Baked Chicken Breast

4.69 from 176 votes

Baked Chicken Breast

These baked chicken breasts are perfectly tender, juicy, and simply delicious. Once you try this recipe, it’ll be the only baked chicken recipe you’ll ever need!

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Resting Time5

Total Time40

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baked chicken breast

Servings: servings

Author: Katerina | Diethood

Equipment

Ingredients

olive oil cooking spray
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts fat trimmed off
2 cloves garlic minced
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
½ teaspoon garlic powder or to taste
½ teaspoon dried oregano or to taste
½ teaspoon Italian Seasoning or to taste
1 tablespoon butter cut up into 4 pats
parchment paper

Instructions

Prep. Preheat the oven to 400˚F. Lightly grease a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray.
Prep the chicken. Pat dry the chicken breasts with paper towels. Transfer the chicken breasts to the baking dish and rub a bit of minced garlic over each chicken breast. Season chicken on both sides with salt, pepper, garlic powder, oregano, and Italian seasoning. Place a pat of butter over each chicken breast.
Add the parchment paper. Place a sheet of parchment paper over the chicken breasts. Tuck the edges so that the parchment paper is snug around the chicken.
Bake. Place the chicken in the oven and bake for 30 to 33 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 162˚F to 165˚F.
Rest and serve. Remove the chicken breasts from the oven and transfer them to a serving plate; let rest for 5 minutes before serving and cutting.

Notes

Chicken Breasts: This recipe uses boneless and skinless chicken breasts. If you want to use chicken thighs, please check out this recipe: Oven Baked Chicken Thighs.
Parchment Paper: This will help retain moisture, resulting in tender and juicy chicken. Aluminum foil can be used in place of parchment paper.
Seasonings: Chicken can be flavored with various herbs and spices. My go-to's are almost always garlic powder, onion powder, some paprika, dried oregano, dried thyme, or dried rosemary. Feel free to get creative using your favorite seasonings.
Golden Brown Finish: To add a touch of golden crispiness, give the chicken breasts a quick broil to achieve that browned top.
Instant Read Meat Thermometer: Please use a meat thermometer to check the chicken for doneness. Chicken is cooked through when its internal temperature registers at 165˚F. Also, let the chicken rest for 5 minutes after you pull it out of the oven and before slicing and serving.

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