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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!
Table of Contents
- Chicken Breast Recipes
- Baked Chicken Breast
- What Temperature For Oven Baked Chicken Breasts
- How Long Does It Take To Bake Chicken Breasts
- Secrets For Juicy And Tender Chicken Breast
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What To Serve With Parmesan Baked Chicken Breast
- Other Recipes That You Might Like
- Parmesan Baked Chicken Breasts Recipe
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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 498 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Parmesan Baked Chicken Breast
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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Parmesan Baked Chicken Breasts
Ingredients
- 1 lb. (500g) 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 pasty, not liquidy, as shown in the picture below.
- While the chicken breasts are marinating, preheat the oven to 400°F (207°C).
- Top the marinated chicken breasts evenly with the grated Parmesan cheese. Bake the chicken for about 20–30 minutes, or until a meat thermometer registers 165°F (74°C) when inserted into the thickest part of the breasts.
- Remove the Parmesan baked chicken from the oven and serve immediately with fresh lemon wedges, squeezing the juice over the chicken for extra flavor. You may also serve the chicken with your favorite hot sauce.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can this be cooked then frozen?
I don’t recommend cooking anything frozen, the texture of the chicken will be rubbery and tough.
Why can’t we use bottle Parmesan Cheese? Is there a difference in taste?
You can use bottle Parmesan cheese but I don’t recommend. It doesn’t taste as good.
Hello
I don’t have cayenne pepper.
What can I replace with?
Thanks
You can use paprika or chili powder. Anything that gives some heat.
How long do you recommend marinating the chicken for?
I’m always confused when it comes to oven-baking. Is it by default to use the fan version of the oven? Or the mode that uses the top and bottom heating elements? Sometimes when I use the fan the meat ends up being really dry, but the other mode takes way longer to cook and to brown.
Hi Tyler, I used top and bottom heating for all my recipes.
Convection oven is when the fan is used. In a convection oven, the heat is distributed evenly all around the food. Professional cooks like convection ovens because they not only cook food evenly, but they cook it as much as 25 percent faster than a conventional oven. If you were used to cooking in a conventional oven and swapped it for a convection oven, you’ll need to compensate for this faster cooking time. Cooking experts recommend that you check the food in the oven about 10 minutes before it’s supposed to be done.
Hi Erin, thanks for your precious information!
This was very delicious!! We doubled the recipe to have left overs for chicken Cesar salad the next day and it was delicious even today “the next day” I will be using this recipe from now on I love how juicy the chicken was and delicious this recipe was I can’t wait to have this again! Thanks for the best recipe!
Awesome, thanks for trying my recipe. Please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Do you cover the chicken before placing it in the oven?
No.
Thank you! It was the best chicken breast that I ever cooked! My husband of 25 years is shocked.
Hi Tami, that’s awesome. Please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
Can I use other cheese?
You can!
Can you give me the link to the video? Thanks
The video is on the recipe page. It’s in the recipe card and it says NEW RECIPE VIDEO! It will auto play, so just watch it. If not, click the Play button to play the video.
My family loved it. This recipe is a keeper. Tq
Hi thanks for trying the recipe. Please try more recipes on my site: https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/
The chicken tasted very good; however, it was white wih no browning on the top. What did I do wrong?
Hi Iris. Thank you for your comment. Perhaps the temperature of your oven was not high enough?
Super easy. Cooking now, and it smells great. I would just note there is a discrepancy between the video and the written recipe. The video says cooking for 30-40 minutes, while the written recipe states 20 minutes. Will let you know!
Turned out perfect!
Thanks Travis.
Hi Rasa, I tried your chicken breast recipe today and it turned out great! It was so juicy and the Parmesan cheese was a great topper. I am supposed to watch my sodium intake and I’m wondering if I could swap the garlic powder for crushed garlic.
Best, Monica
Hi Monica, yes you can use real garlic. Please try more recipes on my site, they are all good! https://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-index-gallery/