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    You are here: Home / Special Diets / Wheat Free / Oven-Baked Barbecue Chicken

    Oven-Baked Barbecue Chicken

    19 April 2017 - By Michelle Minnaar
    This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Sheetpan of bbq chicken

    One can say that oven-baked barbecue chicken will always be the perfect finger food. Have you ever heard of finger food? I’m sure you have!

    Chicken Bbq

    Finger foods are those types of yum yums, which you just can’t stop licking off your fingers. If you are a foodie and you’ve got a man at home, oven-baked barbecue chicken is exactly for you.

    Even though the climate doesn’t allow us to sit outside and enjoy a lovely barbecue in the garden, we can still indulge on the delicious barbecue flavour from the oven-baked barbecue chicken.

    Get a head start on the barbecue season and set the trend in your neighbourhood. You’ll soon find neighbours bringing pints over to your house.

    What is BBQ

    BBQ, short for barbecue, is a cooking technique that usually involves slowly cooking an ingredient over open fire. Today’s definition of a barbecue involves a couple of friends and pints of beer.

    You can consider using a fixed grill or a portable grill. Either way it gets the job done. The main thing you’ll get out of the barbecuing technique is the presence of the delicious smoky flavour that just lasts throughout each bite.

    In fact, in some cultures, barbecues are used to preserve meat, as a result of the smoke. Nowadays, people usually associate barbecues with marinating their chosen ingredients.

    That’s technically incorrect because marinating is a totally separate cooking technique.

    Chicken Legs Wings Raw

    Where did it come from?

    So, when and where did barbecuing first show up? There are debates whether one should credit barbecues to cowboys in the West (USA) or to the Caribbean.

    It’s a very tough discussion, as you can argue that surely the early Greeks “barbecued” their meat too. What do you think – when and where did it start?

    Every single time I shut my eyes and think of oven-baked barbecue chicken, I think of TV ads from the US. I know that it’s not just a fourth of July type of thing, we Britons can proudly call ourselves experts in barbecues.

    There is an American stigma to barbecues. Do you agree? Nevertheless, this recipe calls for an oven, not an actual barbecue. If you’ve got a barbecue – fantastic! Put it to work!

    Sauce Bbq

    Using the chicken

    Yes! You can use an entire chicken for the oven-baked barbecue chicken recipe. Either use a pack with pre-cut pieces from the supermarket, or you can butcher an entire chicken yourself.

    If you want to save money, buy the entire chicken or two. Cut the chicken into sections and keep the carcass for chicken soup. Throw in a couple of veggies, season well and you’ve got yourself two amazing dishes!

    Clever and economical at the same time. If you don’t have chicken sitting in the fridge, no worries. You can substitute easily with:

    • Beef
    • Fish
    • Pork
    • Vegetables

    Nonetheless, beef still remains my favourite substitute for the oven-baked barbecue chicken. It doesn’t really matter what you use as long the sauce is tasty.

    Bbq Sauce With Chicken

    Vegetable lover

    Do you prefer eating vegetables to meat? That’s absolutely fine. In fact, this recipe can be vegetarian-friendly very easily. Just use vegetables instead of meat.

    First, it contains less calories per serving. Second, it will cook faster, unless you get a huge piece of corn. Then it takes roughly the same amount of time.

    Third, you can eat totally guilt free! The vegetables you can consider using are:

    • Corn – my favourite. Who doesn’t love smoky flavours on corn?
    • Bell peppers– always works great with this sauce, especially if you burn them a little.
    • Carrots – make sure you make the sauce thicker so it sticks to the carrots.
    • Eggplant – burn the eggplant on the outside.
    • Tomatoes
    • Asparagus
    • Zucchini
    • Mushrooms

    You can use so many different varieties of vegetables. I like to choose “finger veggies” for barbecue inspired recipe. Thus, corn is my favourite substitute for the oven-baked barbecue chicken.

    Chicken Bbq Sauce Covered

    The sauce

    Simply mix all the ingredients together. The trick is in the ketchup. The higher quality ketchup you use, the more delicious your sauce on the oven-baked barbecue chicken will be!

    I like to use bio or organic ketchup, it’s less sweet and tastes more of tomatoes. You can try including an alcohol base to the sauce.

    I’ve come across a lot of suggestions of putting whiskey and honey in the barbecue sauce. Would you do it?

    I’ve also heard of putting beer into the sauce, for that nice bitterness. Apparently, it works well. If you want to try something completely new, why don’t you go for making paprika-honey-oregano marinade?

    Barbecue Chicken Oven Baked

    marinate the chicken

    Once you finish making the sauce you can marinate your chicken in it. The longer you marinate, the better the chicken will taste.

    Not sure about you but, I myself am pretty impatient to marinate. I don’t plan ahead too much, and I struggle to marinate for long.

    What I usually do is to marinate my ingredients in the fridge overnight. It pays in the end! If you own a grill, just dip the chicken into the sauce and let it cook!

    Or, in this case, let it smoke. Don’t be afraid to marinate the chicken longer. You can even do two days.

    Alternatively, you can brine the chicken the day before for extra succulence.

    Bbq Chicken Oven Baked

    Serve with

    You can just serve the oven-baked barbecue chicken as it is. It’s finger-licking good, so why add anything to it? It’ll just distract you from the delicious chicken.

    However, this is only under the assumption that you made enough for yourself. If you have guests or need to share, its best to serve the oven-baked barbecue chicken with a side.

    You can consider a cherry tomato salad  or a beautiful smashed cucumber salad. Eating meat can be quite heavy. Eating a light side will freshen you straight up for another piece of oven-baked barbecue chicken.

    If you want to go all in, then go for the obvious fries! As you can see, I’ve made plenty of sauce which can be poured into a bowl for dipping.

    Once you take the chicken out of the oven or off the grill, sprinkle some fresh coriander on top. It will add even more freshness.

    Barbecue Sauce Chicken
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    Oven-Baked Barbecue Chicken


    ★★★★★

    4.9 from 10 reviews

    • Author: Michelle Minnaar
    • Total Time: 45 minutes
    • Yield: 4 servings 1x
    • Diet: Low Lactose
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    Ingredients

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    • 4 chicken legs, skinned if you prefer
    • 120ml (8 tbsp) tomato ketchup
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) brown sugar
    • 15ml (1 tbsp) mild mustard
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) Worcestershire sauce
    • 1 garlic clove, crushed
    • 15ml (1 tbsp) vegetable oil

    Instructions

    1. Preheat the oven to 220°C (fan 200°C/425°F/gas 7).
    2. Make 2-3 deep cuts in each piece of chicken using a sharp knife. This allows the sauce to penetrate and flavour the chicken well.
    3. In a large bowl, mix the ketchup, sugar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, garlic and oil. Add the chicken and stir until well coated with the sauce.
    4. Bake in a preheated oven for 40-50 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.
    5. Give the remaining pan sauces a stir and drizzle over the chicken.

    Notes

    • Baked potatoes, boiled new potatoes or chips/fries with a crispy green salad.
    • You can bake the chicken for a longer time; say 180°C (fan 160°C/350°F/gas 4). Just check that it’s cooked!
    • The better quality ketchup you use, the greater the taste.
    • If you like lots of sauce to dip your chips in, double up on the ingredients.
    • After scrubbing the roasting tin for what felt like eternity I started using a silicone one and it works a treat.
    • If you own a barbecue, you can grill the chicken on it and baste it with the sauce above.
    • You can even marinate the chicken in the sauce before cooking it in the oven. For best results, do it the night before cooking. Don’t forget to store it in the fridge before doing so!
    • If you prefer a cajun twist, simply use my Cajun Seasoning recipe instead of the Barbecue sauce shown in the recipe.
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 40 minutes
    • Category: Dinner
    • Method: Bake
    • Cuisine: American

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    Oven-Baked Barbecue Chicken

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    Comments

    1. Muneeba

      July 02, 2009 at 11:55 pm

      Aha .. that makes two of us .. I don’t have a BBQ either – am saving for the perfect one! This chicken is great consolation though … and I have all the ingredients! Neat!!

      Reply
      • Scott E Hester

        November 01, 2021 at 9:33 pm

        This is my go to barbecue chicken recipe. Not only do I love it, my cats do too!

        ★★★★★

        Reply
    2. Deborah

      July 03, 2009 at 3:11 am

      I have a barbecue, but I still want to make this because it looks so good!!

      Reply
    3. loneacorn

      July 03, 2009 at 6:54 am

      Is there a way we can make baked chicken if we neither have a barbecue nor an oven. As I am one of those but i love barbecued or roasted chicken. In know you must be surprised. But i will be glad, if you could suggest something.

      Reply
    4. Michelle

      July 03, 2009 at 2:04 pm

      Muneeba: Great minds own alike. 🙂 Please let me know how you get on.

      loneacorn: What a tricky question! What I would have done is: Brown the chicken pieces in a bit of oil in a flame-proof casserole dish. Then add the sauce and let the whole lot simmer slowly at a low temperature – at least an hour, stirring to make sure the meat is covered with the yummy sauce. Alternative, you chicken breasts and stir fry with the sauce. The sauce is the star of the dish!

      Deborah: You can still prepare this on the barbecue. Just keep basting with the sauce.

      Reply
    5. browniegirl

      July 05, 2009 at 6:16 pm

      YUMYUM!!! What a fab meal, I mightve said consolation meal but it looks soooo good I thought better of it hehe….I had such a good laugh while reading this. Well done xxx

      Reply
    6. Carmen

      July 07, 2009 at 6:05 am

      I don’t have one either because we only have a tiny yard. This chicken looks yummy though and will definitly be trying the recipe. 😀

      Reply
    7. Ivy

      July 08, 2009 at 11:33 am

      Your chicken is baked to perfection. Although I have one, it’s on a small balcony and I rarely use it as the whole apartments smells after barbecuing 🙂

      Reply
    8. Pragya

      July 09, 2009 at 9:06 am

      Shall try tonight, looks drop dead gorgeous!

      Reply
    9. Pragya

      July 10, 2009 at 5:22 am

      It was absolutely perfect, thanks a bunch for the recipe and Lonecorn thanks for the browning idea. I did not use the oven just tried your method and it was fantastic! Michelle please do an easy chicken roast too!

      Reply
    10. Pragya

      July 10, 2009 at 5:22 am

      It was absolutely perfect, thanks a bunch for the recipe and Lonecorn thanks for the browning idea. I did not use the oven just tried your method and it was fantastic! Michelle please do an easy chicken roast too!

      Reply
    11. Sam

      July 10, 2009 at 10:04 pm

      I have a barbecue but it hardly ever gets used, every time I plan to it rains! Maybe next time I’ll have this chicken on standby, it looks fantastic!

      Reply
    12. nina

      July 16, 2009 at 5:36 pm

      You know that most South Africans braai in a half drum and I am not willing to have that in my garden. We have an indoor braai and we have a Weber. I like the indoor braai, because we can braai in winter, but the Weber does not do it for me!!! I’ll save up with you!!!

      Reply
    13. dot

      March 23, 2010 at 2:41 pm

      Thanks for posting this! It was really helpful when I was doing my own oven bbq chicken experiments!

      (I included props back here: http://foodwhirl.com/whats-for-dinner/oven-barbequed-drumsticks)

      Reply
    14. nurun

      November 05, 2010 at 7:47 pm

      i have both oven and out door grill but i prefer to use the oven because of the hardship in cleaning the mess post bbq.i will surely try your recipe it looks yummy.Thanks for sharing..

      Reply
    15. nurun

      November 05, 2010 at 7:47 pm

      i have both oven and out door grill but i prefer to use the oven because of the hardship in cleaning the mess post bbq.i will surely try your recipe it looks yummy.Thanks for sharing..

      Reply
    16. Brandi S.

      August 14, 2011 at 1:03 am

      This was amazing! Thank you so much for posting this recipe! It had a wonderful smoky flavor even though it was cooed in the oven. I used chicken breasts instead but it was still perfect!

      Reply
    17. jmollice

      September 01, 2014 at 12:05 am

      THIS IS A VERY DELICIOUS RECIPE. MY FAMILY LOVED. AND SO DID I AND NOT KEEN ON BBQ CHICKEN. IALSO BROWNED FIRST AND ADDED SOME SOY SAUCE AND APPLE CIDER VINEGAR. THANKS LOVED THE RECIPE

      Reply
    18. Rosanna

      April 06, 2017 at 4:20 pm

      This is another very delicious recipe!!! And so simple and easy to make. We had great weather yesterday so we grilled outside. We had grilled potatoes too, perfect match with some Sauerkraut and greens! Thank you Michelle for this deliciousness. Cannot wait to try your other recipes.

      Reply
      • michelle

        April 19, 2017 at 3:44 pm

        That’s fantastic news, Rosanna. Thanks so much for letting me know. Happy cooking!

        ★★★★★

        Reply
    19. Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche

      April 20, 2017 at 11:44 am

      Definitely need to share this with my husband, he would LOVE this! The BBQ sauce sounds delish, and so easy to make too.

      Reply
    20. Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs

      April 21, 2017 at 9:58 am

      OMG. This is SO good. My biggest complaint with BBQ dishes is the lack of sauce but this has PLENTY. Even for me 🙂

      Reply
    21. Rachel

      April 21, 2017 at 1:13 pm

      I tried out this recipe..It came really well. Very juicy and tender chicken. Thanks for sharing

      ★★★★

      Reply
    22. Kate

      April 21, 2017 at 1:55 pm

      I love having barbecues and I bet this sauce would be delicious on sweetcorn.

      Reply
    23. cheryl hadfield

      April 21, 2017 at 9:12 pm

      We have a bbq but mostly go to my inlaws for bbqs , my ather in law is the king of bbq food, his speciality is chicken marinated in sweet chilli

      Reply
    24. Tracey Belcher

      May 14, 2017 at 8:15 am

      I love BBQ chicken but I often add Texan beans or fried beans with it too – I also love BBQ burnt ends

      Reply
    25. Demi Morton

      November 09, 2017 at 11:04 pm

      Needed a simple quick non-spicy bbq sauce for my simplistic non-fussy 14 yr old son. This sauce is AWESOME. I nearly “tasted” all of the sauce before I dressed the chicken! It’s so simple yet SO GOOD! Being from South Eastern USA our regional sauce is Ketchup/Vinegar/Mustard base and lots of black and cayenne pepper. I resisted the urge to add Apple Cider Vinegar but this sauce is perfect as is for my son’s tastebuds

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • michelle

        November 14, 2017 at 7:53 am

        Thanks Demi! I’m glad you enjoyed the sauce!

        Reply
    26. Stacey

      March 15, 2018 at 10:18 pm

      Does it say to preheat the oven to 220 degrees that seems awfully low for cooking chicken just want to make sure that is correct thx

      Reply
      • michelle

        March 16, 2018 at 9:21 am

        Hi Stacey, thanks for your comment. My chicken was perfectly fine with 220. The one thing I have is dry chicken – so this temperature helps preserve the juices and cooks the chicken thoroughly. Hope that helps 🙂

        Reply
      • Rachel

        July 08, 2018 at 1:06 am

        220 degrees Celsius equals 425 degrees Fahrenheit (US)

        Reply
      • Jessica

        January 04, 2019 at 1:46 am

        She means 425 F. You need to read the whole thing.

        Reply
    27. Scott Hester

      July 11, 2018 at 12:28 am

      Had this for the 2nd time tonight. The key is to marinate. I didn’t the 1st time. Even though the first go around was good, I enjoyed the recipe alot more this time. I also added a little honey with the sauce. Thank you.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    28. Al

      December 05, 2018 at 11:35 pm

      I have been making this for a few years, we bake boneless chicken breast in lots of sauce and serve it over white rice..
      We just recently started using all these ingredients to the crockpot and cooking all day…. you have to use a lot of sauce

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    29. manoj

      September 09, 2019 at 1:47 pm

      Roasted chicken outdoor

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    30. Janice Shider

      November 29, 2019 at 9:11 pm

      Wonderful tasting BBQ Chicken, Family enjoyed. Great recipe, will make again. Certainly is well worth trying. Thanks!!!

      Reply
    31. Jenny Tim

      March 02, 2020 at 12:46 pm

      Hey, I loved your recipe. I tried oven-baked barbecue chicken with homemade mustard sauce and the taste of the barbecue chicken was very delicious and everyone in my family loved it. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    32. tomo

      March 14, 2020 at 9:48 pm

      i am new to this site but this chicken sounds great I will be giving it a go .
      cant wait to see some more recipes.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    33. Charleen

      February 10, 2021 at 4:26 am

      Thank you for this recipe – So quick to prep & yet so delicious. A small confession though – there was no Worcestshire Sauce in the pantry, so in South Africa there is a phrase ” ‘n boer maak ‘n plan”, so I substituted with Soy Sauce.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • Michelle Minnaar

        February 10, 2021 at 1:00 pm

        Thanks, Charleen. So happy to hear a fellow boer had success with this recipe!

        Reply
    34. Barb Brand

      April 18, 2021 at 9:35 pm

      I love this recipe but have a question about the marinade. Do you marinade with the barbecue sauce or a different marinade. Please advise.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • Michelle Minnaar

        April 19, 2021 at 2:35 pm

        Thanks for the positive feedback, Barb!

        Sorry for the confusion. You can actually marinate the chicken in the sauce overnight in the fridge, then the next day simply pop it into the oven and cook according to the recipe’s instructions.

        Alternatively, you can brine the chicken before baking it in the sauce. Please see the link in the article above.

        Reply

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