Dry chicken legs thoroughly with paper towels.
Bbq chicken drumsticks in oven at 400.
Preheat oven to 425 and line a large baking sheet with foil.
Drizzle olive oil on 2 rimmed baking sheets and place chicken thighs skin side down in the pans.
So using this for my oven baked drumsticks helps to recreate that same flavour as if they were grilled.
Stir together salt pepper and rosemary in a small bowl.
Rinse off the drumsticks with cool water and use a paper towel to blot off extra water.
Place chicken leg on cooling rack over baking sheet and bake about 10 minutes until piping hot.
Make sure to check the chicken before you take it out of the oven the times might differ depending on the size of the meat pieces and on your oven not all ovens heat the same way.
How to make juicy oven baked bbq chicken drumsticks.
A lot of times i ll put my bbq drumsticks in the oven and immediately start preparing my side dishes.
Combine bbq sauce peach preserves garlic and hot sauce in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat for 5 10 minutes or until nice and hot.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Get that oven preheated to 400 and line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.
To bake chicken legs again after refrigerating preheat oven to 400 degrees.
For the seasoning rub i use this recipe steve s basic bbq rub.
I like to do this next step in a large bowl.
How to bake chicken drumsticks heres a few tips for your next chicken drumsticks oven recipe.
How long to bake chicken drumsticks.
Roast for 25 minutes.
Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
It is important to clean meat before cooking it to remove any surface bacteria or dirt.
Give it a quick spray with cooking spray.
It really doesn t take long to cook in the oven.
Usually about 35 minutes at 200 degrees celsius 400 degrees fahrenheit should be enough.
Broil for extra 1 2 minutes to crisp.
Toss the chicken drumsticks in the rub.
Sprinkle salt mixture over chicken legs and toss to coat.
Preheat oven to 425 f.
In addition removing the extra water is important because it helps seasonings to stick to the surface of the chicken better.
This rub is what i use when i grill or smoke chicken drumsticks.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees f.
40 45 minutes tops so don t go too far.
Toss together chicken legs and olive oil in a large bowl.
By the time they re done so is the rest of dinner.
Add chicken to remaining barbecue sauce.