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
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!
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
Abbey Cooper
All I have is bottle parmesan cheese. The recipe says not to use that and I didn’t notice until now. Will this still work ok?
Rasa Malaysia
It’s fine.
Alexis
Will this still be good reheated? Trying to find make ahead dishes for my husband to take to work.
Rasa Malaysia
Yes, I think so!
Wanda
Hi Alexis,
Definitely, it’s just as good reheated. I have made 4 of the breasts previously; two for dinner and two for leftovers. The flavors have more time to fuse to the chicken – just as good!
Carolyn
Very good recipe! We made it this evening and we will definitely be making it again!
Rasa Malaysia
Awesome.
Emma
This is my third time making it, I love it! Goes great with a side of veggies. I like to add a little bit of panko bread crumbs to the Parmesan :)
Rasa Malaysia
Great idea!!
Wanda
I just tried this recipe and IT IS SO GOOD!! I did forget to marinate the chicken, but it came out so tender and juicy! I didn’t have enough lemon juice, so I used lime juice. I will be making this again! Thanks so much for all the dinner ideas!! :)
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks Wanda. Please try more recipes on my site.
adele
Rasa, I simply want to tell you that you are FABULOUS! You are so creative. Your recipes are all CLEARLY thought through, always easy and always excellent. I have been following you since you started…and look so forward to each new recipe!.. I cannot wait to try this… I know – like all of the others – that it will be delicious! Thank you, Rasa…
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks Adele, you just made my day. Thanks for the support!!
Sonia Kuczynski
you did not mention how long to marinate the breasts for please
I marinated them for 15 minutes . Husband liked them very much and YES they were Juicy and not Dry. Served them with Garlic mashed Sweet Potatoes and Coleslaw . Yummy
Thank You , My New go to Recipe
Rasa Malaysia
Hi Sonia, thanks for trying the recipe. You don’t need marinate time actually. You can just bake right away but 15 minutes sound good. Please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Karen
Definitely going to try this tomorrow. Thank you!
Jay
Can i use shredded parmesan??
Rasa Malaysia
Yes!
Kristi
Super yummy and juicy! Cut the garlic powder down to one teaspoon vs. one and a half tablespoons. It was still super powerful. Maybe I marinated too long (1 hr.). I’ll do this again with a little less garlic powder and cayenne. Thank you!