and delicious sauce for it.
Mmmm. marinades make chicken so moist and tender!!! This sounds delish
sounds awesome , a must try thanks for sharing the recipe
This sounds delish a must try , thanks for sharing the recipe
This looks really great!
Looks like a good marinade for chicken and I have all the ingredients!
Chicken is my favorite meal and I will enjoy making this marinade and trying this out.It sounds really good.
I have never added brown sugar but will try it
Hubby finally got around to making your chicken marinade and i have to say i was not disappointed…totally delicious !
Looks good and easy!
Great option for some visiting family who are on gluten free diets!
I love the idea of putting mustard in a marinade, always goes so well with chicken.