Oven Baked cajun BBQ Chicken Legs. I like to cook the chicken on a metal rack over a baking sheet to allow even heat and continuous airflow on all sides. I usually make this recipe with chicken legs, but you could also make it with a mix of legs and thighs. For optimum baked bbq chicken flavor, I.
It's the perfect dinner, no matter the weather! This Oven Baked BBQ Chicken is easy to make and includes a homemade no-cook barbecue sauce. The best bbq chicken is made with bone-in, skin-on chicken. You can have Oven Baked cajun BBQ Chicken Legs using 6 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Oven Baked cajun BBQ Chicken Legs
- You need 8-10 of chicken legs.
- It's 2 cups of bbq. Sauce; (sweet baby Ray).
- It's 21/2 Tbsp. of Holy Smoke bbq rub seasoning;(can only buy it in Tenn.
- It's of (You can use whatever bbq. Rub seasoning you want too.).
- Prepare 1 Tbsp. of Slap Ya Mama Cajun seasoning.
- You need 1/2 Tsp. of Each of kosher salt & freshly ground pepper.
You can use all parts of the chicken, or just specific parts that you like. In this easy recipe for baked Cajun chicken, chicken breast is coated with a tasty rub, then baked in a hot oven until perfectly juicy. I'm always looking for ways to make the old boring chicken breast more interesting. Easy chicken cordon bleu is a huge favorite around here, and so is bacon-wrapped.
Oven Baked cajun BBQ Chicken Legs step by step
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Blend together Cajun seasoning, BBQ seasoning, salt & freshly ground black pepper..
- Coat chicken legs on all sides with Olive oil..
- Season chicken legs on all side with seasoning mixture..
- Place chicken legs skin side down on a baking sheet pan..
- Bake for 25 minutes..
- Remove from oven and turn the tempture up to 425 degrees..
- Coat tops of the chicken legs with bbq sauce using a basting brush..
- Using a spatula; flip the chicken legs over; being careful not to tear the skin..
- Coat the other side of the chicken legs with bbq sauce..
- Place back into the oven and cook for 7 minutes..
- Remove from oven and repeat steps 8 thru 10 again..
- Place back into oven and cook for another 7 minutes or until chicken legs are crispy and parts are blackened; chicken legs are done..
- Reomve from oven and let cool down before serving..
- Serve and enjoy!.
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