Description
Two Ingredient Crispy Oven Baked BBQ Chicken is a deliciously simple dish that delivers maximum flavor with minimal effort. Perfect for busy weeknights or casual gatherings, this recipe requires just two main ingredients: your favorite barbecue sauce and chicken thighs or drumsticks. The method creates juicy, tender chicken with irresistibly crispy skin that is coated in a sweet, sticky glaze. Whether served as the star of a family dinner or shredded for sandwiches and tacos, this BBQ chicken will surely impress your guests and leave them wanting more.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8–10 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs and/or drumsticks
- 2 cups of your favorite barbecue sauce
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (or canola oil)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Coat chicken with olive oil and season generously with salt and pepper.
- Place chicken skin side down on a baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes.
- Increase oven temperature to 425°F.
- Baste the top of the chicken with barbecue sauce, flip, baste the other side, and return to the oven for 7 minutes.
- Repeat basting and cooking process until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165°F (about 46 minutes total).
- Broil for an additional 3-5 minutes if necessary for extra crispiness.
- Let rest for 5 minutes before serving.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 46 minutes
- Category: Main
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 chicken thigh (approximately 100g)
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 560mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 22g
- Cholesterol: 90mg