This chicken breast seasoning recipe is simple, quick, easy, and made with few spices and herbs. It's a simple dry rub that is the best seasoning for chicken breast as it gives a unique flavor and taste to your baked, fried, or grilled chicken.
Chicken Breast Seasoning Recipe
This chicken breast seasoning recipe is quick, easy to make and you probably have almost all the spices and herbs used to make it available in your kitchen pantry.
It's quick and you can make it in few minutes.
The herbs and spices in this dry rub are those used in everyday dishes, but the blend and ratio of the different spices are the keys to this seasoning blend.
This seasoning for chicken breast is distinct from others, provides an incredible taste and flavor to chicken that you will forget all other dry rubs after trying this.
It is perfect for every kind of chicken preparation i.e. grilled, oven-baked, or pan-fried, it tastes good on chicken.
It works well on all types of chicken breast whether they are skinless, boneless, or skin-on, and bone in.
All the ingredients used to make this seasoning are clean and healthy. Learn how to make what to season chicken breast with.
What To Season Chicken Breast With
SPICES:
Salt
Onion powder
Garlic powder
HERBS:
Dried oregano
Thyme
Dried rosemary
Parsley
Basil
HEAT:
Paprika - (If you want smokey flavor then use smoked paprika otherwise sweet paprika can be used)
Black pepper - preferably use freshly ground pepper or Cayenne pepper
How to Make It
Dry the utensils you'll be using to mix this chicken breast spice.
Measure out all the ingredients.
Add all the ingredients (paprika, cayenne pepper, thyme, oregano, parsley, thyme, garlic powder, and sugar (optional) in a bowl and mix them properly till they are well combined.
The seasoning blend is ready for use.
How To Store Seasoning
Put the seasoning in a spice jar or an airtight container (glass or plastic), label the container with the name of the seasoning, date made, and expiry date then store in a cool dry place away from direct sunlight.
Most spices have a long shelf life however be sure to check the expiry dates of the individual ingredients and use the earliest expiry date to determine the expiry date for your mix.
How To Season Chicken Breast
After making the seasoning, you can then season chicken breast with it.
First, you need to pat dry the chicken breast.
Brush the breast pieces with olive oil. It helps to stick seasoning on the chicken.
Add one tablespoon of dry rub seasoning to one pound of breast pieces. You can increase or decrease the amount of seasoning according to the chicken sizes.
The chicken breast pieces can be cooked immediately but if you want more flavorful chicken then you need to marinate it for at least one hour or a maximum of overnight before cooking. Remember to keep the chicken in the refrigerator after it is seasoned.
For skinless chicken add seasoning into cuts of chicken while for skin-on chicken, add the seasoning under the chicken’s skin to give it proper flavor. Sprinkle the seasoning all over the chicken so it's evenly coated.
Tips
- It is said that spices can be used forever but it is also true that after a specific time they lose their flavor and aroma. As this recipe is easy and quick, make the spice blend in small batches.
- To keep seasoning and dry rub fresh for a long time, store them in a dry, cool, and dark place away from sunlight.
- Make sure that the bowls you use to make and store seasoning are properly dry because moisture can make the seasoning mouldy and go bad making it lose taste, flavor, and color.
- Use finely ground black pepper where possible as the texture of black pepper has a huge impact and role in recipe flavor and look.
- Avoid exposing seasoning to moisture as you need to keep it dry in storage so avoid pouring from spice container directly over steaming pot.
- Remember to label the seasoning container with the date of preparation and expiry date. Use all seasoning before the expiry date.
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Chicken Breast Seasoning Recipe
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Measuring spoons
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons Paprika
- 1 tablespoon Dried Oregano
- 1 tablespoon Dried Parsley
- 1 tablespoon Dried Thyme
- ½ tablespoon Garlic powder
- ½ tablespoon Onion powder
- 1 teaspoon Black pepper or Cayenne pepper or to taste
- 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar Optional
Instructions
- Dry the utensils you'll be using to mix this chicken breast spice.
- Measure out all the ingredients.
- Add all the ingredients (paprika, cayenne pepper, thyme, oregano, parsley, thyme, garlic powder, and sugar (optional) in a bowl and mix them properly till they are well combined.
- The seasoning blend is ready for use.
Notes
- It is said that spices can be used forever but it is also true that after a specific time they lose their flavor and aroma. As this recipe is easy and quick, make the spice blend in small batches.
- To keep seasoning and dry rub fresh for a long time, store them in a dry, cool, and dark place away from sunlight.
- Make sure that the bowls you use to make and store seasoning are properly dry because moisture can make the seasoning mouldy and go bad making it lose taste, flavor, and color.
- Use finely ground black pepper where possible as the texture of black pepper has a huge impact and role in recipe flavor and look.
- Avoid exposing seasoning to moisture as you need to keep it dry in storage so avoid pouring from spice container directly over a steaming pot.
- Remember to label the seasoning container with the date of preparation and expiry date. Use all seasoning before the expiry date.
This dry rub is splendid! Put it together with some chicken breast for Frodo and his boys the other night and they were ravenous. Would definitely travel into Mordor for this!
Good to know it was magic.Thank you for the feedback Bilbo 🙂
You didn't tell how much of each spice/seasoning to measure out to make it.
I did. It's in the recipe card at the bottom of the post.