Baked Paprika Parmesan Chicken is one of those everyone-should-know-how-to-make recipes. It’s easy and comes together quickly. In fact, it’s hard to mess up!
This Tuesday, I’m not thinking about too much too serious (except for dessert, of which I eat a lot recently). The past few days, I end a day with a sweet treat and start right up the next morning with a craving for the same thing.
Whether it’s fruit, chocolate bar, or baked treats. Or, more commonly, all three!
While I like both sweet and savory foods, my taste buds definitely tilt to the sweeter side. So, I guess now would be a great time for obligatory savory dish just to cut down some of the sugar cravings. Like if it’s possible to … 🙂
I’ve been very lazy about cooking lately and even lazier about searching for easy-to-make dishes. Fortunately, I keep a pin board with ** FOOD BLOGGERS BEST ** recipes that I can always fall back on and see if any leap out at me.
With 10 minutes of prep time and around 40 minutes of baking time – it’s totally true and totally amazing, making this dinner is probably even less work than going out or getting takeout, and– HELLO! It’s Chicken breasts, parmesan and paprika baked in the oven with a drizzle of butter!
What’s not to love?!
Baked Paprika Parmesan Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts trimmed
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated (Fresh is better but use pregrated if necessary)
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1/4 cup butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Set up 2 medium sized bowls.
- Beat 2 eggs in first bowl.
- Mix flour, parmesan, paprika, garlic powder, salt, and pepper in a second bowl.
- Place a wire rack on a large baking sheet and brush the rack with oil.
- Dip chicken, 1 breast at a time, in egg mixture, then in parmesan/paprika mixture,
- turning to evenly coat both sides of each breast with each ingredient.
- Place on prepared baking sheet, in a single layer.
- Pour the melted butter evenly over the chicken.
- Bake for about 40-45 minutes in the preheated oven, until the cheese has browned, and the chicken has cooked.
- You can also finish them off under the broiler for a minute or two to get them extra browned on top.
- Serve with a veggie like these delicious fresh broccoli that I steamed.
- Season with a dash of fresh parsley, if desired.
Notes
Very good recipes
Delicious chicken Sarah. I made this tonight for dinner and it was wonderful. I sprinkled mine with chopped fresh basil leaves instead of the parsley, yet I’m sure the parsley would have been good too! Thanks for sharing with us.
This is the best coated chicken recipe I have ever made! It looked exactly like your pictures and it tasted wonderful. I made 4 large boneless skinless chicken breasts and there was plenty of coating, which is so good. I often find you run out with other recipes. My family loved it. I did use smoked paprika (it is what I had) and I had to use the powdered parmesan cheese. I will try it with fresh sometime though. Definitely adding this to my supper rotation!!
Made this last night and the whole family loved it! In case it helps anyone, we used gluten-free flour in place of the regular flour and it still tasted amazing. Next time I’m going to make it with half flour/half cornflake crumbs to get an even crispier coating. Thanks for posting this!
This was delicious. I actually did everything up until the butter and baking step earlier in the day and kept it in the fridge, then resumed at dinner time. Worked a charm. The seasonings are perfect. Definitely going to be making this weekly
I made this for my family and everyone absolutely loved it. I love the fact that it’s baked and not fried—healthier, yet super tasty! Thank you for the recipe.
Hi Sarah,
I have made this several times and each time it comes out great! Its so delicious and easy to make. My family loves it. Definitely, my go to when wanting to make a chicken dish.
Thank you for sharing.
Hi sarah ive made this before and my family loves it!!! Its fast easy and delicious!!!
I made this recipe a while ago and omg!…it was so delicious ..my husband loved it……i will definitely make this again….thank you Sarah for sharing it.
I just made this for dinner for my husband and he loves it! Thank you for this amazing recipe!!
I’ve made this dish before and my family enjoyed it. My 2nd time making it.
I tried it& it was delicious, used 1/4 cup romano cheese and 1/4 parmesan cheese and I cut each chicken breast in 4 pieces. I had the chicken breasts in home made butter milk because I never could get my chicken tender on inside. Thank you!
I made the dish tonight for dinner using an air fryer. The chicken was so good and juicy.
This was absolutely delicious! The chicken was moist, and the flavor was fantastic.
I will definitely make this again and again!
This was delicious and easy to make.
This recipe is my FAVORITE chicken recipe! It tastes fantastic and turns out beautifully ~ EVERY time!