Cooking Bone In Chicken Breast In Oven

Bone-In Oven Baked Split Chicken Breasts are an easy weeknight meal with crispy skin that are also perfect for any recipes calling for cooked chicken!

You can make Baked Chicken Thighs, Oven Baked and Rice Casserole or crispy Oven Baked Split Chicken Breasts with the bone in for a delicious, juicy dinner that the whole family will enjoy, and you won't have to bribe your kids to eat. It's really easy to prepare, only takes about 35 minutes to cook, and keeps well for lunch tomorrow.

OVEN BAKED SPLIT CHICKEN BREASTS (BONE-IN)

Oven Baked Chicken is one of those back pocket recipes you should keep bookmarked (control-d in case you want to bookmark this page) for all the recipes that have ever called for cooked chicken. It's simple, delicious and makes a great built in sauce that you can make into a quick gravy (melt 2 tablespoons butter and whisk in 2 tablespoons flour then add in the chicken cooking liquid and whisk well until you have a creamy gravy).

Even better, serve that chicken and gravy over delicious Homemade Biscuits or with Homemade Dinner Rolls.

This chicken recipe is really easy to prepare, all you have to do is preheat the oven and rub split chicken breasts with kosher salt, pepper, and vegetable oil, put the chicken pieces skin side up on a baking sheet and let them bake.

The cooking time is extremely reasonable for a roasted chicken breast recipe, and they come out a delicious golden brown and crispy. Don't worry about the oven drying out the split breasts either, they end up being extremely juicy and full of flavor.

It's the perfect recipe for making my Classic Chicken Salad or Chicken Casserole too!

HOW TO MAKE OVEN BAKED SPLIT CHICKEN BREASTS

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190.5 degrees C.)
Season chicken with salt, pepper and vegetable oil and place in baking pan.
Cook chicken for 30-35 minutes until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees F (73.8 degrees C).

VARIATIONS ON OVEN BAKED SPLIT CHICKEN BREASTS

Spices: Try adding even more flavor to your chicken by adding a dash of paprika or garlic powder to it before you put it in the oven. You can even add a drizzle of lemon juice on top to give it a little extra zing. The lemon juice will make the chicken even more juicy and crisp.
Leftovers: Oven Baked Chicken Breasts are perfect for a ton of other recipes, which will save you time later in the week. Tear the chicken into bite sized pieces and served them in sandwiches, in chicken salad, or make them into a soup.
Flavors: This chicken recipe is the perfect base to try out different flavored sauces on. Try the BBQ sauce from my Slow Cooker Barbecue Ribs, the Honey Mustard Sauce from my Honey Mustard BBQ Chicken, or my delicious Buffalo Sauce, just to name a couple.

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BONE-IN VS BONELESS

Why choose one over the other? That really depends on what the overall texture you're going for. Boneless chicken gets more tender and is easier to eat, since you don't have to pick through the bones to get to the good stuff. Skin-on bone-in chicken is delicious because of how flavorful and crispy the skin gets. That crispness doesn't make the insides dry, it actually helps keep the meat juicy and moist.

You also have the added benefit of the flavor the bone provides as the chicken roasts. There is a lot of flavor in bones (this comes from bone marrow) and as the chicken bakes the marrow comes out of the bones and into the chicken.

What do I serve with Oven Baked Chicken?

We love to serve this with any of our favorite Side Dishes including Baked Mac and Cheese, Creamed Spinach or Corn Casserole.

HOW LONG IS OVEN BAKED SPLIT CHICKEN BREASTS GOOD?

Serve:Never leave cooked chicken out at room temperature for longer than about 2 hours or it can make you very sick. Make sure to always allow the meat to cool to room temperature before you refrigerate it, or it can still grow bacteria and make you ill.
Store:To properly refrigerate your baked chicken, put it in something that can be completely sealed, like plastic wrap or tupperware. When completely sealed, Baked Split Chicken Breasts will be good for up to 3 days before they go bad.
Freeze:Frozen cooked chicken is good for up to 6 months, as long as it doesn't thaw out or it isn't just sitting bare on the shelf. Make sure you seal it up good, or you'll regret it when you try to thaw it and it's completely freezer burned.

WHEN ARE OVEN BAKED SPLIT CHICKEN BREASTS SAFE TO EAT?

Just like other chicken recipes, you should always make sure to check the internal temperature of your meal before you serve it up just to be sure it has cooked through all the way. The best way to do this is to insert a probe thermometer into the thickest part of each chicken breast to get an accurate reading.

The USDA states on their website that the temperature should be 165 degrees F (73.8 degrees C) or higher. Also when cooking chicken you should always thoroughly disinfect your workspace when you're done to avoid getting sick. The extra clean up time is worth it to not get Salmonella.

▢ 4 chicken breasts , bone-in and skin on
▢ 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
▢ 1/4 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
▢ 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Season chicken with salt, pepper and vegetable oil and place in baking pan.
Cook chicken for 30-35 minutes until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165 degrees F.

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Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the upcoming cookbook: Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients which is being published by Harper Collins.

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As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

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