29 Baked Chicken Recipes for Dinner

Chicken is versatile and has a blank-canvas taste. It can be cooked in so many different ways. Sometimes I just can’t decide which way to choose. It’s then that I pause and turn to one of my back-pocket baked chicken recipes for dinner. Tossing seasoned, marinated or crumb-coated chicken in a hot oven is simple. Letting it cook until juicy and tender is one of the easiest and most reliable methods. This approach makes five-star chicken recipes for dinner.

If your notion of oven-baked chicken dishes conjures up bland, pale, tough chicken, don’t worry. The recipes in this collection will take you in the complete opposite direction. There are sheet-pan dinners loaded with spices and veggies. You will find crispy chicken pieces coated with everything from potato chips to crushed cereal and cheese. These recipes skip messy frying. Try elegant stuffed chicken breasts or whole roast chicken for guests, and create a ranch-flavored bake on a busy weeknight.

We included both roasted and baked chicken ideas here. Technically, roast chicken recipes call for higher oven temperatures. This can shorten cooking times. It can also turn a whole chicken into a bronzed dinner centerpiece. But regardless of the temperature, all the recipes in this collection follow the same spirit. They use a hot oven to cook chicken with little attention. This allows you to tend to the rest of dinner and wrap up the day.