Oven BBQ Chicken Drumsticks

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.

• Preparation Time: 5 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 443 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 2 teaspoons dry mustard
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce, or to taste
• 6 chicken drumsticks
• 2 teaspoons chili powder, or to taste
• 4 teaspoons butter, cut into small chunks
• 0.25 cup brown sugar
• 0.33333334326744 cup ketchup
• 0.33333334326744 cup white vinegar
• 0.5 cup water, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place drumsticks in a 7x11-inch baking dish.

Step 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.

Step 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. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).