Broiled Chicken Recipe

5 from 1 vote

This broiled chicken is perfectly seasoned, juicy on the inside, with a slightly crispy crust. It's a healthy dinner your whole family will love!

Prep Time10

Cook Time7

Total Time17

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: broiled chicken, chicken recipe

Servings: servings

Calories: 327kcal

Preheat your broiler to 500 degrees. The top rack should be about 4-5 inches from the broiler's heating element.
Line a rimmed baking sheet tray with foil. Grease the foil with a little olive oil.
Pat the chicken breasts dry with a paper towel. Then, cut each chicken breast in half horizontally.
Place each piece of chicken breast on the greased tray with the cut side facing upward. You should have eight pieces of chicken on the tray, evenly spaced.
Brush the chicken breasts with half the olive oil using a pastry brush.
In a small bowl, mix together the salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and paprika.
Sprinkle half the seasoning mix over the chicken breasts. Then, flip each chicken breast over, brush them with the remaining olive oil and sprinkle with the rest of the seasoning mix.
Place the seasoned chicken under the hot broiler and cook for 3 minutes. Remove the tray from the broiler, flip each piece of chicken and then broil again for another 4 minutes. The chicken should be slightly browned and the internal temperature of the chicken should be 165 degrees F on a meat thermometer.
Take the tray of broiled chicken out of the oven and let the chicken rest for 5 minutes. This helps the juices of the chicken stay inside the chicken breast.
Serve the chicken while warm!

If you do not have a pastry brush, you can always spray the chicken with olive oil baking spray instead. This is a quick and easy way to grease the chicken breasts.
Add ½ teaspoon of cayenne pepper to the seasoning mix to make spicy broiled chicken.