Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook Time: 50 mins | Total Time: 55 mins | Servings: 8 pieces
This is the best chicken recipe you’ll ever try! A two-ingredient recipe that guarantees the crispiest, perfectly glazed, sticky & sweet, and tender baked chicken! Serve this Crispy Oven Baked BBQ Chicken with your favorite side dishes for a delicious weeknight meal that your entire family will ask for over and over again!
Ingredients
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil or canola oil
8-10 chicken thighs and/or drumsticks bone-in, skin on
2 c. of your favorite bbq sauce
How to make Two Ingredient Crispy Oven Baked BBQ Chicken
Step 1: Prepare the oven. Preheat it to 400 degrees F.
Step 2: Drizzle the chicken with olive oil and coat all sides. Then, season with salt and pepper.
Step 3: On a rimmed baking sheet, place the chicken skin side down. Place in the preheated oven and bake for about 25 minutes.
Step 4: Then, take the chicken out of the oven and adjust the oven temperature to 425 degrees.
Step 5: Using a basting brush, coat the top of the chicken with barbecue sauce. Flip the chicken over using a spatula, but be very careful not to tear the skin. Then, baste the other side with the barbecue sauce. Return to the oven and continue baking for another 7 minutes.
Step 6: Take the chicken out of the oven and baste the top again with barbecue sauce. Bake the chicken for additional 7 minutes. Then, baste the chicken once more and bake for another 7 minutes. Do this a total of three times.
Step 7: Move the oven rack up and broil the chicken for about 3 to 5 minutes until crispier. Do this if the chicken has not crisped or browned yet to your liking.
Notes:
For crispy skin, make sure to pat the chicken dry before cooking. From the beginning, place the chicken skin side up on a baking rack nestled into a rimmed baking sheet. And bake the chicken for about 25 minutes, then baste with the BBQ sauce as directed. DO NOT FLIP.
To prevent the water-chilled chicken from getting soggy or watery, dry brine the chicken. On a wire baking rack on a rimmed baking sheet, place the chicken pieces, then rub them with salt. Place in the fridge for 2 to 12 hours, uncovered. To remove most of the salt, rinse the chicken. Pat the chicken dry and make sure not to add too much additional salt to the chicken.
Use bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, and drumsticks for the juiciest chicken. If using chicken breasts, I suggest using bone-in, skin-on.
If using boneless, skinless chicken breasts, initially bake them for only 10 minutes instead of 25. On top, add some bbq sauce. Flip the chicken and baste every 7 minutes thrice. The chicken is done once the internal temperature of the thickest part of the chicken reaches 165 degrees F.
If using chicken wings, use the same timing and temp.
Nutrition Facts:
Serving: 2pieces of chicken | Calories: 402 kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 86mg | Sodium: 815mg | Sugar: 23g
Two Ingredient Crispy Oven Baked BBQ Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil or canola oil
- 8-10 chicken thighs and/or drumsticks bone-in skin on
- 2 c. of your favorite bbq sauce
Instructions
- Prepare the oven. Preheat it to 400 degrees F.
- Drizzle the chicken with olive oil and coat all sides. Then, season with salt and pepper.
- On a rimmed baking sheet, place the chicken skin side down. Place in the preheated oven and bake for about 25 minutes.
- Then, take the chicken out of the oven and adjust the oven temperature to 425 degrees.
- Using a basting brush, coat the top of the chicken with barbecue sauce. Flip the chicken over using a spatula, but be very careful not to tear the skin. Then, baste the other side with the barbecue sauce. Return to the oven and continue baking for another 7 minutes.
- Take the chicken out of the oven and baste the top again with barbecue sauce. Bake the chicken for additional 7 minutes. Then, baste the chicken once more and bake for another 7 minutes. Do this a total of three times.
- Move the oven rack up and broil the chicken for about 3 to 5 minutes until crispier. Do this if the chicken has not crisped or browned yet to your liking.
