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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.
Who said chicken breast cant be good? Im not a big fan of chicken but this changes it!
Love this recipe. It was so easy and quick plus a just outstanding flavor!!!
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This is my first time cooking chicken breast in the oven that came out juicy!!! Normally it’s always dry!! But not this one. Thank you so much for providing a yummy dinner tonight.
Hi Jenny, thanks so much for trying my chicken breast recipe. It’s the best. Please try more recipes on my site: https://www.666630.xyz/recipe-index-gallery/
Wonderful recipe. Baked at 375F for 45 min. Juicy. The Parmesan properly browned just like the photo. Used reader’s suggestion to serve with Spaghetti and that really worked out well. I like Rasa’s generosity in suggesting alternative spices. I will definitely try other recipes by Rasa.
Hi Mollie, thanks so much for trying my recipes. I am so glad that you had great success. Yes please try more recipes on my site, they are all good: https://www.666630.xyz/recipe-index-gallery/
Making tonight- chicken marinating now-
Can’t wait to try ! Easy recèpe
Awesome Carmen, you will love it!
Loved this recipe !! So tender and juicy…family Love the crusty top. Great flavor. Will definitely make again, and again.. Thanks
Hi Leah, thanks so much for trying my baked chicken breasts recipe. Please try more recipes on my site: https://www.666630.xyz/recipe-index-gallery/
Quite a surprise! I was skeptical about the garlic powder amount but it really pulled it together. Very juicy chicken. I doubled the recipe and made 6 good size breasts (about 4 lbs) baked for 42 minutes and also used a 5 cheese Italian blend. The end result was a juicy piece of chicken with the nice “crust” that people seem to strive for! An excellent recipe! 2 thumbs up
Hi Pete, thanks for trying my recipe. Yes, this baked chicken breasts recipe is so easy, and I love your 5 cheese Italian blend. :)
I have a few things of note to say about this recipe.
First off, it is a very good collection of ingredients together, however my family was a little overtaken buy the super strong taste of pepper. When i make this again, i will be cutting down on the pepper some. Secondly, i had my oven set to bake. Which was fine, but next time i will be sure to set it to broil for a more crisp texture on the crust. Lastly, tonight i made the chicken alongside mashed potatoes and green beans. Once i tasted the chicken, i really wished i had made it with spaghetti instead. Which is fully my doing, but if someone reads this looking for dinner ideas, id really recommend spaghetti with it. Overall, great recipe and i will be making it again.
Hi Lily, I didn’t specify the quantity of black pepper so maybe you put on too much? Yes, you can certainly broil for a little bit to brown the top of the chicken. Spaghetti sounds, too!