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Four cooked chicken breasts covered with bbq sauce in a baking dish.

Baked BBQ Chicken Breast (4 ingredient juicy chicken)

Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Tender chicken breasts bake right in BBQ sauce for a glossy, caramelized top and plenty of extra sauce for serving. Just four ingredients and one baking dish.

Ingredients

Instructions 

  • Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the chicken breasts in a 9x11-inch baking dish and season the tops with salt and pepper.
    4 6-ounce chicken breasts, ½ teaspoon EACH: sea salt and pepper
    A hand sprinkles black pepper from a small glass bowl onto four raw chicken breasts in a white rectangular baking dish.
  • Pour the BBQ sauce over the top, then shake the pan gently to coat the chicken.
    1 cup bbq sauce
    Four raw chicken breasts coated in barbecue sauce in a white ceramic baking dish held by two hands.
  • Place the chicken in the oven and bake, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Remove the chicken from the oven and baste the top with some of the BBQ sauce in that baking dish.
    A metal spoon drizzles barbecue sauce over chicken breasts in a white baking dish.
  • Return it to the oven for another 15 minutes, or until it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit. 
    Four baked chicken breasts coated in barbecue sauce in a white ceramic baking dish.

Notes

While you can skip pounding the chicken, it helps it cook more evenly. Some people use a rubber mallet to pound them, but I find it's easier to hit the thick end a few times with the heel of my hand.
Serving: 1 chicken breast plus ¼ of the sauce, Calories: 317kcal, Carbohydrates: 29g, Protein: 37g, Fat: 5g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 0.02g, Cholesterol: 109mg, Sodium: 1224mg, Potassium: 795mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 24g, Vitamin A: 211IU, Vitamin C: 2mg, Calcium: 32mg, Iron: 1mg