Sticky Oven Roasted Apple Cider Barbecue Chicken Recipes

OVEN-ROASTED APPLE CIDER BBQ CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Drizzle a baking sheet with the olive oil.
• Pat the chicken completely dry with a paper towel. Season it with the salt and pepper evenly. Place the chicken on the sheet, but don't crowd the pan. Use two if needed!
• Roast the chicken for 25 minutes. Remove it from the oven and brush it with the BBQ sauce. Bake it for another 5 to 7 minutes. Flip, brush with sauce again, and bake for another 5. Repeat the process one or two more times, slathering the chicken with the sauce.
• Let cool slightly before serving. And serve it with the extra sauce!

STICKY OVEN-ROASTED APPLE CIDER BARBECUE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Make the barbecue sauce. Combine the ketchup, apple cider, honey, minced garlic, apple cider vinegar, Dijon, Worcestershire sauce, onion powder, paprika, and sea salt & freshly cracked pepper, to taste, in a small saucepan then whisk together until well combined.
• Heat the stove over medium heat and bring the sauce to a boil, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 60 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened and reduced.
• Remove from the heat and let sit at room temperature until it cools and thickens.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Coat the baking sheet with olive oil cooking spray.
• Pat the chicken drumsticks completely dry with a paper towel.
• Drizzle the drumsticks with olive oil and spread it on evenly.
• Season both sides of the drumsticks with garlic powder, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste, evenly.
• Place the chicken on the baking sheet. Place into the oven and roast the chicken for 25 minutes.
• Remove the baking sheet from the oven and brush the drumsticks with the barbecue sauce evenly.
• Place into the oven bake for another 5 to 7 minutes.
• Brush with sauce again, and bake for another 5 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before serving.
• Serve the chicken drumsticks with any extra sauce.

OVEN BAKED BBQ CHICKEN - WITH QUICK HOMEMADE BARBECUE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C/390°F.
• Sauce: Mix all Sauce ingredients in a ceramic/glass baking dish (Note 3), then mix in water.
• Add chicken and turn to coat. Place chicken skin side down.
• Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, turn chicken, spoon over Sauce.
• Bake for a further 30 minutes, then remove and spoon over Sauce.
• Skim off fat (optional): Tilt pan and spoon or drain off excess fat.
• Broil/grill - Change to broiler/grill on high. Spoon sauce over chicken generously, then place under grill / broiler for 2 to 3 minutes to caramelise the chicken and the sauce to thicken more. Do not walk away - this can happen quickly!
• Serve chicken, garnished with parsley or green onions, if using. Pictured in post with Mashed Potato and Green Bean Salad (minus feta).

APPLE CIDER-RANCH ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Rinse chicken and remove insides; dry off with a paper towel.
• Combine ranch dressing mix, granulated garlic, poultry seasoning, paprika, and cayenne for rub in a bowl.
• Rub chicken with oil. Put 1/3 cup apple cider, onion wedges, and fresh garlic inside the chicken, using onions to block the opening. Sprinkle rub all over using a teaspoon; be sure to coat legs and under wings.
• Place chicken on a stand-up roasting rack and set into a deep baking dish. Pour in remaining apple cider and ranch dressing mix.
• Roast in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and continue to bake until no longer pink in the center, the juices run clear, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven, cover tightly with foil, and let sit for 10 minutes before serving.