Oven Roasted BBQ Chicken

Oven Roasted BBQ Chicken

I love BBQ chicken.  This is simple to prepare and tastes great. The sauce is just WOW and the chicken is so moist, tender, and full of flavor.

Recipe adapted from Food Network

Ingredients:

1 ½  cups your favorite BBQ sauce

¼ cup peach jam/preserves

1 clove garlic

Hot sauce optional

Olive oil

6-8 chicken thighs

Directions:

  1. Combine the barbeque sauce, peach jam, garlic, and hot sauce (if using) in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat for 8-10 minutes.
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  3. Drizzle olive oil on a rimmed baking sheet lined with aluminum foil.
  4. Set chicken skin side down on the baking sheet.
  5. Roast 25 minutes. Brush with BBQ sauce.
  6. Flip over gently and brush the other side with BBQ sauce.
  7. Roast 7 minutes.  Add more BBQ sauce.
  8. Roast 7 more minutes.  Add more sauce.
  9. Increase the oven temperature to 425 degrees. 
  10. Roast 5-7 more minutes.
  11. Let chicken rest for 10 minutes before serving.
  12. I served this with Pinto Bean Salsa Salad and Sweet Potato/Carrot Fries (see recipes in Sides/Salads)