Easy Baked Chicken Recipes

Cookbook author Julia Turshen amps up the flavors in her simple chicken and mushroom pan roast with roasted lemons and a bright and fresh parsley sauce that takes just minutes to make.

A healthy dose of Sriracha gives these bone-in chicken thighs an extra bump of flavor.

This one-pot dish was inspired by chef Judy Rodgers's famous wood-fired roasted chicken at Zuni Café in San Francisco. Rodgers serves the chicken over bread and a salad, but Melissa Perello goes further and cooks the chicken over croutons tossed with greens, capers and golden raisins.

This dish, from chef Ilene Rosen at the City Bakery in New York City, matches chicken with the classic NYC street-vendor combo: pretzels and mustard.

Paired with a green salad and some crusty bread, these bone-in garlic chicken thighs are a quick and delicious weeknight dinner.

If you have seasoned bread crumbs instead of panko, you can use them -- just add the cheese.

Always juicy and delicious, these baked chicken thighs with BBQ sauce will make you forget about your grill.

Most of us think of Buffalo wings as bar food, but with their accompaniment of celery sticks and creamy blue-cheese dressing, they make a fine casual meal. These wings are hot, but if you like them incendiary, pass extra Tabasco sauce at the table.

Classic and always wonderful, juicy baked chicken thighs make the perfect weeknight dinner.

The Good News Many of the main-course dishes in Italian Family Dining call for meat or fish cooked with a seasonal vegetable, eliminating the need for a side dish. The potatoes baked with the chicken here not only absorb the delicious meaty juices, they also deliver vitamins C and B6, as well as potassium.

This easy baked chicken stays moist and tender from the bacon, which also adds lots of smoky, salty flavor.

These crispy, cheesy chicken breasts make a simple and delicious meal alongside a big salad.

This lemony chicken is perfect alongside a big Greek salad.

These easy-to-make drumsticks are sweet and garlicky and sure to become a family favorite