Baked BBQ Chicken Leg Quarters

This tasty baked BBQ chicken leg quarters with honey bourbon chipotle barbecue sauce will be a hit for dinner any summer night. There's no reason to wait for summer and grilling season to enjoy these perfectly roasted chicken quarters!

These flavorful chicken quarters are a super easy way to enjoy some wonderful barbecue chicken any time of the year, no matter the season. With winters around here in Minnesota, you can bet that I bake my BBQ chicken for several months out of the year!

This sauce is also very easily adjustable to the right amount of 'heat' for your personal (or family) preferences!

🥘 Ingredients

• Chicken Leg Quarters - Any chicken cut will work, legs, thighs, etc.

Sauce Ingredients

• Butter - Unsalted.
• Yellow Onion - Chopped.
• Garlic - Minced.
• Ketchup
• Bourbon
• Apple Cider Vinegar
• Light Brown Sugar
• Honey
• Chipotle Chile Powder - Or chipotle chile in adobo sauce.
• Cayenne Powder

🔪 How To Make Baked BBQ Chicken Leg Quarters

This recipe serves 4.

Make the Barbecue Sauce

1. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter at medium heat.
2. While the butter is melting, blitz your onion and garlic in a food processor until very finely chopped (or to your desired consistency).
3. Add the chopped onion and garlic to the melted butter and cook for 1-2 minutes, to a lightly golden caramel color.
4. Add the ketchup, bourbon, apple cider vinegar, light brown sugar, honey, chipotle powder (if using chipotle chile in adobo, blitz the chipotle chile as well and add adobo sauce for more heat if desired), and cayenne powder, then stir to combine.
5. Taste, and add more chipotle if you would like more 'heat' in your barbecue sauce.
6. Reduce heat and simmer on low for 20 minutes, or until thickened to your desired consistency.
   

Bake the Chicken Quarters

1. Start with preheating your oven to 350ºF ( 175ºC ).
2. Brush the honey bourbon chipotle bbq sauce ( or your favorite barbecue sauce ) onto your chicken leg quarters and arrange them, skin side up, on a parchment paper lined baking sheet or in a baking dish. Reserve some of the barbecue sauce for brushing onto the cooked chicken before serving, if desired.
3. Oven bake the coated chicken leg quarters for 45 minutes (up to an hour, depending on the size of your chicken pieces) at 350ºF ( 175ºC ).
4. Remove from the oven when done with a minimum internal temperature of 165ºF ( 74ºC ).
5. Brush more of the honey bourbon chipotle sauce onto the cooked chicken, or serve on the side (optional). These can be served immediately, however, I like to let mine rest for 5-10 minutes before serving.

🌽 Great Sides For BBQ Chicken

• Milk Butter Boiled Corn on the Cob
• Baked Beans with Ground Beef and Bacon
• Garlic Green Beans
• Garlic Red Skin Mashed Potatoes

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Oven Baked BBQ Chicken Leg Quarters (with honey bourbon chipotle barbecue sauce)

This tasty baked BBQ chicken leg quarters with honey bourbon chipotle barbecue sauce will be a hit for dinner any summer night. There's no reason to wait for summer and grilling season to enjoy these perfectly roasted chicken quarters!

Author | Angela Latimer

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 340kcal

Prep 5 minutes minutes

Cooking 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

 

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• ▢ 4 chicken leg quarters

Sauce Ingredients

• ▢ 2 tablespoon unsalted butter
• ▢ ½ cup yellow onion (chopped)
• ▢ 3 cloves garlic (minced)
• ▢ 1 ½ cups ketchup
• ▢ ¼ cup bourbon
• ▢ 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• ▢ 2 tablespoon light brown sugar
• ▢ 2 tablespoon honey
• ▢ 1 teaspoon chipotle chile powder (or chipotle chile in adobo sauce)
• ▢ ½ teaspoon cayenne powder

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Instructions

 

Honey Bourbon Chipotle Sauce

• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter at medium heat. While the butter is melting, blitz your onion and garlic in a food processor until very finely chopped (or your desired consistency). Add chopped onion and garlic to the melted butter and cook for 1-2 minutes, to a lightly golden caramel color.
• Add the ketchup, bourbon, apple cider vinegar, light brown sugar, honey, chipotle powder (if using chipotle chile in adobo, blitz the chipotle chile as well and add adobo sauce for more heat if desired), and cayenne powder, then stir to combine. Reduce heat and simmer on low for 20 minutes, or until thickened to your desired consistency.

BBQ Oven Baked Chicken

• Preheat your oven to 350℉ (175℃). Brush the honey bourbon chipotle sauce onto your chicken leg quarters and arrange, skin side up, on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Reserve some of the barbeque sauce for brushing onto the cooked chicken before serving, if desired.
• Oven bake the coated chicken leg quarters for 45 minutes (up to an hour, depending on the size of your chicken pieces) at 350℉ (175℃).
• Remove from the oven when done with a minimum internal temperature of 165℉ (74℃). Brush more of the honey bourbon chipotle sauce onto the cooked chicken, or serve on the side (optional).

Notes

*yields about 2 cups honey bourbon chipotle bbq sauce.

 

Nutrition

Calories: 340kcal (17%) | Carbohydrates: 5g (2%) | Protein: 24g (48%) | Fat: 24g (37%) | Saturated Fat: 7g (44%) | Cholesterol: 143mg (48%) | Sodium: 118mg (5%) | Potassium: 345mg (10%) | Fiber: 1g (4%) | Sugar: 3g (3%) | Vitamin A: 113IU (2%) | Vitamin C: 2mg (2%) | Calcium: 23mg (2%) | Iron: 1mg (6%)

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Course Condiments, Dinner Recipes, Main Dish, Sauces

Cuisine American

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