Prepare the meat for 5 minutes and cook in the oven for 18 minutes. Your dinner is ready for 23 minutes! Oven Baked Chicken Breast is a recipe for busy days. Breasts are coated with a simple seasoning then baked until caramelized. Week after week lean chicken breast is a regular item in the shopping list. So here is another simple way to make it.
The secret ingredient in this recipe is brown sugar. It adds sweetness but don’t worry, this Baked Chicken Breast is still savory. There are 2 reasons why this is the needed secret ingredient:
- It makes more seasoning, so you can coat the breast thoroughly and give it a beautiful crust without overpowering it with lots of spices;
- It makes the chicken juicier while it bakes.
How long to cook chicken breast? A 150 – 180g chicken breast will take 18 – 20 minutes to bake at 220C. Cooking it hard and fast at a high temperature is the secret to gorgeous caramelization and ultra-juicy chicken inside.
In addition to the seasoning and cooking quickly at a high temp, the last tip for a truly great Baked Chicken Breast is to pound it to even thickness with a rolling pin. This has the double effect of even cooking as well as tenderizing the meat. If your breast is quite large to 250g, cut it in half horizontally to form 2 thin steaks and skip the pounding. Make sure they are no thicker than 1.5 cm.
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