Super Easy Baked Garlic Butter Chicken

 Oven dinners are the best. Especially this Baked Garlic Butter Chicken. 

The prep is super duper easy. Melt a stick of butter in a saucepan. Add garlic. Add rosemary. Pour that sauce over your boneless chicken and bake until cooked through. I love the rosemary in this dish. It's such a nice flavor;

I serve this with rice and a salad. I often make this baked chicken in the morning  before I start work, and my husband and son reheat it at dinner time. However, I can see this being a really easy dinner to rock out when you are off the clock if you work a regular 9-5. While it's doing its thang in the oven, you can help with homework, look through the mail, etc. 

This dish  is nice to make when you need some plain eats. Which often hits me after the holidays.  Ha.

I totally use grated parm instead of the cheese suggested in this recipe. You could do a shredded mozzarella, too. 

Baked Garlic Butter Chicken

From www.diethood.com

Makes 4 servings

4 (16 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breasts

Salt and pepper to taste

1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter

6 cloves garlic, minced

1 Tbsp. fresh rosemary leaves (you can use dried if that's all you have. Just cut it to 1 tsp.)

1/2 cup shredded reduced fat 4-cheese Italian

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Lightly grease a baking dish with a pat of butter.

Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Arrange chicken in a single layer in prepared baking dish and set aside.

Add butter to a skillet and melt over medium heat.

Stir in garlic and cook over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring very frequently. DO NOT burn the garlic.

Stir in the rosemary and remove from the heat.

Pour the prepared garlic butter over the chicken breasts.

Bake for 30 to 32 minutes, or until chicken's internal temperature is 165 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sprinkle with cheese and cook for an additional 3 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Remove from oven and let stand for a couple of minutes.

Transfer chicken to plates; spoon a little bit of garlic butter sauce over the chicken when serving. 

Please note from The Jersey Girl: If using dried rosemary in lieu of fresh rosemary, use about 1 tsp. Parmesan cheese or shredded mozzarella may be used in lieu of 4-cheese Italian.

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