Oven-Baked BBQ Chicken Breast (Easy Recipe)

Baked BBQ chicken is a delicious BBQ chicken dinner made with bone-in chicken breasts and BBQ sauce that is baked in the oven until juicy. This oven baked BBQ chicken recipe makes the perfect easy weeknight meal and it is so full of flavor.

Why you'll love this recipe

I love making BBQ chicken in the oven all year long. It is one of my favorite recipes and although we think of BBQ during the summer, why wait when you make this anytime.

I love baking chicken in the oven because it is so easy, it makes a quick dinner and juicy chicken when baked right. From my baked chicken breasts, my easy chicken and prosciutto, using the oven to make a quick weeknight chicken dinner is the best way to go.

This oven BBQ chicken recipe has all easy steps, easy clean-up, is delicious, and is ready in under an hour. The perfect easy dinner for busy evenings.

Ingredients Needed

You do not need too many ingredients for this delicious BBQ chicken! The spice blend is optional but if you have it, I recommend giving it a try. Here is what you will need (exact amounts in the recipe card below):

• Bone-in chicken breasts. With the skin on.
• Olive oil.
• BBQ Sauce. You can use your favorite BBQ sauce or my brown sugar BBQ sauce which is what I use.
• Salt, pepper, sweet paprika and garlic powder. This is the optional spice mix. You can just use salt and pepper if that is what you have. I do think this spice blend really accents the delicious BBQ flavor.

How to make

Making BBQ chicken in the oven is really easy to do. Here are all the steps.

• First, place the chicken pieces skin side up on a large prepared rimmed baking sheet or baking dish. I like to prepare my sheet pan with some aluminum foil so the BBQ sauce that is added later doesn't stick to the pan.
• Second, you will add the seasoning to the chicken. This is the spice blend mentioned above. Remember, you can always use just salt and pepper if you don't have all the spices.
• Third, Place chicken breasts into a pre-heated 425-degree oven and bake barbecue chicken for about 30-40 minutes.
• The Last Step, Once the chicken has cooked for about 30-40 minutes, you add your BBQ sauce to the chicken and cook for a few more minutes on the top rack under the broiler to get the BBQ nice and caramelized on the chicken.

That is it! Such an easy recipe.

Variations

This recipe is for baked BBQ chicken breasts (bone-in). You can easily adapt this recipe to use another cut of chicken:

• Bone-in chicken thighs - If you prefer dark meat, bone-in chicken thighs cook really nicely in the oven and it will also make delicious BBQ chicken! I often cook these alongside bone-in chicken breasts for the same amount of time. They always come out tender and delicious.
• Boneless chicken breast- to make this BBQ chicken recipe with boneless chicken breasts, follow the recipe the same except for decreasing the cooking time. I like to check boneless chicken breasts for doneness after about 15 minutes in a 425-degree oven.

Make what works best for you! If you prefer darker meat, then chicken thighs are a great way to go when making BBQ chicken in the oven.

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