Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken with a Sweet Glaze
This brown sugar garlic chicken is juicy, tender, and baked with a sweet garlic glaze for an easy 30-minute dinner served with rice or pasta.
Servings: 4
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Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- salt and pepper to season the chicken
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp water
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Spray a baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper.
- In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, water, garlic powder, dried thyme, salt, and ground black pepper.
- Place the chicken in the baking dish and pour the brown sugar sauce over the top.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the chicken is fully cooked and reaches 165°F on a meat thermometer.
- Remove from the oven, transfer to serving plates, and drizzle the liquid from the baking dish over the chicken.