Baked Herb-Crusted Chicken Breasts
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Baked Herb-Crusted Chicken Breasts a try. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains around 28g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 318 calories. If you have butter, breadcrumbs, parsley, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.
Instructions
Using meat mallet, pound chicken breasts between sheets of plastic wrap to 1/2- to 3/4-inch thickness. Arrange chicken in 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish.
Pour lemon juice over. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour.
Remove chicken from dish and pat dry with paper towels.
Preheat oven to 450°F. Melt butter with oil in small saucepan over medium heat; cool slightly.
Mix breadcrumbs, basil, parsley, rosemary, salt, and pepper in pie dish.
Brush chicken breasts on both sides with melted butter mixture. Coat chicken on both sides with breadcrumb mixture.
Place chicken on baking sheet.
Bake until chicken is cooked through and breadcrumbs are golden, about 20 minutes.
Serve, passing lemon wedges alongside.