Baked Curry Chicken Breast
This oven baked curry chicken breast with lemon recipe is easy and fast to make. Dinner is on the table in 20 minutes. Bake curry chicken in oven at 400F ~ 12 minutes.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Total Time: 17 minutes
- Yield: 4
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: Indian / American, International
- Diet: Dairy-Free, Gluten Free, Keto, Low-Carb, Paleo
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lb chicken breast or tenders
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 ½ tsp curry powder
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 lemon zested and sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Lightly oil parchment paper
- Zest lemon and set zest aside. Slice lemon after it's zested.
- Butterfly chicken if they are not thin. This means to cut in half like a book to make thinner. *see video
- Lay chicken on sheet pan and rub olive oil, salt, curry powder, and thyme into the chicken on both sides.
- Lay lemon slices on top of chicken.
- Bake for ~ 12 minutes or until internal temperature of chicken reaches 165F and juices run clear.
- Serve with juices from sheet pan if desired. Add lemon zest as a garnish and salt to taste.
Notes
- Chicken tenders work for this recipe as well. Cooking time may be adjusted down to 8-10 minutes depending on the size of the tenders.
- Baked Chicken with curry is delicious cut up and used on salads, soups, tacos, etc...
Find it online: https://eatsimplefood.com/easy-baked-chicken-breast-with-curry/