Simple Baked Chicken Breasts

Learn how to bake chicken that's tender, juicy, and perfect every time with this simple, 5-ingredient recipe for boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Adding just a bit of chicken broth to those beautiful pan drippings creates a tasty pan sauce that adds extra flavor at the table.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 191 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 (5 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• ½ teaspoon coarse sea salt, or to taste
• 1 pinch Creole seasoning (such as Tony Chachere's®), or more to taste
• 1 tablespoon chicken broth, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Rub chicken breasts with olive oil and sprinkle both sides with salt and Creole seasoning. Place chicken in a broiler pan.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Flip chicken and cook until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 15 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

Step 4

Remove chicken to a plate.

Step 5

Pour chicken broth into the pan and scrape any browned bits off the bottom with a flat-edged wooden spatula. Add more broth if needed to dislodge the browned bits, but not too much or it will be watery.

Step 6

To serve, drizzle the pan sauce over the chicken.