Baked Chicken Breasts with Parmesan-Garlic Crust

Ingredients:

• 1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 tsp table salt
• coarsely ground black pepper
• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast (6 to 7 oz each) trimmed (I slightly pound to make them more even for cooking)
• 1/4 cup minced fresh basil
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• Lemon wedges for serving

Directions:

1. Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 425 degrees. Combine breadcrumbs, Parmesan, garlic oil, salt and pepper to taste in bowl.
2. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and transfer to 13x9 inch baking dish. Combine basil and mayonnaise in small bowl and spread mixture evenly over chicken. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs mixture over mayonnaise, pressing lightly to ahere.
3. Bake until crumbs are golden brown and instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of chicken registers 160 degrees, 18 to 22 minutes. Serve with lemon wedges.

Recipe by submitted by: Debbie Adams ~www.dlaphoto.com
Per Debbie, this recipe is taken from CooksCountry.com and is easy and delicious.