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Baked Ranch Chicken

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By Kathryn Doherty · Modified: Aug 18, 2025 · Published: Oct 24, 2022 · This post may contain affiliate links
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Baked Ranch chicken is an easy, hands-off recipe with just 6 ingredients and rich, amazing flavor. The chicken breasts are coated in a breadcrumb mixture and have a tender inside and a crunchy crust.

A Ranch seasoned and breadcrumb coated baked chicken breast on a white plate with sweet potato fries and broccoli.


 

Today's recipe for baked Ranch chicken is a new favorite go-to in my house.

The chicken has amazing, rich flavor, with a crunchy crust and is so tender and moist from the mayo mixture.

Plus, it's just 6 ingredients and only takes 10 minutes to prep. Then it's completely hands off as it bakes in the oven.

That frees you up to work on some side dishes, sip some wine and just take a minute.

A crunchy baked chicken breast on a white plate with broccoli and sweet potato fries.

And the flavor is just so incredible when these come out all golden brown and hot and delicious. 

Plus, it's a really kid-friendly recipe that's also a favorite of grown-ups. And it looks and tastes so impressive, you could easily serve this to friends and family coming over.

Everyone will love this chicken!

OK, let's get cooking.

Breaded chicken breasts on a sheet pan before being baked in the oven
Crispy browned breadcrumb coated chicken breasts on a sheet pan after being cooked

Recipe Notes:

Chicken: The recipe calls for boneless, skinless chicken breasts, but you can also substitute chicken thighs. (I've done this before.) Both work great.

Breadcrumbs: Just regular, plain breadcrumbs work great here. I haven't tried this with Panko breadcrumbs, but you could give it a go.

Ranch seasoning: I use a packet of the store-bought dry Ranch seasoning and that works great. You could certainly substitute a homemade version if you want.

Mayonnaise: You can use regular mayo or a low-fat or reduced-fat version.

Greek yogurt: Similarly, a nonfat Greek yogurt is fine, or you can use a 2% or 5% fat yogurt. You can also skip the Greek yogurt and use a full ½ cup of mayo if you prefer.

Breadcrumb crusted chicken breasts on a baking sheet after being cooked.

I also love that this recipe is so simple to prep and very hands-off.

And when it comes out all browned and crunchy and delicious, you're going to feel like a rockstar in the kitchen.

You'll also probably have some eager family or friends gathered around ready to dive in. So let's get ready to eat.

Serving Ideas:

You can serve this baked Ranch chicken with steamed white or brown rice, a simple rice pilaf, some roasted potatoes or creamy mashed potatoes (or a microwave baked potato), or just some oven fries or tater tots.

As for a veggie side dish, steamed broccoli would be great here, as would steamed or roasted asparagus or green beans. Or you could do a simple side salad.

Tons of options to make it work for your family. Or just to work with what you happen to have on hand in the fridge or freezer.

A sliced Ranch seasoned and breadcrumb coated baked chicken breast on a white plate with sweet potato fries and broccoli.

I hope you give this a try for an easy but delicious dinner your whole family is sure to love.

(And if you do, please leave a comment below or tag me on Instagram; I love hearing from you!)

Enjoy!

XO,

Kathryn

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Baked Ranch Chicken

Baked Ranch chicken is an easy, hands-off recipe with just 6 ingredients and rich, amazing flavor. The chicken breasts are coated in a breadcrumb mixture and have a tender inside and a crunchy crust.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time35 minutes mins
Total Time45 minutes mins
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 4 (6-7 oz) boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • ½ cup plain breadcrumbs
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 (1 oz.) packet dry Ranch seasoning
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise, regular or low fat are fine
  • ¼ cup plain Greek yogurt, nonfat or 2%

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese and Ranch seasoning.
  • In a separate medium bowl, combine the mayonnaise and Greek yogurt.
  • Dredge each chicken breast in the mayonnaise mixture, turning to coat both sides, then in the breadcrumb mixture, pressing to help the breadcrumbs adhere to all sides of the chicken breast.
  • Place the coated chicken breasts on a baking sheet.
  • Bake at 375 for 35-40 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through. Serve hot.

Notes

Leftovers: Leftover baked Ranch chicken, once cooled, can be stored in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days. You can reheat it in the microwave - I recommend slicing the chicken so it heats through more quickly and evenly - but the coating will lose some of its crunch. You can also reheat this in the oven or in the Air Fryer to heat the chicken through and get a little bit of that crispy coating back, just be careful not to dry out the chicken.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 277kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 996mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g
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Comments

  1. Memoria says

    October 26, 2022 at 3:00 am

    Have you considered including metric measurements in your recipe since the rest of the world uses it? That would be so great. Thanks for this recipe!

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    • Kathryn Doherty says

      October 26, 2022 at 7:50 am

      Hi! I know that would be useful for so many people, but the US still uses our crazy system and that's where the majority of my readers are (and is how I measure in my kitchen, without doing tons of extra calculations for each recipe to offer both). I know there are some great conversion calculators out there though. And maybe at some point there will be a website plugin where you can toggle which type of measurement you would want to see - that would be helpful!

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