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    Home » Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Breasts

    May 7, 2016 Chicken

    Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Breasts

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    You've never had oven baked chicken breast like this before.  Super crunchy, crispy,  juicy, full of flavor, and EASY to make, this is a MUST try recipe, and one of those fabulously easy chicken breast recipes with few ingredients.

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    Super easy oven baked chicken breast recipe that is crispy, crunchy, and flavorful without the frying

    You may or may not already know that I can be something of ... a recipe snob.  My recipes do not involve things like "Ranch Packets", Italian Salad Dressing marinades, or crumbled taco-flavored tortilla chips.

    I like to make food full of ingredients I can pronounce, and I will go ahead and tell you that although this holds true for this recipe, something about it does feel a little like those recipes I avoid because it's just so EASY.  Like I must be cheating or something.

    But I also want to tell you about something else.

    About those days when you've worked way too many hours, come home well after dark to an inbox full of unanswered blog emails, and the only thing in the fridge is chicken breast that you decided three days earlier while planning your meals for the week would be something fabulous and gourmet, but now you just want to order Kung Pao Tofu from the local Chinese delivery place and hope you don't fall asleep before the delivery guy gets to your house.

    Easy Oven Baked Chicken Breast is super crunchy, super easy, and an amazing weeknight dinner for your family

    Starting with the basics

    In lieu of eating something that would just make me feel worse, I decided to make one of my favorite hectic weeknight dinners: basic chicken breast with cous cous and green beans.  Oh, except we're out of olive oil.

    In 8 years of home ownership we have run out of toilet paper three times, but this was the first time we'd EVER run out of olive oil.  Olive oil is apparently more standard in my house than toilet paper.  And we were out.

    Frantic to make boneless, skinless chicken breasts in a way one can only be if exhausted and hangry, I desperately hunted for an easy cooking alternative. Out of cooking oil.  Out of butter. Out of eggs.

    Easy Oven Baked Chicken Breast is super crunchy, super easy, and an amazing weeknight dinner for your family

    "Yeah, this is going to happen" -- Mayonnaise

    Then I saw it.  Sitting there in its blue-lidded jar, staring back at me from the back of the fridge, previously forgotten, the mayonnaise seemed to be looking at me, mocking me, like, "Yeah, this is going to happen."  And so the Shame Chicken was born.

    Easy Oven Baked Chicken Breast is super crunchy, super easy, and an amazing weeknight dinner for your family

    Everyone loves panko

    I know that's not the blog title of this recipe, but in my house, this "Oven Baked Chicken Breast" is lovingly called Shame Chicken.

    See, I am not an eater of mayonnaise.

    I don't want it on a sandwich. I don't want it in my food.

    There are a few exceptions, of course ( anything egg related and pimento cheese), but mayo is definitely not in our regular ingredient rotation.

    Neither, really, is breading.  Nor "Cajun Seasoning". I don't even know why I had it in my pantry, but I threw it in the breading because I'd already put my last teaspoon of garlic powder in but wanted a bit more flavor.

    If you want to make this chicken for a certain cuisine, sub the cajun seasoning for something cuisine-specific ( like more garlic, chili powder, yellow curry, fine herbs, you name it! )

    Hands down, this is the BEST way to cook crispy chicken breasts in the oven

    So, the Shame Chicken. A recipe using a method I feel the innate need to dislike, with ingredients I don't even want to admit are in my kitchen, but a DIVINE crunchy texture, juicy meat, and effortless cooking method that all result in me making this recipe at least once a week every week since we made it that first time.

    I made a video of how to make Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Breast!

    https://basilandbubbly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/oven-baked-chicken-breast-recipe.mp4

    So just once, suspend the horror of a recipe that involves "Coating with mayonnaise" and give this one a try.  I promise, you won't be let down.  I'd LOVE to hear what you think of it in the comments!

    Easy Oven Baked Chicken Breast is super crunchy, super easy, and an amazing weeknight dinner for your family

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    Oven Baked Chicken Breast

    A super easy oven baked chicken breast recipe that is crispy, crunchy, and flavorful without frying.
    4.50 from 171 votes
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    Course: Dinner
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: chicken breast recipes, crispy oven fried chicken
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Servings: 2 chicken breasts
    Calories: 418kcal
    Author: Marianne

    Ingredients

    • 2 boneless skinless chicken ( around 1.2 lbs )
    • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
    • 1 teaspoon cajun seasoning Optional, but delicious
    • 1 teaspoon paprika
    • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ teaspoon pepper
    • ¾ cup panko

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 425° F.
    • Use a spatula to cover all sides of the chicken breasts with a light coating of mayonnaise.
    • Make the panko with the paprika, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and cajun seasoning.
    • Dredge the mayonnaise coated chicken in the panko mix, pressing the panko mix into the chicken.
    • Spray baking pan with cooking spray and place the coated chicken in the pan. Spray the top of the chicken with cooking spray.
    • Bake for 25 min. Serve.
    Nutrition Facts
    Oven Baked Chicken Breast
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 418
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    1. Judy says

      March 04, 2023 at 8:38 pm

      5 stars
      Delicious. Been looking for a recipe that’s easy. Chicken breasts are tasty and tender. Love the idea of adding grated cheese. This will now be my ‘go to’ recipe.

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    2. Heather says

      January 18, 2023 at 2:48 pm

      5 stars
      Excellent recipe!! So easy and fast! I did make a little mistake that ended up being very good! I accidentally mixed all the seasonings in the mayo. didn't realize my mistake until it was too late so I spread it on anyway. I then mixed grated Parmesan cheese in with the Panko and it was delicious!

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