Juicy Oven Baked Chicken Breast

Name: Juicy Oven Baked Chicken Breast
Total time: 960 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon brown sugar packed; 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika

Mums @mumof3

San Diego, California

Tender baked chicken breasts are so JUICY and full flavoured! Forget dry chicken !

Mums @mumof3

San Diego, California

Tender baked chicken breasts are so JUICY and full flavoured! Forget dry chicken !

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Ingredients

16 minutes

4 people

1 tablespoonbrown sugar packed
1 1/2 teaspoonspaprika
1 teaspoon dried oregano or thyme, parsley, rosemary
1 teaspoon salt or seasoned salt, Adobo or chicken salt for extra flavour)
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon chili powder or 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 large chicken breasts
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 tablespoons butter
2 cloves garlic minced
2 teaspoons fresh chopped parsley

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Steps

16 minutes

1

Preheat oven to 425°
2

Using a meat mallet or rolling pin pound each chicken breast to 2cm at the thickest part. Make sure your fillets are all the same thickness to ensure even cooking.
3

Combine sugar,paprika, oregano,salt,powders, pepper and chili
4

Transfer chicken to the pan and toss chicken in the seasoning.Drizzle with the oil and rub seasoning all over to evenly coat.
5

Bake chicken in preheated oven for 16-18 minutes or until internal temperature is 165°F (75°C) using a meat thermometer.
6

While chicken is in the oven melt butter in a small skillet. Sauté garlic until fragrant (30 seconds)and remove pan from heat. Stir in parsley then pour butter mixture over chicken in oven.
7

Broil on high heat during the last 2-3 minutes of cooking until golden and crisp.
8

Remove pan from oven transfer chicken to serving plates and let rest for 5 minutes.
9

To serve drizzle pan juices over the chicken and garnish with freshly chopped parsley.