Baked Panko Chicken is the easiest weeknight meal. I make this frequently in my house, especially when I want something fast during the week.
Do you have a go to weeknight meal that you could prepare with your eyes closed? This is mine. I could prepare this dish with my eyes closed, hands tied behind my back and make it backwards..Okay we didn’t have to go that far, but this is a very quick and easy weeknight meal that is not only requested often, but when I come home some nights and ‘just don’t want to cook’, this is what I make. It’s totally satisfying.
I love this dish for many reasons. It’s a delicious, flavorful and easy way to prepare chicken. This is also incredibly easy to pair with. Serve with your favorite roasted veggies or on top of pasta. This is also the same panko topping recipe that I use to make my Healthy Baked Italian Chicken.
Baked Panko Chicken
An easy weeknight meal, ready in 30 minutes. Depending on how many you're serving you can double this recipe, remember since you're halving the chicken breasts it feeds double the amount. Serve with your favorite roasted veggies or on top of pasta.
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons Butter
- 2 cups Panko Breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons Parsley, chopped {If using dried use 1 tablespoon}
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1 pinch Cayenne Pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 2 whole Eggs, beaten
- 2 whole Chicken Breasts, boneless, skinless and butterflied in half lengthwise
- Kosher Salt and Black Pepper, for seasoning
Directions
- Step 1 Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a sheet pan or baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Step 2 In a medium nonstick pan melt the butter over medium heat. Add the panko breadcrumbs and toss until toasted and golden brown. About 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in the parsley, garlic powder, cayenne pepper and kosher salt.
- Step 3 After the chicken breasts have been butterflied, use a meat mallet’s flat side to pound the chicken cutlets thin. About 1/4 inch thick.
- Step 4 Place panko mixture in a shallow dish and place the beaten eggs in a separate shallow dish. Season chicken cutlets lightly with salt and pepper. Dip chicken cutlets one at a time into the eggs then in the panko mixture until the whole chicken cutlets are coated evenly. Place on the prepared sheet pan and continue coating the remaining chicken cutlets.
- Step 5 Bake chicken for 15 minutes. Remove and serve with your favorite side.
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
Grease a sheet pan or baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
In a medium nonstick pan melt the butter over medium heat.
Add the panko breadcrumbs and toss until toasted and golden brown. About 2 minutes. This goes quickly so keep an eye on it.
Remove from heat. Stir in the parsley, garlic powder, cayenne pepper and kosher salt.
2 chicken breasts halved into 4 cutlets. Feeds more and cooks evenly. You can double this recipe for more servings.
After the chicken breasts have been butterflied, use a meat mallet’s flat side to pound the chicken cutlets thin. About 1/4 inch thick.
Place panko mixture in a shallow dish and place the beaten eggs in a separate shallow dish.
Season chicken cutlets lightly with salt and pepper.
Dip chicken cutlets one at a time into the eggs then in the panko mixture until the chicken cutlets are coated evenly.
Place on the prepared sheet pan and continue coating the remaining chicken cutlets.
Bake chicken for 15 minutes. Remove and serve with your favorite side.
Savor and Enjoy!
Tried this tonight, but with pork chops rather than chicken, and they were fantastic!! Will be making it with chicken very soon!
Sounds delicious Becky! It will be fun to see if you like the pork chop recipe over the chicken, let me know how it goes :)
Love making chicken with panko and all the spices and herbs and change ups you can do with it! I love switching out the egg sometimes for other sauces for another layer of flavor.
I am going back and retaking a bunch of my pics lately too. I think our photography skills are improving, yay us!
Haha agreed Lauren!!! I’m totally embarrassed of some of them!
Lots of flavor. Just needs a dipping sauce to serve it with maybe.
This recipe was simple and delicious. It was crispy with great flavor just the way I like it.
Glad you enjoyed! Cheers Dionne!
I searched on Pinterest for a Panko chicken recipe and found yours. I made it tonight, and it truly was the best Panko chicken I’ve ever had. Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe, and will definitely keep it in my menu folder for next time.
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Made this tonight for dinner and I have picky eaters. It was a huge hit!!! Delicious and crispy. Thank you! But can you tell me how I can send this to a friend?
This recepie was delicious and just the simpleness we needed after a long work week! Just had a question that perplexed me , about the photo vs text in this recepie. The photo says “Remove from heat. Toss in the parsley, garlic, ginger, and red pepper flake. Season with garlic salt.” however I didn’t see finger in the recepie and the recepie said to include garlic powder in the mix. Clarification please? Did I miss something more yummy?!
Will definitely make this again :)
Typos: ginger (not finger). Also forgot to add that red peppers weren’t in the recepie so was a bit confused.
Hi Lindsey! So glad you loved this recipe as much as I do! Thanks for letting me know about the recipe mistake. It’s fixed now! Cheers!
Awesome , delicious and quick .
Thanks Crystal! It’s a favorite of mine!
Soooooo good! This is replacing all of the “crusted” chicken recipes I have. Family gave it 4 thumbs up!
Thanks Kerstie! This one is a favorite in my house too :) Cheers!
Delicious! I cut my chicken breast into strips, five each breast. Didn’t have any parsley so I added a tsp of rosemary and a little thyme to the bed crumbs. Baked for 22 minutes. The chicken was moist and tender. So happy you shared this recipe.
Hi Bobbi! I’m so glad you enjoyed! I love the idea of cutting them into strips, like chicken tenders, yum!! Thanks for sharing! Enjoy!
can i go without kholsr salt