Description
This recipe uses only TWO INGREDIENTS – barbecue sauce and chicken (plus a little olive oil, salt, and pepper) – to make the crispiest, most perfectly glazed, sweet, sticky, and tender barbecue baked chicken you will ever have.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8–10 chicken thighs and/or drumsticks (bone-in, skin on)
- 2 cups barbecue sauce
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil or canola oil
- Salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Step 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Step 2: Coat the chicken on all sides with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Step 3: Place the chicken skin side down on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 25 minutes.
- Step 4: Remove chicken from oven and turn the temperature of the oven up to 425 degrees.
- Step 5: Coat the top of the chicken with barbecue sauce using a basting brush. Use a spatula to flip the chicken over, being careful not to tear the skin. Baste the other side of the chicken, and place back in the oven for 7 minutes.
- Step 6: Remove from oven, baste top with barbecue sauce, and place back in oven for 7 more minutes.
- Step 7: Remove from the oven again and baste again, for a total of three times, and place back in oven for 7 more minutes.
- Step 8: If the chicken hasn’t crisped and browned to your liking, move the oven rack up and broil the chicken for 3-5 minutes, until it’s more crispy.
- Step 9: I recommend letting the chicken sit for 5 minutes or so after cooking before serving so the juices redistribute.
Notes
For extra crispy skin, pat the chicken dry before cooking or use a baking rack to elevate the meat. If using boneless, skinless chicken breasts, reduce the initial bake time to 10 minutes.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 pieces
- Calories: 402 kcal
- Sugar: 23 g
- Sodium: 815 mg
- Fat: 21 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 16 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 29 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 22 g
- Cholesterol: 86 mg
Keywords: oven baked bbq chicken, crispy chicken thighs, easy bbq chicken, 2 ingredient chicken