32 Baked Chicken Recipes to Add to Your Rotation

Baked chicken is more versatile than you might think. You can bake the whole chicken or just your favorite cuts (thighs, breasts, drumsticks). You can incorporate chicken into sheet pan dinners with just about any flavor profile. But no matter how you treat it, baking chicken means a hands-off, comforting meal. For example, take our No-Peek Tomato Chicken. This pantry basics dump dinner magically comes together in the oven. The steam trapped inside the baking dish does the cooking—don't lift the foil too soon or it will escape!

Ina's quick-fix baked chicken takes just 15 minutes' prep and will become an instant family favorite thanks to crispy golden-brown skin and a white wine lemon sauce.

Save the space on your grill for hamburgers and hot dogs — without giving up BBQ chicken. Valerie cooks hers in the oven, while basting it with a sweet-and-spicy, homemade apricot BBQ sauce.

A fun play on hasselback potatoes, Ree stuffs thinly-sliced chicken breasts with Canadian bacon, Swiss cheese and a crunchy breadcrumb topping. Bonus? These chicken breasts can easily be made in advanced and frozen until you’re ready to eat.

This Cuban-inspired recipe is a great way to introduce unfamiliar flavors to wary eaters. A small amount of turmeric and cumin (less than one teaspoon of each) adds beautiful color to the rice without overpowering the other ingredients, like mild peas and sweet bell peppers.

A buttery lemon sauce serves two purposes in Kardea’s recipe — it infuses the meat with beautiful flavor while helping the skin get extra crispy.

Toss everything you love about chicken teriyaki (including the rice) into a baking dish for a quick and delicious dinner without any extra pots or pans to wash.

You don’t need a grill to make great barbecue chicken. Trisha whips up a homemade BBQ sauce to coat the chicken, then bakes the dish until the sauce has thickened and the meat is tender.

A classic baked chicken is always a good idea. Serve this with your favorite sides for a cozy and comforting meal.

Katie’s recipe puts a sweet-and-salty spin on your typical weeknight dinner. Serve the chicken with white rice — it’s key for soaking up the delicious caramel sauce.

Teriyaki chicken, crispy broccoli and creamy fingerling potatoes come together in this simple, satisfying sheet-pan dinner.

Inspired by Costco’s famous chicken bake, we came up with a hand-held version that’s easy to make at home. The cheesy bacon-filled pockets taste great hot from the oven, but can also be made in advance and reheated wrapped in foil in a 400 degrees F-oven for 8 to 10 minutes.

Here's a recipe for roasted chicken with a twist — a crispy crust made by patting the bird with a generous amount of grated Parmesan.

Ellie proves that white meat isn't the only good-for-you part of the chicken. She uses bone-in chicken thighs with the skin removed and brushes the meat with a tangy low-fat glaze before baking.

Trisha's easy weeknight baked chicken recipe is equal parts juicy, crisp and spicy. Dip assorted chicken pieces into a mixture of buttermilk and hot sauce, then roll the chicken in crushed cornflakes before baking until golden brown.

Cooking with kids? They’ll love Jeff’s oven-fried chicken tenders, which he coats with a mixture of coconut flour, whole wheat panko crumbs and shredded unsweetened coconut.