Oven Baked BBQ Chicken - with quick homemade barbecue sauce
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Oven Baked BBQ Chicken - with quick homemade barbecue sauce
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Recipe video above. This is how I make BBQ Chicken in the oven when I'm craving sticky chicken but don't want to fire up the BBQ! Made with a quick homemade BBQ sauce, the chicken is braised in the sauce which is loaded with extra flavour from the juices of the chicken. Fabulous sticky glaze, juicy inside!
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Ingredients
Sauce (Note 1)
- 1 cup ketchup or Australian/UK tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 4 tbsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp mustard powder
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp fresh black pepper
- 1 cup water
Chicken
- 1.5 kg / 3 lb chicken thighs (bone in skin on), drumsticks or wings (Note 2)
- Fresh parsley, chives or finely chopped green onions , for garnish
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C/390°F.
- Sauce: Mix all Sauce ingredients in a ceramic/glass baking dish (Note 3), then mix in water.
- Add chicken and turn to coat. Place chicken skin side down.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, turn chicken, spoon over Sauce.
- Bake for a further 30 minutes, then remove and spoon over Sauce.
- Skim off fat (optional): Tilt pan and spoon or drain off excess fat.
- Broil/grill - Change to broiler/grill on high. Spoon sauce over chicken generously, then place under grill / broiler for 2 to 3 minutes to caramelise the chicken and the sauce to thicken more. Do not walk away - this can happen quickly!
- Serve chicken, garnished with parsley or green onions, if using. Pictured in post with Mashed Potato and Green Bean Salad (minus feta).
Classic Side Dishes for BBQ Chicken
- Cornbread, Coleslaw, Potato Salad (or try this no mayo Lemon Potato Salad), Southern Baked Beans, big leafy salad with classic Vinaigrette, steamed corn with butter, bread rolls, creamy mashed potato (or Creamy Cauliflower Mash for low carb emergency!), or Potato & Gravy.
Notes
- Sauce subs:
- Chicken - This recipe is best made with bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces - thigh, drumsticks and wings.
- Breast / boneless thighs - won't get quite the same result because longer bake time gets chicken juices into the sauce. But it can be done! Here's how:
- TIPS:
- Barbecue Sauce recipe adapted from this one by the Neely's from Food Network.
- Nutrition per serving, assuming 3 tbsp excess fat is spooned off and all sauce is consumed.
- Ketchup - sub with Tomato Sauce (ie Aussie/UK tomato sauce, not what US calls "tomato sauce")
- Cider vinegar - can sub with white wine, sherry or champagne vinegar, OR 2 tbsp normal white vinegar
- Onion powder - sub garlic powder or 1 garlic clove, finely minced
- Mix sauce WITHOUT water
- Use 1 kg / 2 lb breast or boneless thighs
- Follow the cooking directions in this recipe - Sticky Baked Chicken Thighs. ie coat with 2/3 sauce, bake on high, baste with remaining sauce & broil/grill to finish.
- Pan - light scrubbing will be required to clean! So either use glass/ceramic OR metal pan lined with foil then parchment/baking paper.
- Sauce thickness at end depends one many factors eg - how snug the chicken is in the baking dish, how juicy / fatty the chicken is, oven accuracy. But very easy to adjust - too thick, add splash of water, too thin, return just the pan to the oven for a minute or two (thickens super quickly)
Nutrition Information
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Serving
256g
Calories
392cal
(20%)
Carbohydrates
24g
(8%)
Protein
33g
(66%)
Fat
17g
(26%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
168mg
(56%)
Sodium
655mg
(27%)
Potassium
608mg
(17%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
20g
(40%)
Vitamin A
330IU
(7%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
42mg
(4%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 5- 6 people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 392 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 256g | |
| Calories | 392cal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 24g | 8% |
| Protein | 33g | 66% |
| Fat | 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 168mg | 56% |
| Sodium | 655mg | 27% |
| Potassium | 608mg | 13% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 20g | 40% |
| Vitamin A | 330IU | 7% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 42mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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