Chicken Breast Recipes
Everyone loves chicken breast and I am always developing delicious, easy chicken breast recipes for quick and healthy weeknight dinner.
Nothing screams winner winner chicken dinner more than juicy, moist and tender chicken breast recipes.
This Parmesan baked chicken needs to be on your dinner rotation.
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Baked Chicken Breast
Chicken is one of the most popular chicken recipes, for lunch or dinner.
Everyone loves chicken breasts and always have them in the refrigerator.
Secondly, baking chicken breast in the oven is so easy and quick, with very short active time.
However, not all baked chicken breast recipes turn out the same way.
Many people under-season the chicken, and/or baking the breasts for too long, resulting in dry, tough, rubbery and tasteless meat.
So how to bake them?
Here is one of the best boneless chicken breast recipes that you have to try!
What Temperature for Oven Baked Chicken Breasts?
To seal in the juice and ensure moist, juicy and tender chicken breasts, you want to bake the chicken in a pre-heated oven at 400 degrees.
How Long Does It Take to Bake Chicken Breasts?
Not all chicken breasts are the same size or thickness. Some are thicker and some are leaner; also bone-in and boneless.
As a general rule of thumb, to bake boneless chicken breast, it takes about 20-30 minutes, depending on how big and thick the breasts are.
The internal temperature for properly cooked chicken (regardless of the parts of the chicken) is 165° Fahrenheit or 75° Celsius.
To test the temperature, use a meat thermometer.
Insert it into the thicken part of the chicken breasts. If it reaches 165°F, it’s done.
Secrets for Juicy and Tender Chicken Breast
My Parmesan baked chicken breasts are juicy, with the juice seeping out from the meat.
Here are my tips and tricks for juicy baked chicken breasts:
- Marinate the chicken with olive oil. Olive oil seals in the juice of the chicken, making the surface moist and the inside extremely juicy.
- Use lemon juice as part of the marinade. If you marinate the chicken breasts with all dry ingredients, they will turn out dryer. Use lemon juice to marinate and your chicken will be moist and bursting with amazing flavors.
- Remove the chicken immediately from the oven as soon as they are done. Do not leave them inside as the remaining heat in the oven will continue to cook the chicken. This is the number 1 reason for dry, tough, rubbery and over-cooked oven baked chicken breasts.
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 498 calories per serving.
What Dishes to Serve with This Recipe?
Serve this dish as a main or with side dishes. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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How to Cook Chicken Breast?
Please refer to the recipe card below for detailed step-by-step method on chicken breast recipes and how to cook chicken breast in oven.
Parmesan Baked Chicken Breasts
One of the best chicken breast recipes in oven is bake chicken breast with Parmesan cheese. These juicy and tender chicken breasts are marinated with olive oil and garlic-lemon seasonings. So delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 lb. (0.4 kg) skinless and boneless chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1.5 tablespoons garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ground black pepper
- 3 dashes cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt or more to taste
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- lemon wedges, for serving
Instructions
Marinate the chicken breasts with olive oil, garlic powder, lemon juice, black pepper, cayenne pepper and salt. The marinade will be paste-y and not liquidy, like the picture below.
While the chicken breasts are marinating, preheat oven to 400°F (207°C).
Top the marinated chicken breasts with the grated Parmesan cheese evenly. Bake the chicken for about 20-30 minutes, until a meat thermometer hits 165 degrees Fahrenheit when inserted into the thickest part of the breasts.
Remove the Parmesan baked chicken from the oven. Serve immediately with fresh lemon wedges, squeeze the juice on the chicken for extra flavors. You may also serve the chicken with your favorite hot sauce.
Notes
Watch the cooking video on this page for step-by-step guide.
Do not use bottle Parmesan cheese.
Nutrition Information
Yield
2Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 498Total Fat 27gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 18gCholesterol 162mgSodium 892mgCarbohydrates 7gFiber 1gSugar 1gProtein 58g
Yvette
This was a good recipe. Perfect for weekday dinner.
Rasa Malaysia
Correct, thanks!
Evelyn
I just printed this and I got just the recipe and directions. Looking forward to trying this.
Sandi
Hi…love the recipe…just wish it would print out with just the instructions, not the huge pictures of each step…gonna try it tonight!…thanks for sharing it…
Kellie
For those I usually copy and paste into a word document then you can edit out what you don’t want to print.
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks for the suggestion.
Natalie
Dear Rasa,
All recommendations are so useful and provide so many tips to make meal delicious! Thank you 😊
Admin
Thanks!
Natalya
Thank for your sharing your amazing recipes.
Admin
Thanks.
Cheryl
Wow didn’t expect folks to get so nasty about a recipe. Relax!
Nikki
Hey Cheryl I was saying the same thing, its really not that serious. People needs to chill, stop being so rude. If they can do it themselves they should. This is so crazy
TW
Delishous! Thanks so much for this lovely recipe. I make this for my husband and I often, so quick and easy!
Nicolette
Didn’t have lemon so we subbed that out, but it was still so delicious! Super simple recipe that acts as a perfect weeknight meal. Plus it’s so customizable depending on the spices you want to add! I opted to add paprika, chili powder, and onion powder to spice it up a bit and this is going to be one of my go-to quick meals :-)
Kate
Thank you Rasa, your recipe was delicious. I will make it again and again.
Kate
Rasa Malaysia
Awesome thanks and please try more recipes on my site!
Irene
Hi Any chance of you saying how many your recipes serve. We are only two people Thanks They all look very tempting
Hellno
Shit it took forever to get to the damn recipe. Try not writing an effin novel next time. All recipes are like this, I don’t need a damn blog just a recipe
Maryke
It does say jump to recipe at the top. No need to be rude!
Jill
Helino, take a breath
Kate
I agree! I don’t know why they need to write a novel 😂
Rizz
Click “Jump to recipe” at the top. It isn’t right CNET science.
Patricia
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Patricia
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Anna
Unnecessary comment. You must be miserable inside.
Arlene Marks
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Sandi
Hi…love the recipe…just wish it would print out with just the instructions, not the huge pictures of each step…gonna try it tonight!…thanks for sharing it…and so agree with others, JUST HIT JUMP TO RECIPE…it’s on most every recipe site…
Kate
Jump To Recipe
Man, that was exhausting.
🙄 you should probably stick to paper cookbooks, none of that independent journaling to trip you up. Btw, this is their blog, and a free recipe. So….