How to Make a Perfectly Tender Chicken Breast in the Oven!
Achieve a perfectly tender chicken breast every time!
Servings 3 servings
Ingredients
- 6 cups water
- ⅓ cup sea salt, I use fine Himalayan but you can use kosher too
- 3 chicken breasts, bone in, skin on
- pepper
- garlic powder
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Place breasts in water with sea salt and allow to soak for at least 30 minutes,.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place rack in upper third of oven.
- Remove breast from salt water and pat dry with paper towel.
- Sprinkle with garlic powder, sea salt and pepper.
- Pour olive oil into oven safe pan on med /high heat.
- When olive oil is hot, add chicken skin side down to pan.
- Lower heat to medium if needed. Cook for five minutes or until skin is golden.
- Turn chicken skin side up.
- Transfer pan to oven and cook for 20-30 minutes depending on the size of chicken breast. Small breasts will cook quickly, some of those monster size ones can take a while!
- Do not overcook.
- Remove from oven when done and serve.