How Long do you Bake Chicken Legs – Oven Barbecued Chicken Drumsticks

Serves six

12 thawed chicken legs – small to medium (larger drumsticks will take longer to cook)
2 TBS olive oil
1 TBS coarse salt
2 tsp. black pepper
1 cup BBQ sauce of choice

Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Rinse and pat dry the chicken (make sure it is completely thawed) and place it in a large roasting pan or a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle the chicken with olive oil and season it generously with salt and pepper. Place the pan in the oven and bake for 25 minutes. Reduce the heat to 375.

Remove the chicken from the oven and brush – on both sides and liberally – with barbecue sauce. I like my homemade apple juice bbq sauce but you can use whatever you like.

Place the chicken back into the oven and cook for an extra 10 minutes. Remove from oven and brush both sides one more time. Place in oven for an extra 7 to 10 minutes until the bbq sauce caramelizes and the chicken registers 170 degrees on a meat thermometer placed close to the bone. You can also slice the chicken, close to the bone, and if it is pink cook it for longer. I would cook it in 5 minute increments. Whatever you do, make sure your chicken is completely cooked through before serving. All ovens are different so your times might vary. I served mine with broccoli slaw and sweet potato chips.

Enjoy!

2 chicken legs – CALORIES 345.31; FAT 16.52 grs (sat 4.07; mono 8.14; poly 3.27); PROTEIN 26.07 grs ; FIBER 1.54 grs; CARBS 20.71 grs; CHOLESTEROL 110 mg; IRON 1.67 mg; SODIUM 1514.05 mg; CALCIUM 3.16 mg

Oven BBQ Chicken Drumsticks with Slaw & Sweet Potato Chips

Print the Oven BBQ Chicken Legs Recipe Here

Print the Sweet Potato Chips Recipe Here

Print the Cole Slaw Recipe Here

156 Responses to How Long do you Bake Chicken Legs – Oven Barbecued Chicken Drumsticks

j p riley

January 27, 2013 at 4:43 pm

excellent recipie!! very easy and all my friends really enjoyed them
theFrugalChef

January 28, 2013 at 11:48 pm

Great! Thank you for letting me know! I appreciate you stopping by and trying this recipe!
Mary Ann
Jeff K

April 5, 2013 at 3:06 pm

Well…when Pops returned from the store with drumsticks only, I was baffled. I’m baffled no more! Making these tonight! Thank You in advance!
theFrugalChef

April 18, 2013 at 7:41 am

Hi Jeff!
I hope these came out perfectly for you. Thank you very much for stopping by.
Mary Ann
ashlee

April 23, 2013 at 9:13 am

Im making this for dinner tonite ..hopefully my husband likes it
theFrugalChef

April 27, 2013 at 7:25 am

Hi Ashlee!
Thank you for the message. I hope your husband liked this.
Mary Ann