Just pulled chicken out of the oven to rest, since my breasts were approximately 4 oz I cooked for 20 mins basted the breasts and stood by for 2-3 mins and then pulled them out. looks just as pictured. Made white quinoa and pan seared summer veggies. Looks delicious can’t wait to dig in!!
30 Minute Garlic Butter Baked Chicken Breast
YIELD: 3 PEOPLE
PREP TIME: 5 MINS
COOK TIME: 25 MINS
RESTING TIME: 5 MINS
TOTAL TIME: 30 MINS
Tender, juicy Garlic Butter Baked Chicken Breast, that's packed with flavour from the garlic butter sauce. It’s totally a win win!
Ingredients
- 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 4 tbsp butter — melted — use Ghee if you're doing Whole30.
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley — chopped
- 2 cloves garlic — minced
- 1 tbsp. olive oil — extra virgin
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Season chicken breast with salt, pepper, paprika and set aside.
- In a small bowl mix together the butter, Italian seasoning, parsley, and garlic. Set aside.
- In a cast iron skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat.
- When the skillet is really hot add chicken breast. Sear until golden. It’s about 1-2 minutes each side.
- Pour garlic butter mixture over the chicken breast.
- Place skillet in the oven and cook until cooked through. It’s about 20-30 minutes or until chicken breasts gets to an internal temperature of 165F.
- Remove from the oven. Using a spoon, pour some of the butter sauce left in the skillet onto the chicken breast before serving.
- Serving it.