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Brown Sugar BBQ Chicken (Martha Stewart)

Brown Sugar BBQ Chicken (Martha Stewart)

As a full-time employee, the only time that I get to bake and cook are on weekends. I cook only lunch – dinners are mostly prepared by my mom, or we will eat out. Most of the time I’ll be spending more time on baking, so I’m always in search of simple and quick lunch recipes – and this is definitely one of them. I only need to make the sauce and mix it with the chicken, and the rest of the work is done by the oven.

Brown Sugar BBQ Chicken (Martha Stewart)

My only gripe about this recipe is that I should have marinated this overnight so that the flavours can penetrate the chicken further. It is also not a very BBQ-y type of sauce (if you know what I mean) as it’s mainly ketchup and sugar, and it doesn’t really have the smoky flavour that most BBQ sauces have. However I’m not complaining as it’s a really easy dish to whip up (and probably by far the least number of step-by-step photos I’ve ever taken, haha!)

Brown Sugar BBQ Chicken (Martha Stewart)

Mix all the BBQ sauce ingredients together (I modified it a little, will note it below)

Brown Sugar BBQ Chicken (Martha Stewart)

Pour it over rinsed and dried kitchen drumsticks and leave it to marinate.

Brown Sugar BBQ Chicken (Martha Stewart)

And just bake it away!

Brown Sugar BBQ Chicken (Martha Stewart)

Serve!

I am submitting this dish to Cook Like A Star. hosted by Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids, Baby Sumo from Eat your heart out and Riceball from Riceball Eats. The even is hosted every bi-monthly and the theme for this month is Martha Stewart. If you’re interested, do bake/cook a recipe of Martha Stewart and join us in this blog hop.



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Brown Sugar BBQ Chicken (Martha Stewart)

Serves 2
By Jasline N.

INGREDIENTS
 

  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 chilli, snipped into small pieces
  • Salt and ground black pepper
  • 4 to 6 chicken drumsticks, weighing about 300 to 450 grams

INSTRUCTIONS

  • In a small bowl, whisk together ketchup, sugar, soy sauce, lemon juice and chilli. Season generously with salt and black pepper.
  • Line a baking tray with aluminium foil (for easy clean up later on). Rinse the chicken drumsticks and pat dry with paper towel. Place them in the tray and pour the sauce over the chicken, tossing to mix them up, and marinate the chicken for several hours or preferably overnight.
  • Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Bake the chicken drumsticks in the middle rack for 30 minutes, tossing the chicken halfway through until the chicken are cooked. Turn the chicken drumsticks skin side up, transfer the chicken drumsticks into the highest rack, turn up the heat to the maximum and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes until the skin is slightly charred and crisp. Remove from the oven and serve immediately.

NOTES

adapted from Martha Stewart's Brown Sugar BBQ Chicken
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Comments

  6. Jasline says

    Thank you so much Amelia, yes I think the sauce would be perfect over rice, just need a plate of vegetables to finish off a meal! Have a great week ahead!

    Reply

  10. hui says

    this looks really delicious ^^! i love easy, oven baked dishes.. and this is definitely my kind of food! thanks for sharing, jasline! ^^

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  25. Elaine says

    Your photos just make me want to eat these right off the screen. I am sure that I have this recipe in one of Martha’s books that I own, but I am bookmarking it so I can try it soon.

    Reply

  26. Zoe says

    Hi Jasline,

    I remember I was like you too when I was working in Singapore and only baked occasionally at some weekend. I cook and bake more often now after having my boy.

    This nice and easy recipe is fantastic! I love to cook these with my boy.

    Zoe

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  30. ChgoJohn says

    Those drumsticks look so tasty and I like that the sauce has a bit of heat to it, thanks to the chili. And any dish you can toss together in minutes and stick in the oven is all right in my book. Sometimes I don’t want to spend 2 hours in the kitchen. I just want to eat!

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  31. kitchen flavours says

    Delicious looking drumsticks! I actually bookmarked this to try, but plans abandoned when my kids are not around for a whole week! This looks good and I don’t mind having my fingers dirty for this!

    Reply

  32. anne says

    You’re right about marinating that chicken overnight 😀 But with all those wonderful combination of flavor in that dish I’m sure it still tastes delicious !

    Reply

  35. Esther says

    Oh my, this looks delectable…..fingerlicking good 🙂 ye, i know what you mean by non of that deep smoky flavour, but the ease of preparation and cooking more than makes up for it, will definitely try. Thanks!

    Reply

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