This super easy baked chicken breasts recipe can be combined in nearly unlimited ways for delicious chicken dinners using your favorite spice blends and marinades in your pantry right now! Mix and match any of the flavors listed below and use your baked chicken to toss into pasta, salads, sandwich wraps, or make rice bowls.
PREP TIME 5 minutesminutes
COOK TIME 30 minutesminutes
TOTAL TIME 35 minutesminutes
YIELD 8servings
Ingredients
4 - 6boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Option 1: Dry Seasoning
1tbspolive oil
2tbspseasoning blend of your choiceSee notes
Option #2: Marinade
1cupmarinade of your choiceSee notes
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400°F.
Option #1: Dry Seasoning
Place the chicken in a zip top baggie or large mixing bowl and drizzle the olive oil over the top. Add the dry seasoning of your choice and toss to coat.
Option #2: Marinade
Place the chicken in a zip top baggie or large mixing bowl. Pour the marinade of your choice over the top and turn to coat with a fork. Let the chicken marinate for a minimum of 30 minutes up to 24 hours in advance.
How to Bake the Chicken Breasts
Once you've seasoned your chicken with one of the options above, place the chicken in an even layer on a large baking sheet. Discard the marinade if you used it. You may want to line the baking pan with aluminum oil for easy clean-up.
Bake the chicken for 30 minutes, turning it over halfway through cooking. The chicken should register 175°F at the thickest part of the breast when tested with a probe thermometer.
Recipe Notes
Seasoning Options for Baked Chicken Breasts
This method for baking chicken breasts will work for a wide variety of easy chicken breast recipes just by varying the spice blend or marinade you use.Some of the most popular ways to season chicken include the flavors listed below. For more side dish ideas and how to serve the chicken, see the notes in the article above.