Oven BBQ Chicken Drumsticks

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 60 min
Servings: 3
Yield: 3 servings

Description

Baked BBQ chicken legs are tender and juicy, with a crispy skin. A homemade BBQ sauce adds sticky goodness to these meaty drumsticks that are oven-baked instead of grilled.

Ingredients

6 chicken drumsticks
1/3 cup ketchup
1/3 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup water, or more to taste
1/4 cup brown sugar
4 teaspoons butter, cut into small chunks
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce, or to taste
2 teaspoons dry mustard
2 teaspoons chili powder, or to taste

Directions

1 Assemble ingredients, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C), and place drumsticks in a 7x11-inch baking dish.
2 Whisk ketchup, vinegar, water, brown sugar, butter, salt, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and chili powder together in a bowl; pour mixture over drumsticks. Cover with aluminum foil.
3 Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 1 hour, turning chicken about halfway through. Uncover during the last few minutes of baking to let the skin crisp up and the sauce caramelize. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
4 Serve hot and enjoy!