How to make oven barbecue chicken (with step by step pictures)

Delicious oven barbecue chicken, spicy and tasty with step by step pictures to accompany instructions, so you always know you are on the right path.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Ingredients:
• 2.5 to 3 pound chicken pieces (drumsticks, thighs)
• 1 chopped onion (about 1.5 cups)
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil (olive, vegetable, grape, etc)
• 3.4 cup bottled chili sauce
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon spicy brown mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon horseradish
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed pepper
• Tools:
• oven
• knife
• cutting board
• mixing bowls
• all purpose foil pan
• meat thermometer
• barbecue brush

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Rinse of chicken and pat dry with a paper towel. Arrange all chicken pieces in an all purpose foil pan, bone side up.
3. Place chicken in the oven for 25 minutes.
4. While chicken is baking in the oven, chop up 1 medium onion in small slices. You should have about 1.5 cups of onion when you are done.
5. Next chop up 1 clove of garlic.
6. In a separate bowl mix together 3/4 cup bottled chili sauce, 2 tablespoons honey, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 tablespoon spicy brown musatard, 1/2 teaspoon prepared horseradish and 1/4 teaspoon crushed pepper. Do not worry if the mixture is lumpy or not fully blended. For a sample of how it should look please see image.
7. In a small to medium saucepan mix together onion, garlic and 1 tablespoon of oil. Cook until onion and garlic is tender but not brown. See picture for a sample of what that will look like.
8. Next, add the sauce mixture to the onion and garlic. heat up until just boiling (2 minutes or so) and remove from heat. Divide the sauce into two bowls.
9. When chicken has baked for 25 minutes, take chicken out of the oven and turn all pieces over so that bone side is now down. Brush all content of one of the sauce bowls over the cooked side of the chicken. Put chicken back in the oven for about 25 minutes.
10. Bake chicken for 25 minutes and measure temperature by inserting a cooking thermometer in a meaty part of the chicken. Make sure the temperature has reached 180 degrees.
11. Serve with mashed potatoes, dill and green onions if desired.