Easy Baked Chicken Recipes

If looking for a fast weeknight dinner, baked chicken is a healthy and versatile option. Here, Food & Wine's best easy baked chicken recipes, from baked Buffalo chicken wings to mustard-baked chicken with a pretzel crust.

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Sheet Pan Chicken  and Mushrooms with Parsley Sauce 

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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.

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Baked Sriracha Chicken Thighs

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

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Chicken Baked on a Bed of Bread and Swiss Chard

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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.

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Mustard-Baked Chicken with a Pretzel Crust

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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.

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Easy Baked Chicken Thighs

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

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Breaded Oven Baked Chicken Legs

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

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BBQ Baked Chicken Thighs

KRISTEN STEVENS

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

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Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings

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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.

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Lemon-and-Garlic Baked Chicken Thighs

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

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Baked Chicken with Potatoes, Fennel and Mint

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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.