Oven Baked BBQ Chicken

Portion Size: 6 oz. chicken with bones and sauce or 4 oz. boneless with sauce

Ingredients: Yields: 8 servings

Ingredients Notes: 
4 1/2-5 lbs. chicken, pieces
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup margarine
1 bottle prepared BBQ sauceOr may use recipe in cookbook for BBQ sauce

Directions:

Steps:Directions: Critical Control Point /Quality Assurance
1Wash and dry chicken pieces.  Combine flour, salt, and pepper; place in a bag with chicken.  Shake to coat chicken.
2Melt margarine in a baking pan in a 425-degree oven.  Place chicken pieces, skin side down, in the pan in a single layer.
3Bake for 45 minutes; pour off fat and turn.
4Spoon BBQ sauce over chicken; bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes longer or until tender.  Baste with sauce while baking.Cook until chicken internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F.

Jacqueline Larson M.S., R.D.N. and Associates