So in case you haven't noticed, boneless skinless chicken breasts are very pricey at the store. Occasionally I can get them enough on sale that it is worth buying them, but normally I try to get a cheaper piece of meat if I can. I like to buy whole chickens (which most of the meat is in the breast anyway) and cook them up for multiple meals. More on the meals you can make with them later...
So grab your whole raw chicken, rinse it out in the sink, take out the gross neck and liver stuff and stick it breast side up on a pan. I then season it with salt, pepper, rosemary and some poultry seasoning I happened to have. This goes into the oven at a really high temp 450-500 somewhere for about 20 mins or until the skin has a nice browned appearance. Then switch the temp down to 300 and cook another 30 mins. I let it sit until you can handle it (not scalding hot) and then you can dismantle the meat. Don't toss the bones or skin, stick them in a large pot, cover with water and boil for several hours. Then I put that chicken stock into storage and freeze whatever I don't need for that weeks meals.
Ps. Picture above has 2 extra chicken breasts I found in my freezer added into the pan.
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