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Baked Chicken Breast
This simple baked chicken breast recipe results in the juiciest, flavorful, most delicious chicken breasts that you will make over and over.
Prep
5 min
Cook
25 min
Total
30 min
Serves
4
Instructions
- 01
Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- 02
Pour the oil into a baking dish, and place the chicken breasts on top.
- 03
Use your hands to rotate the breasts until they are each coated with oil.
- 04
Sprinkle the spice mixture on both sides, and use hands to evenly coat..
- 05
Optional, but highly recommended: add a small pat of butter on each breast, and add sliced lemon to the pan surrounding the chicken breasts.
- 06
Bake chicken uncovered for about 20 to 25 minutes, depending on size and thickness of the chicken. (Chicken is done when internal temperature reaches 165 with a meat thermometer.)
- 07
Allow the chicken breasts to rest for 5 minutes prior to serving.
- 08
Spoon some of the pan drippings over each breast just prior to serving.
- 09
Serve immediately. Refrigerate leftovers for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
per serving · 1 serving
- Calories
- 217
- Protein
- 24g
- Carbs
- —
- Fat
- 12g
- Sat. fat
- 3g
- Sodium
- 750mg
- Cholesterol
- 83mg
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