Perfect Baked Chicken

Name: Perfect Baked Chicken
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 Chicken Breast, boneless, skinless; 1/2 tsp Fine ground sea salt, (regular salt would work); 1/2 tsp fresh cracked black pepper, (regular ground black pepper would work); 1/2 tsp garlic powder; 1/2 tsp onion powder; 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper (optional, if you don't like heat, leave it out); 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp butter

sarabeth351 @cook_3859135

Perfect Baked Chicken

sarabeth351 @cook_3859135

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Ingredients

30 mins

4 servings

4Chicken Breast, boneless, skinless
1/2 tspFine ground sea salt, (regular salt would work)
1/2 tspfresh cracked black pepper, (regular ground black pepper would work)
1/2 tspgarlic powder
1/2 tsponion powder
1/2 tspcrushed red pepper (optional, if you don't like heat, leave it out)
1 tbspolive oil
2 tbspbutter

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Steps

30 mins

1

Clean chicken by removing any fat, tendons, etc. Set aside.
2

Mix spices in a bowl. Set aside.
3

Preheat iron skillet, or dutch oven on stove top.
4

Preheat oven to 400°F.
5

Sprinkle spice mix on chicken, both sides.
6

Put butter and oil in skillet and let get hot. Brown chicken on both sides letting it get a nice brown sear on it.
7

Cover skillet or dutch oven with lid or aluminum foil and place in preheated oven.
8

Let bake for 25 minutes or until juices run clear.
9

This chicken can be eaten as is. Shredded for tacos, cut up and used in casseroles, etc.
10

I got this recipe online a while back and modified it to my family's taste.
11

This recipe calls for 4 boneless skinless breasts, but I used a pack of 3 large ones when I took these pictures. You could always adjust to what you have 2- 4 chicken pieces. Also, could use thighs, drumsticks, bone in, bone out, doesn't matter!!!