Oven Baked cajun BBQ Chicken Legs. Crispy cajun spiced skin covering succulent meat that is super easy to make? It just takes some drumsticks, cajun seasoning, and butter. This simple recipe for Cajun-spiced baked chicken produces drumsticks that are crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside.
Barbecue - Do a nice rub all over the chicken legs and then coat with BBQ sauce at the end. Tandoori - Simply make a spice mixture or buy a commercial one and marinate in yogurt and the spices. Now I can go on about all the different ways to bake drumsticks, but I really love the simplicity of the Cajun seasoning. You can cook Oven Baked cajun BBQ Chicken Legs using 6 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Oven Baked cajun BBQ Chicken Legs
- You need 8-10 of chicken legs.
- It's 2 cups of bbq. Sauce; (sweet baby Ray).
- Prepare 21/2 Tbsp. of Holy Smoke bbq rub seasoning;(can only buy it in Tenn.
- It's of (You can use whatever bbq. Rub seasoning you want too.).
- Prepare 1 Tbsp. of Slap Ya Mama Cajun seasoning.
- Prepare 1/2 Tsp. of Each of kosher salt & freshly ground pepper.
In a large bowl or ziplock bag mix olive oil, garlic salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, paprika, and onion powder together. A lot of times I'll put my bbq drumsticks in the oven and immediately start preparing my side dishes. By the time they're done, so is the rest of dinner. Add chicken to remaining barbecue sauce.
Oven Baked cajun BBQ Chicken Legs instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Blend together Cajun seasoning, BBQ seasoning, salt & freshly ground black pepper..
- Coat chicken legs on all sides with Olive oil..
- Season chicken legs on all side with seasoning mixture..
- Place chicken legs skin side down on a baking sheet pan..
- Bake for 25 minutes..
- Remove from oven and turn the tempture up to 425 degrees..
- Coat tops of the chicken legs with bbq sauce using a basting brush..
- Using a spatula; flip the chicken legs over; being careful not to tear the skin..
- Coat the other side of the chicken legs with bbq sauce..
- Place back into the oven and cook for 7 minutes..
- Remove from oven and repeat steps 8 thru 10 again..
- Place back into oven and cook for another 7 minutes or until chicken legs are crispy and parts are blackened; chicken legs are done..
- Reomve from oven and let cool down before serving..
- Serve and enjoy!.
With tongs, dip each chicken leg into the sauce, submerging completely. After all chicken is coated, return pan to oven for five minutes, or until hot and sizzling. Oven Baked cajun BBQ Chicken Legs This recipe is my creation for summer grilling out; but I decided to make it inside today in the oven. Oven Baked cajun BBQ Chicken Legs instructions. Blend together Cajun seasoning, BBQ seasoning, salt & freshly ground black pepper.