This recipe is a base for chicken dishes. Once you do this, you will never boil chicken for your casseroles and soups again. Unless you need the stock!
This is so easy – and the flavor and moistness you gain from preparing the chicken this way is hands above anything else. I use this chicken to make casseroles, soups, enchiladas, salads, and appetizers.
The olive oil, salt, and pepper add a lovely flavor note to the chicken – it is absolutely delicious. I would just eat this chicken alone as a straight-up meal.
You MUST use a bone-in, skin-on chicken breast. The chicken gets a deeper flavor from the bone and skin while it cooks. And also the bone and skin contribute to the moisture level of the chicken.
Trust me – you will make chicken this way FOREVER. Screw getting a pre-made roaster (AKA salt stick with chicken meat attached) at the supermarket……this is cheap, easy, and delicious!!!! And you can make it ahead and freeze it once you chop up all the meat. I do not advocate buying chicken roasters from the supermarket – not when it can be this easy and flavorful!!!
Perfect Basic Chicken
Ingredients:
- 5 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts (or however much you are cooking at one time)
- Olive Oil
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground pepper
A Sliver Of Each 
I’ve only ever bought a store roasted chicken twice, because its called for in a recipe. I am totally doing this next time! Thanks!
This is sooooooo much simpler and healthier for you than the sodium-filled storebought roasters! Thanks for giving it a try 🙂