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Oven-baked BBQ chicken thighs are a great dinner for busy nights! They’re perfectly seasoned and smothered with tasty BBQ sauce.
These are perfect served alongside creamy coleslaw and 4 cheese mac and cheese.
These chicken thighs require only a few ingredients, and they are the most flavorful and juiciest chicken thighs you’ll ever have. They melt in your mouth and make your taste buds sing from all the delicious flavor. Yes, they are that good!
Although I highly recommend using chicken thighs for this recipe, you may certainly use chicken breasts or wings. All you have to do is adjust the cooking time.
Table of Contents
Only a few Ingredients
- Bone-in chicken thighs, skin on
- Spices
- BBQ Sauce
- Oil
How to Make
For best results, use bone-in chicken thighs, skin on. Follow these quick and easy steps for the ultimate baked chicken:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Pat the chicken thighs dry with a paper towel, this will help to crisp up the skin.
- Drizzle the chicken with oil and season on both sides. Make sure to season under the skin as well.
- Bake for 30 minutes uncovered.
- Brush the chicken thighs with your favorite barbecue sauce and continue baking for an additional 5-10 minutes uncovered until fully cooked through.
Top tips and recipe variations:
- If you want these chicken thighs to be extra flavorful, season them and refrigerate them for 24 hours.
- Let the chicken come to room temperature for 40 minutes before cooking.
- Add some onions and peppers and cook them along with the chicken.
- Don’t apply the barbecue sauce onto the chicken too early, barbecue sauce contains sugar, and it will burn if cooked for too long. Brush the chicken with the barbecue sauce during the final 10 minutes of cooking.
- Once the chicken is fully cooked through, broil for an additional 1-2 minutes to get the skin nice and crisp.
- I cooked these chicken thighs in the oven for 35 minutes total at 425 degrees F. Although cooking time will vary based on the size of your chicken. The safe cooking temperature for chicken is 165 degrees F.
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Oven Baked BBQ Chicken Thighs
Ingredients
- 2 lbs bone-in chicken thighs, skin on
- 2 teaspoons granulated garlic
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper , optional
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tbsp Oil
- 1/4 cup bbq sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine the chicken, spices, and oil.
- Place the chicken on a baking sheet with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes uncovered.
- After 30 minutes, coat the chicken with the bbq sauce and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked through.
- Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes before serving and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Good recipe, Julie! I did not need to cook as long as stated due to size of thighs. Your helpful suggestions made this so easy to make. My husband said I could make this for him as often as I wanted to. I did not need to put under the broiler—I it turned out perfectly. iI loved the zippy Cajun seasoning with Sweet Baby Rays bbq sauce—winner recipe!