Baked skin on bone in chicken breast

Easy Oven Baked Split Chicken Breasts are a healthy choice for any dinner! These flavorful bone-in baked chicken breasts turn out beautifully with a crispy seasoned skin while retaining their juices for perfect, tender, moist chicken meat!

These super easy oven baked split chicken breasts are perfectly seasoned with an extra crispy skin!

Well seasoned and perfectly cooked Oven Baked Split Chicken Breasts are a staple dinner that is both affordable and healthy! Baking the chicken with the bone in and skin on helps to keep all of the wonderful juices and flavors of your baked chicken breast inside the meat.

This is definitely an every day kind of bone-in, skin on chicken breast recipe. We use this recipe, in it's many variations of seasoning, as the base for so many things! Leftover seasoned chicken meat like this is fantastic in soups, casseroles, chicken salad and much more!!

My family is crazy about great chicken soups! So I love to use up our baked chicken breast meat in my tasty soup recipes like the classic Chicken Noodle Soup, the perfectly spiced Chicken Tortilla Soup, and the heavenly Creamy Chicken Minnesota Wild Rice Soup!

Baked Bone-In, Skin On Chicken Breasts Ingredients

• Chicken Breasts - (also called Split Breasts) roughly 2-3 pounds of chicken meat that yields approximately 6 ounces of cooked chicken per 10 ounces of raw chicken breast (ie 2.5 lbs x 16 oz/lb = 40 oz raw, or 24 oz cooked chicken breast, or 6 servings at 4 oz each).
• Olive Oil - (extra virgin) to pan sear your chicken breasts, and for baking.
• Chicken Seasoning - Salt, Pepper, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Paprika - these are my base spices for seasoning chicken, cayenne pepper can be added for some heat, fresh herbs including thyme, rosemary, and parsley are also exceptionally good with chicken.

How To Bake Chicken Breasts

1. Rinse and pat dry your split chicken breasts. Coat with olive oil, rubbing the olive oil into the skin and breast surface side that will be facing upward during cooking. *Be sure to carefully clean all surfaces after preparing raw chicken, cook the chicken to the minimum safe temperature, and store unused leftover chicken once cooled.
2. Season each piece of chicken, sprinkling with combined spices: salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika.
3. Place the chicken breasts, skin side up, on your prepared baking sheet. Season each piece of chicken, sprinkling with combined spices: salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika.
4. *For extra crispy chicken skin, heat a skillet or frying pan to medium high heat. No need to add oil (it's already on your split chicken breasts), place the seasoned chicken breasts skin side down and sear for 3-4 minutes or until nicely golden brown. Then place onto your baking sheet and continue with steps 5 & 6.
5. Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches a minimum of 165 degrees F (74 degrees C) when checked with a meat thermometer. *Check next to the bone at the deepest (thickest) point in the breast meat.
6. Remove the baked chicken from the oven and allow it to sit (rest) for 3-5 minutes before being served, this allows the juices to sink back into the meat rather than running out when the chicken is cut.

How Long To Bake Bone-In Chicken Breasts

• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50-55 minutes
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 45-50 minutes
• Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 40-45 minutes
• Bake at 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) for 35-40 minutes
• Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for 30-35 minutes

*Baking times will vary based on the size (thickness) of your split chicken breast(s). The last package that I cooked (and seen here) was a 2 ½ pound package of only two bone-in chicken breasts! They're monstrously big and will yield multiple 4-6 ounce portions per chicken breast.

When Is Baked Chicken Done?

Your chicken ( any cut, or any poultry ) is done when the internal temperature, measured with a meat thermometer, reaches 165ºF according to USDA food safety guidelines. That said, with bone-in chicken specifically, I prefer to make sure that my chicken temps out at 180ºF. The temperature should be taken at the thickest portion of the chicken, and close to the bone.

Other indicators include the color of the chicken juices. If there is still blood-tinged juices in the baking tray, there is a good chance that one or more pieces are not fully cooked. Also, when using your meat thermometer to take the internal temperature of your chicken, the juices that run back out after the temperature has been checked should be clear. Not pink or discolored.

The meat closest to the bone and at the deepest portion of meat is your most likely area of the chicken breast to be under-cooked. As the last check before serving your baked chicken breasts, carve the meat away from the bone. The chicken meat should be white when fully cooked, with no remaining 'pink' color.

Try my extra tasty oven roasted bone-in chicken breasts using a bouillon cube paste for even more fabulous chicken flavor too!

Oven Baked Split Chicken Breasts (Bone-In)

Easy Oven Baked Split Chicken Breasts are a healthy choice for any dinner! These flavorful bone-in baked chicken breasts turn out beautifully with a crispy seasoned skin while retaining their juices for perfect, tender, moist chicken meat!

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: 282kcal

Cost: 5.25

Prep 5 minutes

Cooking 45 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Pin Recipe

• ▢ 2.5-3 lbs bone-in skin on split chicken breasts (brands will vary, but this will typically be 2-4 chicken breasts)
• ▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil (extra virgin)
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon onion powder
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon paprika

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil (or coat a baking dish with olive oil or non-stick cooking spray).

• Rinse and pat dry your split chicken breasts. Coat with olive oil, rubbing the olive oil into the skin and breast surface side that will be facing upward during cooking.

• Place the chicken breasts, skin side up, on your prepared baking sheet. Season each piece of chicken, sprinkling with combined spices: salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika.

• *For extra crispy chicken skin, heat a skillet or frying pan to medium high heat. No need to add oil (it's already on your split chicken breasts), place the seasoned chicken breasts skin side down and sear for 3-4 minutes or until nicely golden brown. Then place onto your baking sheet and continue with steps 5 & 6.

• Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches a minimum of 165 degrees F (74 degrees C) when checked with a meat thermometer. *Check next to the bone at the deepest (thickest) point in the breast meat.

• Remove the baked chicken from the oven and allow it to sit for 3-5 minutes before being served.

Calories: 282kcal (14%) | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 32g (64%) | Fat: 16g (25%) | Saturated Fat: 4g (25%) | Cholesterol: 97mg (32%) | Sodium: 289mg (13%) | Potassium: 333mg (10%) | Sugar: 1g (1%) | Vitamin A: 167IU (3%) | Calcium: 17mg (2%) | Iron: 1mg (6%)

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Course Chicken Dishes, Dinner Recipes, Entrees, Main Course

Cuisine American

Angela is an at home chef that developed a passion for all things cooking and baking at a young age in her Grandma's kitchen. After many years in the food service industry, she now enjoys sharing all of her family favorite recipes and creating tasty dinner and amazing dessert recipes here at Bake It With Love!