This Italian chicken is coated in a crispy parmesan crust and baked to perfection along with potatoes. An easy sheet pan dinner that the whole family will love!
I’m all about the easy chicken recipes and this Italian baked chicken is quick, simple and super flavorful. Add some roasted broccoli or green bean bundles on the side and dinner is served!
Chicken. It’s what’s for dinner so many nights of the week at my house. I love this Italian chicken because it has minimal prep work, tastes great, and you can even throw potatoes and veggies in the oven at the same time for a one pan meal.
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Italian Chicken Ingredients
To make this recipe, you will need boneless skinless chicken breasts, parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, black pepper, butter, potatoes and fresh parsley.
How Do You Make Italian Chicken?
Preheat the oven, and coat a baking pan with cooking spray. Place the breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper in a medium bowl, then stir to combine. Coat the top of each chicken breast with melted butter, then dip the buttered chicken into the breadcrumb mixture. Place the chicken on the pan, then arrange the potatoes around the chicken. Drizzle the remaining butter over the potatoes, and season the potatoes. Bake until the chicken is done and potatoes are tender. Add some fresh parsley and serve.
Tips For The Perfect Dish
- Choose chicken breasts that are similar in size and shape so that they cook at the same rate. This recipe assumes you are using 4-6 ounce breasts. Boneless skinless chicken thighs will also work.
- This recipe has a short ingredient, which means quality really matters for the best flavor. I recommend using freshly grated parmesan cheese as it tastes so much better than the shelf stable kind in a can.
- I typically use baby Yukon Gold potatoes in this dish, but other types of potatoes will also work just fine.
- Leftovers will stay fresh in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat the chicken in the oven to crisp up the crust.
- You can add a salad or vegetable on the side such as grilled brussels sprouts, sauteed broccolini, roasted pumpkin or cauliflower casserole. Since this recipe already contains potatoes, you really don’t need a rice or pasta dish to go along with it.
- No parsley on hand? Use different fresh herbs such as basil, thyme, oregano or rosemary.
Quick Tip
If you like an extra crispy crust on your chicken, you can broil it for 2-3 minutes before serving. Just watch carefully to make sure it doesn’t burn!
Recipe FAQs
These chicken breasts need to cook for about 25-30 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F.
Italian chicken is made with chicken breasts, breadcrumbs, parmesan cheese, butter, garlic and seasonings.
I recommend serving your chicken with a roasted vegetable, green salad or even garlic bread.
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Italian Chicken Flavor Variations
You can easily customize this dish to your taste preferences, there are so many different ways to dress up your chicken!
- Breadcrumbs: Try coarser panko breadcrumbs instead of traditional breadcrumbs. You can also use flavored breadcrumbs such as Italian style breadcrumbs.
- Flavorings: Amp up the flavor in your chicken by adding extra spices to the coating such as garlic powder, onion powder or smoked paprika.
- Vegetables: Feel free to add some veggies to the sheet pan along with the potatoes. Some great options include carrots, butternut squash, spinach, mushrooms, broccoli or green beans.
- Toppings: Try sprinkling 3/4 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese over the chicken and potatoes during last 5 minutes of the baking time. Some other great toppings include green onions, sun dried tomatoes, a drizzle of flavored olive oil or toasted pine nuts.
- Sauce: Feel free to serve some sauce on the side to dip the chicken into, such as homemade marinara sauce.
This is a very simple dinner, but a satisfying one. It’s one of those meals I turn to when I have a package of chicken in the fridge but am otherwise out of ideas. I love that it’s mostly hands off, simply pop your sheet pan into the oven and go about your evening until it’s time to eat!
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Italian Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- salt and pepper to taste
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 pound small potatoes halved or quartered
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- cooking spray
- lemon wedges optional garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Coat a sheet pan with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, mix together the parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.
- Dip the top of each chicken breast into the melted butter, then press the top of the chicken into the breadcrumb mixture to coat.
- Place the chicken breasts on the prepared sheet pan.
- Scatter the potatoes around the chicken. Drizzle the remaining butter over the potatoes and chicken. Season the potatoes with salt and pepper.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender. Cook time may vary depending on the thickness of your chicken.
- Sprinkle with parsley and serve. Garnish with lemon wedges if desired.
Notes
- Choose chicken breasts that are similar in size and shape so that they cook at the same rate. This recipe assumes you are using 4-6 ounce breasts.
- This recipe has a short ingredient, which means quality really matters for the best flavor. I recommend using freshly grated parmesan cheese as it tastes so much better than the shelf stable kind in a can.
- I typically use baby Yukon Gold potatoes in this dish, but other types of potatoes will also work just fine.
Was looking for a quick chicken dish to go with pasta, found the Italian chicken recipe. I used pepper, garlic powder, paprika, kosher salt and Parmesan cheese in the bread crumbs and dipped the chicken in butter – OMG IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!! My fussy daughter LOVED it!
So simple and quick, this was a big hit at a casual dinner with friends and the kids loved it too! Thanks for this recipe.
Thank you SO much for this recipe–it was absolutely delicious and quick to make. I LOVE your recipes!!
What an easy meal to put together. It smells amazing in my kitchen. Thank you so much for all these fantastic recipes
I’ve made this about 3 times now, and it’s amazing. I would recommend using the individually frozen chicken breasts (like you would buy in a bag) or pounding out the fresh chicken breasts. One of the times I made this was with fresh chicken and it wasn’t nearly as melt-in-your-mouth. It’s definitely become a family favorite. I use small yellow and red potatoes, and some cubed sweet potatoes. Yum! Thank you so much for sharing this delicious recipe – and it’s so easy to make too. Literally 45 minutes including cook time. I look forward to trying more of your recipes!
I added vegetables the last 15 minutes and everything we needed on 1 foil lined pan! So easy after working!
what kind of veggies did you use? Thanks for the idea.
Can you use shredded parmesean cheese instead of grated?
Yes that’s fine!
Hi, the paragraphs at beginning mention italian seasoning yet in the ingredient list and method there is no where mentioning the said seasoning.
Thanks for catching that, I updated the recipe!
This looks amazing even though I dont eat chicken anymore. Still a great presentation!
Saving this recipe right now. Love sheet pan dinner recipes!
My kids would absolutely love these. This would disappear in no time at our house! This is my kind of weekend treat.
Ooh this looks and sounds delicious! I love how easy it sounds too! I will definitely have to try this 🙂
Oh the crust on this chicken looks wonderful! I love how easy it is to throw together..what a delicious meal!
What a delicious sheet pan dinner! My family love chicken dishes such as these so I will definitely be giving this a try.
Each day I visit your site, I learn a new recipe. I haven’t eaten Italian food in the past, but this is a good try for me.
Wow, this is so delicious and this is something that I really wanted to try for my husband. I am sure I will make his heart happy with this new recipe, thanks for sharing this with us!
Hmmm yum! This Italian chicken looks soooo delicious! Can’t wait to try it.
I am literally drooling over this recipe, no jokes!!! Trying it soon!!! Thanks a lot.
Yum! This looks like a great meal. And those potatoes look too yummy, my mouth is watering!
My family is going to love this. I make chicken all the time, and we love Italian flavors. I can’t wait to try this.
This made me hungry. I know what I’m doing for dinner tonight!