Name: Perfect Baked Chicken Breast
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1 tbsp. brown sugar; 1 tsp. garlic powder; 1 tsp. paprika; 1 tsp. kosher salt; 1 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper; Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling; 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 2 lbs.); 1 lemon, cut into thin slices; Freshly chopped parsley, for garnish (optional)

Our oven-baked chicken breast recipe is so easy and delicious. Here's how to bake chicken perfectly, with helpful instructions, including the best temperature to cook it, how to make it more flavorful, and other important tips.

Perfect Baked Chicken Breast

brown sugar

garlic powder

paprika

kosher salt

black pepper

Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling

chicken breasts (about 2 lbs.)

lemon,

parsley,

Which do you prefer: chicken breasts or thighs?

I made it today.  Delicious.  Flavorful.  Moist. I used seasoned pepper.

Just tried this recipe and I love it. Lots of flavor.

I made it tonight 
it was so good so much flavor I really recommend 
thank u so much for this recipe 
only thing I made some broccoli and brown rice on the side 
but together the flavor was amazing

I made this tonight. Very easy and very good. My picky college age sun liked it too. Very tender and flavorful. Will make again.

I used the recipe with the brown  sugar and my family simply loved it.  Easy to cook didn’t take a lot of time and it was good.

Delicious!  The whole family, including my picky boys, loved it.  Spice was perfect.  Omitted the brown sugar and still delicious.  I did have to bake for a full 45 min to get to 165 internal temperature.

Flavor profile is probably spot-on, I generally do not use any types of sugar to marinate anything. Sorry, Dr. told me not to. But the spice rub minus the brown sugar was still very tasty. Feel free to make spice/herb substitutions, everyone's tastes are different. I also cannot add salt to anything (same reason, Dr. said no). Please do be cognizant of the fact that different sized chicken breasts will call for different cooking times, it pays to pound them to even thickness before seasoning and popping them into the oven. If you don't feel safe doing that (I live in an apartment, and pounding the chicken is out of the question because of the noise that my neighbors would hear), simply try to fold the thin ends under to try to create pieces of even thickness. Enjoy!!!

I don't cook often but this the best chicken I ever had, thanks.

i am not a good cook at all and this recipe was so easy and the chicken turned out perfect!!

I made this tonight.  I didn't have lemons or paprika and it was still excellent.  I baked 18 minutes using very thin sliced organic chicken breasts.  Perfect time (used a thermometer as well).  Hardly any prep which was excellent.

This was so good and the chicken was extra juicy and tasty!

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Let's face it, chicken breasts are really bland. Especially when there's no skin (i.e. fat and flavor). And baked chicken has a reputation for being even worse! When you don't sear it at all over the stovetop, you're losing out on texture too. It doesn't have to be this way. There are ways to make this innately boring cut of meat into something really delicious that will have the whole family excited. And no, it doesn't always mean stuffing the chicken.

Perfect Baked Chicken Breast

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total: 40 minutes

Servings: 4

Cost: $13.94 /serving

Author : Lauren Miyashiro

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