The 10 Commandments of Baking Chicken

First thing's first: raw chicken needs salt and pepper, and lots of it. Before you put anything else on the chicken before you bake it, sprinkle a generous pinch of kosher salt all over both sides of the chicken, followed by a nearly equal amount of black pepper. This is the only way to ensure the chicken gets seasoned all the way through.

Recipe featured: lemon-thyme baked chicken