This recipe for The Best Baked Chicken Breasts is super flavorful and uses basics from your spice drawer! These are perfect to pair with simple sides like mashed potatoes and garlic roasted green beans . They’re naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and paleo as well.
One thing I’ve been noticing lately is how much I’ve been enjoying creating extra easy recipes. No matter how much you like to cook (or not), you can never have too many simple recipes. Today’s baked chicken breasts make good use of basic pantry staple spices, and it’s incredibly flavorful.
Sometimes it’s nice to spend time in the kitchen, but more often than not, I need to get something tasty on the table! This always means I need something extra simple without a mile-long ingredients list. So if you’re in the same boat, this recipe is for you, and it definitely doesn’t disappoint in the flavor department.
This chicken is also a favorite of mine to meal prep for the week ahead. Once it’s all chopped up, it’s easy to use in all sorts of things and make quick salads for lunches. The best part about this recipe is all the flavor, no bland, boring chicken around these parts for sure!
Now let’s get started making The Best Baked Chicken Breasts step by step
Step 1: First, we’ll mix all the spices together.
Step 2: Stir the avocado oil until a loose paste forms. This helps the chicken stay moist, and it’s much easier to coat the chicken with the spices when you first mix them with oil.
Step 3: Next, coat the chicken breasts in the spices.
Step 4: Finally, bake the chicken until it’s just done in the center before serving with your choice of sides.
Serve this chicken with any of these side dish recipes
- Instant Pot Crispy Potatoes
- Oven Roasted Lemon Herb Broccoli
- How to Cook Spaghetti Squash
- Easiest Garlic Roasted Green Beans
- The Best Mashed Potatoes
I sure hope you get a chance to make this chicken soon! If you do make it, I’d love it if you’d leave me a comment/rating below. And I always love hearing from you here, and over on Instagram where you can tag me at #getinspiredeveryday with your photos.
INGREDIENTS1x2x3x
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts - (usually 2) see notes
- 1 tsp smoked paprika - see notes
- 1/2 tsp granulated garlic - unsalted
- 1 tsp granulated onion - unsalted
- 1 tsp sea salt - or to your taste
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp avocado oil - or olive oil
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat the oven to 450ºF.
- In a small bowl, combine all the spices. Add the oil and stir to form a loose paste. Coat the chicken breasts in the spice mixture, and lay them in an 8-9" square baking dish.
- Bake the chicken until it’s done in the center, or a thermometer reads 165ºF, or about 15-20 minutes for 8-ounce chicken breasts.
- Remove the chicken from the oven and serve with your choice of sides.
NOTES
nutrition facts
The Best Baked Chicken Breasts
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts (usually 2) see notes
- 1 tsp smoked paprika see notes
- 1/2 tsp granulated garlic unsalted
- 1 tsp granulated onion unsalted
- 1 tsp sea salt or to your taste
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp avocado oil or olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450ºF.
- In a small bowl, combine all the spices. Add the oil and stir to form a loose paste. Coat the chicken breasts in the spice mixture, and lay them in an 8-9" square baking dish.
- Bake the chicken until it’s done in the center, or a thermometer reads 165ºF, or about 15-20 minutes for 8-ounce chicken breasts.
- Remove the chicken from the oven and serve with your choice of sides.
Notes
Nutrition
The recipe The Best Baked Chicken Breasts appeared first on Get Inspired Everyday! on April 20, 2020
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