Description
Delicious baked chicken breasts coated with a creamy mayo and Parmesan mix, perfect for a quick and satisfying meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 3/4 cup mayo
- 6 T coarsely-grated Parmesan (For best results, use coarsely-shredded Parmesan or grate your own.)
- 3/4 tsp. poultry seasoning
- 3/4 tsp. garlic powder
- fresh-ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F/190C. Spray a baking dish with non-stick spray, choosing a dish just large enough to hold the chicken.
- Trim chicken breasts well, cutting larger ones in half if desired.
- Put each piece of trimmed chicken inside a small Ziploc bag and pound with a meat mallet (affiliate link) (or something heavy), just until the chicken is an even thickness, about 1/2 inch thick. (Don’t pound too hard or too long or the chicken breasts will start to shred apart.) Then cut small shallow crosswise slits going down each chicken breast, being careful not to cut through.
- Mix the mayo, poultry seasoning (affiliate link), garlic powder (affiliate link), and black pepper, then stir in the coarsely grated Parmesan.
- Put chicken breasts into the baking dish and use a rubber scraper (affiliate link) to spread the mayo-parmesan coating over the top of each chicken breast, covering the entire surface.
- Bake chicken 35-40 minutes, or until the chicken is firm and the top is nicely browned. (There will probably be some liquid and congealed cheese in the bottom of the baking dish, but just move the chicken breasts to a serving platter. Several other places where I spotted similar recipes mentioned this, so I’m not sure there’s a way to avoid that.)
- Serve Baked Mayo Parmesan Chicken hot, and wait for compliments!
Notes
- Ensure not to pound the chicken breasts too hard to prevent shredding.
- Adjust baking time based on the thickness of the chicken breasts.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 chicken breast
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 2g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 90mg