Baked Parmesan Chicken

Anyone who knows me well knows that cooking is not really a natural talent of mine. I’m hazardous with a kitchen knife and, in the past, have caused multiple members of my family to make faces in disgust after taking a bite of whatever concoction I thought would be a good idea. 

But I’m learning. However, being that I work all day with a two hour commute, the last thing I want to do is spend hours slaving over the stove. And I’m a bit of a foodie, so even though I’m still learning, I’m pretty picky when it comes to food quality. 

So when I found this recipe, I was pretty intrigued. It doesn’t take an absurdly long time and it tastes so good! I’ve made it several times already. It’s not the healthiest but it’s a great option to make boring chicken breasts taste great on a weeknight. I found the original recipe as a link on Pinterest from spicysouthernkitchen.com. I’ve made a few tweaks to it but I’m sure the original recipe tastes great too. 

Ingredients
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (I cut mine in half length wise so they are thinner and don’t take as long to cook)
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise (real mayo, not that miracle whip stuff. Sorry Mom 😉)
  • 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/3 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese (I just use the Parmesan that comes in the container.)
  • 3/4 cup Italian bread crumbs  (the original recipe calls for Panko but I never have that.)
  • cooking spray
Directions 
  1. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan and preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. In a shallow bowl, stir together mayonnaise, seasoned salt, paprika, and garlic powder.
  3. In a pie plate, combine Parmesan cheese and Italian bread crumbs.
  4. Coat each chicken breast in mayonnaise mixture and then press both sides in Parmesan mixture.
  5. Place chicken in prepared pan.
  6. Lightly spray top of chicken with cooking spray (will help it brown).
  7. Place in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes.

    And that’s it! The chicken is so flavorful and super moist which is saying something for chicken breast. This is probably one of the first chicken breast dishes I’ve made that didn’t come out at least a little dry. 

    Tonight I paired the chicken breast with pesto pasta. But I think it would go great with pretty much anything. 



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