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Baked Breaded Chicken

By Rachael | Updated on August 4, 2024

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Baked Breaded Chicken

Baked Breaded Chicken is a mid week dinner dream. Juicy, tender chicken, covered with a golden crunchy, delicious outer coating of bread crumbs. This is a great dish for any pallete and makes for a perfect dinner option when you want a filling dish that requires minimal prep and only takes about 30 minutes to cook.

Baked chicken with bread crumbs will become your new favorite way to prepare chicken.

Parmesan and bread crumbs join forces to produce a crunchy coated, perfectly  seasoned baked breaded chicken breast that will have friends and family begging for seconds.

Easy to make and easy to like, this Baked Breaded Chicken will win over both children and adults alike. Serve with rice pilaf and garlic green beans for an excellent meal.

Garlic Parmesan Chicken Breading:

There is nothing like a good piece of tender juicy chicken, coated in a flavorful, crunchy outer coating. Welcome Baked Breaded Chicken. I saved all the best ingredients for this dish, so get ready for a party in your mouth.

Let’s talk outer coating or breading.

Bread Crumb Mixture:

  • Bread Crumbs (no surprise there)
  • Parmesan Cheese
  • Spices—Basil, Oregano, Pepper

Basil and oregano give a great Italian flavor and the pepper adds a little zip.

The parmesan also contributes to a zing of taste, while contributing to the fantastic texture of the outer coating. Simple yet a perfect blend of ingredients, makes this crispy outer coating really come alive. It is salty and delicious.

What about the garlic? Don’t worry for all you garlic fans out there, and if you’re not, you really should be a fan, there IS garlic. And it contributes to flavor.

The garlic is mixed with paprika and olive oil, which will go directly on the chicken, followed by dipping the chicken into the bread crumb mixture.

It’s a joint effort between the olive oil mixture and bread crumb mixture to produce the most perfect baked breaded chicken breast.

How To Bread Chicken:

Now that you are hopefully excited and convinced that this outer coating is the going to make you pallet sing, let’s talk about how to bread the chicken.
It’s not hard, but warning your hands may get a little messy here.

What You Need:

  • 2 pie tins or shallow dishes
  • Ingredients, of course.

Steps:

  1. You want to put the liquid mixture in one pie tin and the bread crumb mixture in the other.
  2. Coat chicken by dipping it in the liquid mixture.
  3. Then, dip oiled chicken in the bread crumb mixture.
  4. Press bread crumbs, so each breast is fully coated. We don’t want to see any of the chicken not have coating on it.
  5. Transfer coated chicken onto prepared baking dish and top with any remaining bread crumb mixture and oil.

That wasn’t so bad now was it?

The Best Coating For Crunch?

I think this recipe offers the perfect crunchy coating. It’s crispy, golden, deliciousness. However, if in general you want to make an outer coating even crunchier, you can try adding another crunchy ingredient like cornflakes.

How To Make Chicken Breasts Juicy:

Everyone wants a crispy outer coating for a baked breaded chicken breast. I agree crispy and crunchy are the best. No arguments there.

However, do you know what is just as important as a crispy outer coating? That’s right.

You guessed it, tender juicy chicken.

In fact I am going to make a bold statement here. You ready?

You can have the best most flavorful, crispy outer coating on your chicken, BUT if your chicken is dry and tough, no one is going to even talk about the outer coating.
They won’t even give it another thought.

The topic of conversation will be the cooking fail on how dry and tough your chicken is. So let’s make sure that your chicken doesn’t go down in history as dry and
disappointing. Let’s have people praising you on the delicious outer coating as well as a juicy, and tender pieces of chicken.

Are you with me?

Tips and Tricks For Juicy Chicken Breasts:

  • Brine The Chicken.

I went to this restaurant once and I was so impressed with how tender and juicy the chicken was that I had to talk to the chef. What’s the secret? He brined it.
Brining chicken may sound upscale, but it really isn’t hard. It is a secret weapon that will help produce tender, juicy chicken.

Brine: For a minimum of 15 minutes have chicken breasts sit in salted, lukewarm water.

Rinse chicken chicken with cold water and dry with a towel.

That’s it. Not hard, so just do it.

Or, here is an even easier suggestion. Buy chicken that has already been brined. Did you know that you could do that?

What can’t you buy these days? Seriously.

Packaging should state if it has already been brined.

  • Be Selective With The Cooking Temperature.

Don’t just cook chicken at whatever temperature you feel like it. Now this recipe  produces great, tender chicken. Just follow the temp and time and make sure chicken
is cooked through.

However for chicken in general, to produce a tender chicken there are two schools of thought.

  1. Cook On A Lower Temperature For Longer Time
  2. Cook On High Temperature For Less Time

I know it’s two different pieces of advice from opposite spectrums. Basically you want to choose one extreme or the other. No in between.

Higher heat will make the outside crispier which will help contain the juices, making for a juicier chicken.

For this recipe I cooked chicken for longer at a lower temp and the chicken was both juicy, tender, and perfect.

  • Let Chicken Rest.

You are going to smell the aromas permeating through your home as this Baked Breaded Chicken cooks in your oven.

Now because of this you may be tempted to eat the chicken immediately after you take it out of the oven, but don’t.

Patience will pay off here. Plus the chicken will be really hot. Give it a moment. The reason you want to let the chicken rest is because if you cut it immediately you will sacrifice some of that juiciness.

Just give it 5 minutes or so. You will be so glad that you did. Follow this recipe and these tips and you will be welcomed with delicious, juicy, tender,
breaded chicken.

Other Great Chicken Recipes

  • Chicken Cordon Bleu
  • Kung Pao Chicken
  • Baked Orange Chicken
  • Skillet French Onion Chicken
  • Thai Peanut Skillet Chicken
  • Healthy Lemon Skillet Chicken

Baked Breaded Chicken Serving Suggestions:

There are so many options that you can serve with this universal Baked Breaded Chicken dish. Play up the Italian flavors and serve with Spaghetti with Homemade
Spaghetti Sauce.

Or, accompany this bread crumb chicken with Herb Butter Mashed Potatoes along side Roasted Asparagus Oven Baked.

Then of course let’s not forget about dessert. Some would say it is the most important part of the meal. Finish this dish off with delectable Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake Bars.

Now that’s a great meal!

What’s For Dinner? Baked Breaded Chicken!

Do yourself a favor and don’t slave away in the kitchen for hours after a long day. Make an easy yet oh so delicious dinner like Baked Breaded Chicken. It’s fast, flavorful, and fun!

After making this fantastic favorite, I have some other great dished for you to try.

Other Chicken Recipes To Try:

  • Broccoli Cheese Stuffed Chicken Rolls
  • Crock Pot Chicken Thighs
  • 15 Minute Chicken Alfredo

Baked Breaded Chicken

Baked breaded chicken, these delicious chicken breasts are baked to juicy perfection.
4.15 from 109 votes
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baked chicken, baked chicken breasts, breaded chicken
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • 6 chicken breast halves boneless and skinless
  • Salt and Pepper
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 cup dry Italian bread crumbs
  • ½ cup panko
  • ⅔ cup Parmesan cheese fresh grated
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
  • Season chicken breasts liberally with salt and pepper on both sides. Set aside.
  • In a pie tin or shallow dish, mix together the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, basil, oregano, onion powder, and pepper.
  • In a separate pie tin mix together olive oil and garlic with paprika.
  • Dip each chicken breast in the oil mixture, then in the bread crumb mixture. Press the bread crumbs to the chicken so each breast is coated fully.
  • Arrange the coated chicken breasts in the prepared baking dish, and top with any remaining bread crumb mixture and oil.
  • Bake 30-35 minutes in the preheated oven, until internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees, or until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear.

Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.

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  1. Jen says

    February 5, 2020 at 9:58 am

    So easy to make and so delicious! The perfect way to change up our normal chicken dinner routine.

    Reply
  2. Lauren Kelly says

    February 5, 2020 at 10:21 am

    Super easy to make, healthy and delicious! This is a fantastic recipe, thank you so much!

    Reply
  3. Matt Taylor says

    February 5, 2020 at 10:24 am

    This baked breaded chicken looks so amazing! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  4. wilhelmina says

    February 10, 2020 at 10:35 am

    This chicken is so dang amazing! I had never thought of brining chicken breasts before but it made a HUGE difference!

    Reply
  5. Desarae says

    June 10, 2020 at 7:26 pm

    So yummy!! Nice and tender inside wonderfully crispy on the outside.

    Reply
  6. Kellie says

    June 25, 2020 at 8:32 am

    This recipe was really good and really easy!!! Full of flavor! My whole family loved it, including my 1yr old and 4yr old! I squeezed lemon over the crispy chicken on my plate because of the lemon I saw in your pictures and it made it even better! So good! We will definitely make this recipe again!

    Reply
    • Rachael says

      June 25, 2020 at 8:52 am

      I am so happy to hear you enjoyed it! Thanks

      Reply
  7. Jackie says

    August 13, 2020 at 2:43 pm

    This recipe was very easy & delicious! Bringing the chicken makes a huge difference!

    Reply
    • Rachael says

      August 13, 2020 at 8:19 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  8. Robyn says

    September 25, 2020 at 3:58 pm

    Interested in making this…exactly what do you mean by “chicken breast halves”? When I buy the chicken breasts am i supposed to cut tgem in half lengthwise? Basically, how thick should each breast be before baking?

    Reply
    • Rachael says

      September 25, 2020 at 6:08 pm

      Just one side. Just a normal chicken breast.

      Reply
  9. Susan Dubose says

    January 3, 2021 at 10:15 pm

    This was very good.
    The whole family loved it!!
    No left overs

    Reply
    • Rachael says

      January 4, 2021 at 9:53 am

      I am so glad you all enjoyed it.

      Reply
    • PJ says

      October 24, 2022 at 9:29 am

      The flavor was good, but hubby and I found it to be too salty. We’ll make it again, but won’t add salt; the Parmesan is salty enough on its own. Thank you for the recipe!

      Reply
  10. Ashleigh says

    January 12, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    So yummmmm!! Served it with mashed potatoes and broccoli, everyone loved it. 🙂

    Reply
  11. Bobbie O'Brien says

    March 16, 2021 at 2:42 pm

    I made this recipe for my very picky daughter and she loved it. And so did I! Will do again thank you

    Reply
  12. Tony Cefalu says

    March 22, 2021 at 6:20 am

    AMAZING – this was delicious. And thanks for the brining tip, it really makes a difference. This recipe is a ‘keeper’. Thanks

    Reply
  13. Karen says

    April 11, 2021 at 10:08 pm

    I cooked this chicken for dinner tonight and it was amazing! My husband loved it!

    Reply
  14. Momma N.A. says

    May 15, 2021 at 4:03 pm

    Nailed It!!! Even the kids can do this without causing a hot boiling oil monstrosity. Also this is so delicious even my Nigerian hubby ate this and he hardly eats anything american… Picky eaters will eat this one guaranteed.

    Thank you sooo much!

    Reply
    • Rachael says

      June 14, 2021 at 2:49 pm

      I am so glad your family enjoyed this chicken. Thank you for the comment.

      Reply
  15. Luna says

    May 21, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    Tried it and it’s amazing! Is there nutritional values per servings anywhere?

    Reply
    • Rachael says

      May 25, 2021 at 9:02 am

      Hi Luna, so glad you enjoyed it, I suggest running nutrition through my fitness pal, as everyone uses slightly different ingredients and brands. But I do provide basic nutrition info on the recipe card.

      Reply
  16. Michele M Radi says

    October 22, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    I have to make it once a week, all 6 of my kids live it!

    Reply
  17. Michele M Radi says

    October 22, 2021 at 6:46 pm

    So easy and delicious!!!!!!! I have patterned with different seasonings, Italian, Lemon pepper, next week, Tandoori!!

    Reply
  18. Brandi says

    November 30, 2021 at 10:19 am

    How long do I cook the chicken if I’m only doing 2 chicken breast for a smaller family?

    Reply
    • Rachael says

      December 3, 2021 at 9:59 am

      Same amount of time, just check the internal temp a few minutes early.

      Reply
  19. Antony Wheeler says

    February 13, 2022 at 12:41 pm

    I’m just going off the breadcrumbed chicken I’ve put in the oven now. made my own breadcrumbs from Garlic and Coriander nan’s. Hope it tastes s good as it looks.

    Reply
  20. Stephanie says

    September 24, 2022 at 5:41 pm

    I’ve made this recipe A LOT, it’s one of my favorites! One question though: onion powder is listed in the ingredients but I don’t see it in the instructions? I’ve just been putting it in wth the olive oil. lol

    Reply
    • Rachael says

      September 26, 2022 at 10:59 am

      Oh my goodness, I can’t believe I missed that. It is mixed with the bread crumb mixture. But how you did it works great too! Thanks for the heads up. I have updated the recipe card.

      Reply
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