Super Moist Oven Baked BBQ Chicken

By á-3146

Ingredients

• 4 , bone-in Chicken Breast Halves
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2-3/4 tsp kosher salt
• pepper to taste
• 1 C favorite prepared BBQ sauce

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from heatherlikesfood.com

Preparation

Step 1

The key to this oven baked BBQ chicken is to start with bone-in, half chicken breasts.

Mix up the marinade and pour over the chicken in a ziplock bag. I clearly ran out of bags so I had to improvise and use a produce bag. It worked in a cinch but I won’t recommend you try it. Bones + thin plastic + ewwie chicken juice = a mess in my fridge. Just use a regular bag, please. I use a bag as opposed to a bowl because you don’t have to use very much marinade to cover the chicken and it seems to marinade more evenly.

Place the chicken in the fridge for at least and hour or up to overnight. Going much past 24 hours could result in some funny-textured chicken though. Take the chicken out of the marinade and place on a baking sheet. Season with liberally with kosher salt and pepper and pop in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.

Taking the time to apply the sauce to the chicken at 5 minute intervals results in a deliciously sticky, glazed exterior that makes me want to lick my fingers just thinking about it.

Remove skin from chicken breast halves and place in a large ziplock bag.

Combine olive oil, smoked paprika, lemon juice, and garlic in a small bowl and pour over chicken.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Remove chicken from bag and place on a baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper.