Garlic Herb Baked Chicken Breast
This Garlic Herb Baked Chicken Breast recipe features chicken breasts, butter, and a blend of dried herbs like parsley, oregano, and basil. It's a simple way to make tender and flavorful chicken that you can serve for dinner.
- Prep
- 10 minutes
- Cook
- 20 minutes
- Total
- 30 minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1.
Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Stir together the butter, parsley, oregano, basil, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and some freshly cracked pepper (about 15 cranks of a pepper mill) until well combined and paste-like in texture.
- 2.
If your chicken breasts are thicker than 3/4" at their thickest end, place them on a cutting board, cover with plastic, then gently pound the thick end until it is between 1/2-3/4" thick. Pat the chicken dry with a paper towel.
- 3.
Place the chicken breasts on a baking sheet or in a casserole dish, making sure they are not crowded (a couple of inches of space between and around each breast). Spread garlic herb butter over the surface of each breast.
- 4.
Place the chicken in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. The total cooking time may vary with the size and thickness of the chicken breast, so use a meat thermometer to ensure the internal temperature of the thickest end of the breast has reached 165ºF.
- 5.
Once the chicken has baked through, let it rest for about 5 minutes before slicing and serving.