Caesar Chicken is the perfect melt-in-your-mouth chicken recipe! It’s creamy, simple, and filled with flavor. This easy baked chicken recipe only has 4 ingredients and takes less than 30 minutes to make. It’s one of the absolute best weeknight dinners out there.
What’s in Caesar Chicken?
With just a handful of ingredients and 30 minutes to bake in the oven, this chicken dinner will be ready in no time!
- Chicken Breasts: Use boneless, skinless chicken breasts for this recipe. If they are on the thicker side, thin them out evenly.
- Caesar Dressing: Use your favorite creamy Caesar salad dressing. Or try making this homemade Caesar dressing recipe.
- Parmesan: Freshly grated Parmesan cheese will melt best.
- Black Pepper: Ground black pepper adds just a bit of spice into this dish. Simple but effective!
Notes from the Test Kitchen
If you find that the sauce seems to separate or curdle, try mixing 1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour into the dressing/sour cream mixture before adding it to the chicken. This will help bind it together.
Variations on Baked Caesar Chicken
While you only need 3 main ingredients to make this baked chicken breast recipe (chicken, caesar dressing, cheese), there’s another ingredient that will make it extra creamy. Mixing sour cream into the dressing will add an extra bit of tanginess to the flavor, and it will really make this chicken melt in your mouth! It’s an optional ingredient though, so skip it if you prefer. Plain Greek yogurt would be a nice substitute if you want something lighter.
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Serving Suggestions
This melt-in-your-mouth Caesar chicken is the perfect dish to serve for any weeknight dinner, and it goes well with almost any side dish. Start with a Kale Caesar Salad, and add some roasted mushrooms or Air Fryer baked potatoes. And don’t forget the dinner rolls! You could also mix in some Instant Pot rice to beef up the meal.
How to Make Caesar Chicken Step by Step
Season the Chicken: Preheat your oven to 375°F and spray the inside of an 8×11½-inch baking pan with nonstick spray. If the breasts are uneven thickness, pound them (placed in a Ziplock bag and on a flat surface) to an even ¾-1-inch thickness using a meat pounder. Sprinkle 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (both sides) with 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese and ½ teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper, and place them in the prepared baking dish.
Pour Over the Sauce: Whisk together 1 cup of Caesar dressing and ½ cup of sour cream in a small bowl. Pour the Caesar/sour cream mixture over each breast then sprinkle the remaining ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese on top.
Bake and Serve: Place the prepared chicken in the oven and bake at 375°F for 30 minutes, or until a meat thermometer inserted in the thickest part of one of the middle breasts reads 150°F. Turn the oven to broil and broil the breasts an additional 2-4 minutes, or until the chicken turns golden brown. It can burn quickly, so watch it closely. When done, a meat thermometer should register 165°F when stuck into the thickest part of one of the middle breasts. Remove from the oven, cover loosely with foil and allow chicken to rest 5-10 minutes before serving. If desired, garnish with chopped parsley.
How to Store and Reheat
Store leftover baked Caesar chicken in an airtight container, and keep it in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. To reheat, place it back in the oven at 350°F until it reaches an internal temperature of 165°F.
How to Freeze
Store creamy Caesar chicken in a freezer-safe container, and freeze it for up to 2 months. Let thaw overnight in the refrigerator before reheating.
this is actually SO good & SO easy to make!!
I’m leaving 3 stars. The recipe is great, the problem is “they” are adding so much water to the chicken breasts that they are boiling in the oven, not baking. I will try pan going the chicken first next time to remove the water.
Hi Kerril, there shouldn’t be any water added to the chicken breasts, just dressing and sour cream! The fat from both of those should help brown the chicken in the oven!
I’m guessing the added water that Kerril Grunke mentions is that which is added to the boneless skinless chicken breasts sold in the 2.5lb bags. (I often use it because it’s what I have on hand.) It may thin the sauce but we always enjoy it! 😋
This Ceasar chicken recipe turned out soo good!!!! The only thing I did extra. was after I pounded my chicken. I soaked it in milk with a few shakes of salt in it for 6hr..Then baked it following your recipe!!!!I also used Paul Newman’s Ceasar dressing..and omitted the sour cream…Oh my it was soo tender and good…Thanks again!!!!
Made this for Christmas dinner it was so good my son licked his plate clean. Will definitely make this again.
Can this be prepared and then frozen before cooking?
We don’t recommend freezing it, as the sour cream will separate and become grainy once thawed.
I added sautéed chopped onion and minced garlic! Superb so much flavor. Add the onion and garlic! Wow!
Thanks for sharing, Ruthie!
Fantastic! Absolutely delicious! I served this over angel hair pasta. Being someone who is not a very good cook, my husband gets concerned whenever I attempt to make something new. He liked this a lot. I loved it! It’s rare when we both like a dish.
I LOVE THIS CHICKEN RECIPE!!!!!! Chicken is so tender. I also served with the tri-color rotini. Thanks so much. Can’t wait to make and Eat this again 😍
Thanks so much for sharing, Judy!!
I did not make this recipe yet. But mannnn, I’m sorry people are so rude in the comments! It takes a lot of work to create recipes/content and the creator is providing this resource to you for free!!! Thanks for the recipe! I’m excited to try this tonight :)…and if it goes awry I’ll be sure to have self control and common courtesy by not posting reviews like “SO MUCH OIL!!!!” Or “who would eat this with all these calories” and realize the brand of dressing you used is probably oily 🤦🏻♀️
Thanks, Hope! We so appreciate the support!!
This was delicious and so easy! I added some fresh spinach towards the end of the baking time. I served it with pasta. My husband and I both loved it!
Those are some great additions. I’m glad you both loved it!
I thought about spinach and maybe sun dried tomatoes. I am cooking it now, as posted!