Slow-Cooked Oven-Baked BBQ Chicken
Delicious BBQ chicken is made using an easy homemade barbecue sauce. Cooking the chicken at a low temperature allows the meat to become tender and stay juicy.
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- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr 30 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups ketchup
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
- 1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce
- 1 tablespoon barbecue dry rub
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 15 drumsticks (about 4 pounds)
Instructions
- 1
Gather the ingredients.
- 2
Preheat the oven to 300 F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil, and spray the foil with nonstick cooking spray.
- 3
In a nonreactive saucepan , make the sauce by combining all of the ingredients except the drumsticks: ketchup, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, molasses, mustard, Tabasco sauce, rub, and pepper. Slowly bring it to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently.
- 4
Reduce the heat to medium-low and gently simmer until dark, thick, and richly flavored, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- 5
Place chicken drumsticks into a large bowl, and pour some sauce over them. Toss the chicken in the sauce until well coated.
- 6
Using tongs , transfer the chicken to the prepared baking sheet, leaving any remaining sauce in the bowl. Make sure the drumsticks aren’t touching.
- 7
Bake for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours, basting once midway through the baking time with the remaining sauce in the bowl.
- 8
Bake until the chicken is fully cooked through and the outside has a nice glaze. Serve hot or at room temperature and enjoy.