Best Baked Chicken Breast

Submitted by Florida Cook

"Here's a recipe that I got from an old friend. I vamped it up a little with the parmesan cheese and the lemon juice. Try it, you won't be disappointed!!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 7mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 4 chicken breasts
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 boneless chicken breasts
• 3⁄4 cup breadcrumbs
• 3⁄4 cup parmesan cheese
• 5 teaspoons dried parsley (or fresh chopped finely)
• 1 dash salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄2 cup of melted butter

directions

1. preheat your oven to 350.
2. in a large bowl mix the breadcrumbs, parmesan, parsley, salt, pepper and garlic powder.
3. dip the chicken breasts in the melted butter.
4. dip the chicken in the breaded mix.
5. brush lemon juice onto the tops of the chicken (you may not use all of the lemon juice).
6. Place chicken on a baking sheet and bake at 350 for one hour.

Reviews

[Citruholic]

This was very good and couldn't be more simple! I don't know why it hasn't been reviewed yet. I seasoned the bread crumbs with garlic powder, freshly grated parmesan, finely chopped Italian parsley, poultry seasoning, fresh ground pepper and lemon-infused salt. I also seasoned the melted butter, which I added a little EVOO to. I stuffed the breasts with crumbled bacon and Havarti cheese. They were delicious. Baked at 350 for about 45 minutes for 2 breasts weighing in at about 1.2 lbs. Thanks for a great and simple recipe. I won't bother browning breaded chicken in a skillet again before putting it in the oven to continue to cook through. No need to dirty extra pans! :-)

 

[phebevance]

This was a huge hit for our house guests, and I will use it again as a company dish--tasty and easy to prepare, as well as attractive looking on a platter. I used ghee instead of butter to dip and pankow breadcrumbs to avoid all the chemicals in the usual store-bought breadcrumbs. I used four half boneless, skinless chicken breasts and had lots of breading left over. Seems like six halves would be about right for the amount of breading. I couldn't figure out how to brush lemon juice on the breaded meat, and finally just drizzed a bit all over. It does add a nice little hint of flavor. My guests asked for the recipe. Very good with rice pilaf and green beans!

 

[OLJ830]

This was very good and different from ordinary baked chicken. I do NOT like parmesan cheese, but I found these to be not too overbearing on the parmesan flavor. I forgot to put the lemon juice on the tips, will certainly try that next time. But it was yummy even without it.