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Baked Chicken Breast

Super easy baked chicken recipe
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Healthy
Keyword: 4 ingredients, low fat, protein
Servings: 3

Equipment

  • baking dish
  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 2 tsp coconut oil
  • 2 tsp butter
  • 2 tsp sweet paprika
  • 1 tsp salt/pepper

Instructions

  • Pre heat your oven to 220C (420 F) - yes we want it hot!
  • Pull out an appropriate sized baking dish—mine is glass and approx. 20cm x 20cm (8 x 8 inches)
  • Trim off any goobie bits off the chicken that you would rather not eat. (But otherwise it doesn’t need cutting up, just leave it whole.)
  • Put the 2 tsp of coconut oil in the base of the dish. Place the chicken on top and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Turn it over and rub the oil into the chicken and salt and pepper the other side as well. (I use quite a bit of salt as I like it really salty.)
  • Then put 1 tsp of butter on each chicken breast, then the sweet paprika on the top of each one. (Again I say 2 tsp of the paprika but I go a bit crazy with this too.)
  • Place a sheet of foil over the top of the chicken and tuck in the edges.
    Then bake for 30 minutes.
  • After 30 minutes, turn off the oven but leave the chicken in there for another 10 minutes as it keeps cooking for a while as the whole thing cools a little.
  • Pull it out and slice to serve immediately when hot, dressing the chicken with some of the juices left behind in the dish.
  • Allow remainder to cool, then refrigerate.
  • Over the next 2-3 days either eat cold or may be reheated again.