Baked Barbecue Chicken Legs And Thighs
We need skin to get a really lovely glaze and we need bone in pieces so they can be baked for 50 minutes so they absorb the flavour from the barbecue sauce without drying out.
Baked barbecue chicken legs and thighs. Continue baking until chicken is cooked through 180F about 40 minutes basting with sauce as desired. Massage marinade into chicken seal and refrigerate 24 hours. Bake the chicken in the preheated oven for 20 minutes then baste with more sauce.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Almost every Saturday we have guests over for dinner. Gently rub the thighs with your hands to evenly spread the seasonings.
Set the chicken legs in a shallow dish and sprinkle both sides with salt. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes to an hour until the skin is crisp. Sprinkle with garlic powder.
In a large bowl or ziplock bag mix olive oil garlic salt black pepper cayenne pepper paprika and onion powder together. Oven baked bbq chicken legs. Brush chicken thighs with a thin layer of the barbecue sauce on both sides ending skin side up.
Sprinkle salt pepper and baking powder over the chicken thighs. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 min. If youre using liquid smoke mix it into the barbecue sauce.
Arrange the thighs on a baking sheet lined with foil and fitted with a cooling rack. A perfect after work dinner. Combine BBQ sauce peach preserves garlic and hot sauce in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat for 5-10 minutes or until nice and hot.
