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Roasted Chicken Breast
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ROASTED CHICKEN BREAST
Natural Chicken breasts (free-range) Note: Bone in meats have more flavor!
Olive oil
Sea salt
Fresh ground pepper
Crushed thyme leaves
* Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. If you have a convection oven, set it to 'Convection Roast' at 400 degrees.
* Line a baking sheet with parchment paper (Do not use aluminum foil! Parchment paper is a safe baking surface & makes clean up easy)
* Place chicken breasts on the baking sheet. Make extra for tomorrow's meals.
* Lightly spray chicken breasts with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt, pepper and thyme.
* Bake chicken breasts until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees at the thickest part. Approx. 20 minutes, depending on the size of the chicken breasts. For perfectly roasted meat every time, use a high quality, quick read meat thermometer (Our recommendation: Thermopen from Thermoworks.com) and check every piece of meat until the temperature is perfect. Remove to a serving platter.
MIX IT UP! Instead of S&P...
* Oil the chicken and sprinkle with smoked paprika and freshly ground pepper
* Drizzle with freshly squeezed lemon juice and whole rosemary leaves
* Try sprinkling chicken with Italian Herb blend or Tuscan Herb blend
* Drizzle the chicken with walnut oil and crushed garlic
* Create your own herb blend!
* You can bake S&P chicken along side chicken with other spice blends.
Taste and see what's good then pass it on!