Baked Barbecue Chicken
Oven Barbecue Chicken Recipe

This is a recipe for baked barbecue chicken, which I found in an American picnic cookbook. It would be ideal for a 4th July picnic or a family barbecue.

It is an excellent bbq recipe because you cook the chicken in advance, which rules out the chances of serving meat which is charred on the outside but almost raw in the middle.

This is therefore quite a safe recipe but do make sure the meat gets really hot on the grill, after it has been chilled in the marinade.

For 5 pounds of raw chicken pieces you will need 1 quantity of Chicken Barbecue Sauce as follows:

Sauce ingredients

one 10 ounce can of chicken broth/soup
one 6 ounce can of tomato paste
3 tablespoons of lemon juice
1/4 cup of butter
a tablespoon of chilli powder
a teaspoon of brown sugar
a teaspoon of salt
a minced clove of garlic or half a teaspoon of garlic powder

Method

Combine all the ingredients for the sauce together in a small saucepan and mix well.
Cook over a moderate heat until the butter is melted.
Allow to cool a little.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Wrap the chicken pieces in a couple of large squares of heavy-duty aluminium foil and seal tightly. Bake the chicken in the foil for half an hour.
Remove from the oven and transfer to a suitably sized dish.
Pour the Barbecue Sauce over it.
Then cover, refrigerate and allow the chicken to marinate for at least 4 hours.
When ready to barbecue, place the chicken on the grill 4 to 6 inches from the hot coals.
Cook for about 20 minutes, turning and basting often with the barbecue sauce.