Oven-Baked Rosemary Chicken is a healthy dinner option that uses bone-in and skin-on chicken pieces that have been marinated in a flavorful lemon-rosemary olive oil marinade.
Because of the olive oil and skin, the chicken pieces bake to golden perfection and the meat is both moist and packed with that lemon rosemary flavor.
Oven Baked Rosemary Chicken
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Chicken is everyone’s favorite go-to dinner recipe. There are thousands of delicious chicken recipes out there, like Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole, Creamy Garlic Chicken Marsala and Perfect Chicken Parmesan!
But it doesn’t really get much simpler than Oven Baked Rosemary Chicken, making it perfect for busy weeknights!
How to Make Baked Rosemary Chicken
This chicken recipe is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
- Combine marinade ingredients in a zippered bag.
- Toss with the chicken and refrigerate.
- Bake until golden and crispy!
During the summer months just toss the chicken on the grill instead of the oven for an easy grilled rosemary chicken!
What to Serve With It
Make up a batch of garlic mashed potatoes, some jalapeno cornbread, and a nice strawberry spinach salad and you’ll have the most delicious dinner.
Double this recipe for lots of leftovers. They are perfect for chicken salad sandwiches or added to a chicken pasta salad.
Tips for Success
To make quick work of this recipe there a few kitchen tools to make Oven Baked Rosemary Chicken:
- The longer you allow the chicken to marinade, the stronger the lemon rosemary flavor will be!
- When baking the chicken line the baking sheet with parchment paper so it doesn’t stick and it makes for easy cleanup!
- Lemon zest has so much citrus flavor and really compliments the citrus aspect of this recipe. If you don’t have a lemon zester use the smallest holes on your cheese grater to get a fine zest.
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Oven Baked Rosemary Chicken
Ingredients
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a gallon sized resealable plastic bag. Refrigerate for at least an hour up to overnight.
- When ready to cook, preheat oven to 425°F. Arrange chicken pieces in a single layer on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F.
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