Sticky Apple Cider BBQ Chicken.
Raise your hand if you need a new Monday recipe!
This is my absolute FAVORITE time to develop new recipes and come up with ideas in the kitchen – when the air is cooling down and the brown butter is flowing and the candles all smell like pumpkin cake. The leaves are crunchy and there is caramel sauce on everything and bourbon is on the rocks…
…just me?
There hasn’t been a time I can remember when I WASN’T completely in love with apple cider, and I’m sure you’ve noticed how evident that is on my blog come September of every.single.year. Why is it just so freaking delicious?
For the last few months, I’ve been trying to come up with a delicious oven-baked BBQ chicken – one that was sticky and sweet, still tender and flavorful without being dry or simply sitting in the sauce. I wanted the sauce to COAT that chicken. You know?
One sauce that I love is the apple cider grilling sauce from american spoon. It’s not sticky-sweet though, which is why I went about creating my own!
Cannot even tell you how many attempts at this recipe I fed Eddie for dinner. He obviously loves chicken so it’s not like he cared, but I was absolutely sick of recipe attempts.
Until! I found this method for the oven baked chicken.
And! I used the base of my vanilla bourbon BBQ sauce from seriously delish.
Heaven breakthough! This is my new go-to chicken recipe… until my next new favorite chicken recipe. Of course.
So, I mean, what the heck should we serve this with? If you’re feeling all sorts of comfort, let’s do goat cheese mashed potatoes. Eddie is allllll over that.
If you want something lighter, then definitely some maple bacon brussels with maaaaybe a side of garlic bread. Because always garlic bread.
What about lightened up butternut shells and cheese orrrr butternut skillet lasagna?
Could even just be a snack out of the fridge. NO idea who would ever do that.
Oven-Roasted Apple Cider BBQ Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 1 pound chicken drumsticks
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- apple cider BBQ sauce
- 2/3 cup ketchup
- 2/3 cup apple cider
- ½ cup honey
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 5 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Drizzle a baking sheet with the olive oil.
- Pat the chicken completely dry with a paper towel. Season it with the salt and pepper evenly. Place the chicken on the sheet, but don’t crowd the pan. Use two if needed!
- Roast the chicken for 25 minutes. Remove it from the oven and brush it with the BBQ sauce. Bake it for another 5 to 7 minutes. Flip, brush with sauce again, and bake for another 5. Repeat the process one or two more times, slathering the chicken with the sauce.
- Let cool slightly before serving. And serve it with the extra sauce!
apple cider BBQ sauce
- Place all ingredients in a saucepan and whisk together until combined. Heat oven medium heat and bring to a boil, then reduce to low heat and cook for 30 to 60 minutes, until thickened. Stir occasionally. Remove from the heat and let sit at room temperature until it cools and thickens even more.
- Store in a jar or sealed container in the fridge.
Notes
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Definitely needs cheese too.
49 Comments on “Sticky Apple Cider BBQ Chicken.”
Thanks for the Monday recipe! These look fab!!
thanks sara!
It’s summer and Fall combined!
The one thing I can’t do with apple cider is drink it. It’s fine to flavor things, but you will never see me with a mug of cider!
really!! crazy talk. ;)
Yes!!! This chicken sounds like the perfect thing to conquer any weeknight cravings!!!
thanks tori!
Me too, undoubtedly my favorite time of year for recipes, and I feel the most inspired in the fall. And apple cider is just one single reason for it. I get tired of the same chicken recipes because we eat it so much, so I’ve got to try this. The flavor sounds incredible, and you capped it off with making these ‘sticky’!!
thanks so much sarah!
This chicken will be gone in a flash here! Your apple cider BBQ sauce sound incredible. Making it soon!
thank you anna!
These looks so delish! Apple cider BBQ sounds soo good. I can already picture myself licking my fingers after the chicken is demolished.
thanks andrea!
Yum yum yummmmmmmmm. This sounds amazing. Adding this to this weeks meal list! Thanks for the recipe!
Kiersten
thanks kiersten!
That bbq sauce sounds ridiculous. NEED this in my life.
thanks ellie!
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Can I just put a straw in that bowl & drink the sauce?! YUM.
i hear ya!
We cannot wait to try this recipe in the IndyChef kitchen – I think the three of us will be arguing over who gets to test it first!! Looks awesome, chicken and BBQ are two of our favorite things….
thanks katie!
Thank you for the lovely recipe! I was wondering if you all think it is possible to precook the chicken the night before I serve it? I am having a big party on sunday and want to experiment with your recipe but I am not sure if it will taste the same if I heat it slowly before serving it! Greetings, Anita
hi anita! you can do that, but you won’t get the whole sticky/crispy outside that you get with by baking with the sauce on right away. does that make sense?? there is a sliiiight change that the chicken might be dry if you reheat with the sauce – but you can always try! let me know if you make it. :)
it’s look so yummyyyy…
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Your recipe has come at the perfect time as I was wondering how to make tonight’s chicken more interesting – I can’t wait to try it. The apple cider BBQ sauce looks amazing! Thank you for sharing.
thanks georgina!
I LOVE using apple cider with meat, it’s SO good!! actually just made/posted some cider chicken tacos you would prob love, since I know you’re a major taco fan! xo
oh my gosh YUM!!!
Jessica,
Do you think this bbq recipe would taste good on pork ribs?? I’ve been trying to find one to make some ribs I have in the freezer with – and I’m wondering how this would be on pork.
Thank you!!
i definitely think so!!
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This was fantastic. My little girl LOVES BBQ chicken so I decided to surprise her. Since it is just her and I, I just made legs. I had a nice amount of sauce left over so I poured it into a canning jar and stuck it into the fridge. She thought the sauce was great. I doubled the smoked paprika in mine and added a pinch of cayenne for a little kick. Thanks for the recipe!
I think I should have upped the spice level too. Good thinking on the cayenne – I was debating adding red pepper flakes next time.
love that idea!
In the ingredients list you put Apple Cider BBQ sauce. Strange using something that we’re already making. And strange that you didn’t say how much. Can you explain, please?
I made the chicken last night and it was super yummy! I did use skin-on thighs and legs (per Pioneer Woman), and they turned out so pretty! Next time I might use the skinless versions, so I’m just wondering how the sauce stays when you pull it out and rebrush it? With the skin, the sauce blisters and sticks wonderfully to the skin and I can keep brushing on new layers of sauce; however, on the areas where the skin had pulled back and I was brushing directly on the meat, it seemed like every time I brushed on a new layer, I ended up brushing off all the glorious bubbling sauce underneath. Maybe just pouring the sauce on? Also next time I might consider using some extra apple cider spices (allspice, nutmeg, cloves) because I couldn’t really get the cider essence to shine. Also, maybe like Heidi above, I may add a bit of cayenne or red pepper flakes for a kick. I LOVE a sweet heat! So many ways to play with a glorious sauce! I can’t believe I never made my own BBQ sauce before! It was so easy! Thanks Jess!
love this!!! so glad you made it heather!
This looks so good! YUUM!!
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Hmmm I really want to try this with pulled pork…How do you think it would do in the crock pot?
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Yummy!! Making this tonight! Thanks.
The way you present your recipes is really classy. Keep it up.
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This chicken will be gone in a flash here! Your apple cider BBQ sauce sound incredible. Making it soon!
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Hi! How long can the sauce be stored in the fridge?
This BBQ sauce is delicious. I recommend that you double this reciepe and jar the rest for another meal. THE BEST TASTING SAUCE