Learn how to cook healthy baked chicken breasts in the oven in less than 30 minutes! Using boneless skinless chicken and a touch of seasoning, this is a fantastic recipe to use anytime you need a quick dinner, or for adding to other recipes like salads, wraps, pasta, and more.
Baking chicken in the oven is so juicy and good!
We literally make this roasted chicken breast recipe every Sunday for the week. I often don't even know how it'll be used yet, but meal prepping it for the fridge makes it so easy to chop and add to a salad or slice it later in the week for dinner with pasta and sauce.
You're baking the chicken at 375F, which is the perfect temperature for getting juicy tender chicken every time. You can easily add chopped veggies to the pan and make it a sheet pan dinner too!
Since we've been working to eat more lean proteins during the day, having this on hand is also a great way to add extra protein to any meal or snack.
What you'll need
We're listing the spices and dried herbs that we specifically used, but this is seriously such an easy recipe to change up the flavors! Sometimes we just use salt and pepper, taco seasoning, or McCormick's store-bought seasonings.
I'd also consider the oil an optional ingredient, I'd use it if you're making this as a main dish, but if you're chopping to use it in another recipe then it's fine to skip it!
- boneless skinless chicken breasts, our 2 lb pack included 4 breasts
- olive oil
- fine sea salt
- paprika - we used the sweet paprika, smoked paprika would also add a great flavor
- garlic powder
- ground black pepper
- dried herbs such as Herbs de Provence, Italian seasoning, dried basil, or dried oregano. We used Herbs de Provence.
Kitchen tools
- A rimmed baking sheet like this half sheet pan is recommended. It's great for sheet pan dinners, roasting veggies, or for baking cookies.
This is just an overview of what you'll need and the steps you'll take. Get the full quantities and instructions down in the printable recipe card.
How to bake chicken at 375 F
Our go-to chicken baking time is 375F, using this temp gets your dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes. You can cook the meat at 400 F or even 425 F, but of course, you'd need to adjust the cooking time.
- Prep. Preheat your oven to 375F. We like to add parchment paper to the baking pan to make clean-up easy. Blot the chicken dry with paper towels and add them to the pan.
- Season with the spices and dried herbs. Drizzle with olive oil.
- Bake the chicken for 25-30 minutes, or until it reaches 165 F when checked with a digital meat thermometer. We recommend checking the chicken after 20 minutes to help you guestimate how much longer the baking time will be.
- Remove from the oven and let the meat rest for 5-10 minutes before serving the breast whole, or slicing or dicing it for other purposes. This helps the juices to evenly distribute into the meat and keeps it moist.
Recipe tips
- The baking time will vary a bit depending on the chicken breast size. Two of ours were a bit smaller and they were done after 26 minutes and the other two larger ones were done after 30 minutes. Remove the chicken as they get done if they aren't the same size.
- Very large chicken breasts (close to 1 lb each) will take about 40-45 minutes to cook.
- Leftovers will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days or you can freeze them for up to 3 months.
Ways to use this
- Serve the breasts whole or sliced as an easy main dish along with cauliflower mac and cheese and a simple side salad.
- Dice the cooled chicken and add it to our Mediterranean salad or our Greek salad.
- Shred it to use it in a mayo-based chicken salad for wraps, sandwiches, or on lettuce leaves.
More sheet pan recipes
- 15 minute chicken and vegetables
- Rainbow baked veggies
- Healthy baked chicken tenderloins
- Baked chicken thighs and sweet potatoes
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Recipe
Baked Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
Equipment
- 1 sheet pan
Ingredients
- 2 lb chicken breasts boneless skinless, 4 breasts
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon dried herbs Herbs de Provence, Italian seasoning, dried basil, or dried oregano.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels and place them on the baking sheet.
- Evenly sprinkle the salt, paprika, garlic powder, black pepper, and dried herbs over the chicken. Drizzle with the olive oil.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165F. The baking time will vary slightly depending on the size of the chicken breasts. 2 of ours were done at 26 minutes and the other 2 were done after 30 minutes. Very large chicken breasts (like 1 lb each) will take about 40-45 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let the meat rest for 5-10 minutes before slicing or serving. Slice and eat as a main dish or let it cool completely to cube or shred for salads, wraps, pasta, and more. Enjoy!
Notes
- 100g of chicken is about 4 oz of meat.
- You can easily change the seasoning flavors depending on what you're serving these with. Taco seasoning, Italian seasoning, a store bought mix like McCormick's, or a chicken rub are great ideas.
- If you're using this to meal prep chicken for the week, you can skip the olive oil if you'll be slicing, dicing, or shredding the chicken for another recipe like a salad or wrap.
- Leftovers will keep for up to 5 days in the fridge.
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