The GüdDish Baked Chicken Breast

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Baked Chicken Breast. The GüdDish.

Serves 4 · 10–15 min prep · 35–45 min total · Pull at 160°F, then rest 5 min · 3 steps

Ingredients

Ingredients for Baked Chicken Breast
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tbs olive oil
  • 1 tsp ground paprika
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp kosher salt

What the best recipes taught us

  • Pat the chicken dry. If the chicken is wet, it will steam and will not brown.
  • Give the pieces space in the pan. If they are crowded, they steam and do not brown.

Method

  1. 1
    Four raw chicken breasts patted dry in a white baking dish
    4boneless skinless chicken breasts

    Heat the oven to 425°F.

    Pat the chicken breasts dry.

  2. 2
    Paprika oil rub in a small bowl beside four raw chicken breasts
    2tbsolive oil
    1tspground paprika
    2garlic cloves, minced
    1tspdried thyme
    1tspkosher salt
    1/2tspground black pepper

    In a small bowl, mix the olive oil, paprika, garlic, thyme, salt, and pepper.

    Coat the chicken with the mix.

  3. 3
    Four paprika-rubbed chicken breasts roasted in the same white baking dish

    Set the chicken in a baking dish in a single layer.

    Bake until a thermometer in the thickest part reads 160°F, 18 to 25 minutes depending on thickness.

    Rest 5 minutes. They keep cooking as they rest.

    Slice across the grain.