Baked Caesar Chicken

“If you think you can’t cook, this baked Caesar chicken recipe will convince people otherwise,” according to recipe developer Juliana Hale. Featuring a creamy sauce and buttery crouton topping, this recipe is perfect for simple weeknights at home.

Caesar Chicken Ingredients

These are the ingredients you’ll need to make this baked Caesar chicken recipe: 

• Croutons: Use store-bought Caesar salad croutons or make your own at home. 
• Cheese: For the most delicious results, grate your own Parmesan by hand. 
• Butter: A tablespoon of butter lends richness and moisture to the crispy topping. 
• Chicken: This recipe serves four, so you’ll need four boneless skinless chicken breasts.
• Seasonings: Simply season the chicken with salt and black pepper. 
• Salad dressing: Use store-bought Caesar dressing or make your own at home. 
• Sour cream: Sour cream gives the dish richness and tangy flavor. 
• Flour: All-purpose flour thickens the dressing mixture and helps bind it together. 
• Parsley: Fresh parsley adds a pop of flavor and color. 

How to Bake Caesar Chicken

You’ll find the full, step-by-step recipe below — but here’s a brief overview of what you can expect when you make this baked Caesar chicken: 

1. Make the topping with croutons, butter, and cheese. 
2. Pound the chicken to an even thickness, season, and place in a prepared baking dish. 
3. Make the dressing mixture and use it to evenly coat the chicken. 
4. Top with the crouton mixture. 
5. Bake until the chicken is no longer pink in the center. Garnish. 

Test Kitchen Tips

This recipe was developed in our test kitchen — check out some tips and tricks from culinary experts that might make the cooking process easier: 

• To easily coat the pound and coat the chicken breasts: Place the croutons in a resealable plastic bag and smash them with a meat mallet. Remove the crumbs. Place the chicken breasts, one at a time, in the same bag and pound to an even thickness. 
• Crouton substitute: If you don’t have croutons, a cup of Panko bread crumbs will also work. Italian-seasoned crumbs are best, but you just add about ¼ teaspoon Italian seasoning to plain Panko. 

What to Serve With Caesar Chicken 

Juliana suggests serving the Caesar chicken a simple salad or sautéed vegetables, such as zucchini and yellow summer squash. 

Recipe tester Kathryn Standing, meanwhile, would serve it over rice or pasta so that “no sauce goes to waste.”

Editorial contributions by Corey Williams