Easy Baked Chicken Breasts
This super easy baked chicken breasts recipe can be combined in nearly unlimited ways for delicious chicken dinners using your favorite spice blends 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.
Ingredients
- 4 - 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp seasoning blend of your choice See notes
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Set out a large sheet pan and line it with aluminum foil.
- Place the chicken on the pan and drizzle the olive oil over the top. Add the dry seasoning of your choice and toss to coat both sides. Arrange the chicken in an even layer.
- Bake the chicken breasts for 30 minutes, turning them over halfway through cooking. The chicken should register 165°F at the thickest part of the breast when tested with an instant read probe thermometer.
Recipe Notes
Seasoning Options for Baked Chicken Breasts
This method for baking chicken breasts will work for a wide variety of dinner ideas just by varying the spice blend you use.My Favorite Dry Seasoning Blends for Chicken:
- Lemon Pepper
- Rotisserie Chicken Seasoning
- Buttery Garlic and Herb Seasoning
- BBQ Rub
- Mediterranean Herbs or Greek Seasoning
- Fajita Seasoning
- Italian Herb
- Cajun Blend
- Blackening Spice
- Caribbean Jerk
