Easy Oven BBQ Chicken with Honey Bourbon Chipotle Sauce

Ingredients

2 tbsp. unsalted butter

1/2 C. yellow onion, chopped

2-3 cloves garlic, chopped

1 1/2 C. ketchup

1/4 C bourbon

2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar

2 tbsp. light brown sugar

2 tbsp. honey

1 tsp. chipotle Chile powder (or 1 chipotle chile)

1/2 tsp. cayenne powder

4 chicken leg quarters

Directions

Honey Bourbon Chipotle Sauce:

1) 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 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.

2) 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:

1) Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. 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 bbq sauce for brushing onto the cooked chicken before serving, if desired.

2) Oven bake the coated chicken leg quarters for 45 minutes (up to an hour, depending on the size of your chicken pieces) at 350 degrees. Remove from the oven when done with a minimum internal temp of 165 degrees. Brush more honey bourbon chipotle sauce onto the cooked chicken, or serve on the side (optional).

Prep: 5 minutes

Cook: 65 minutes

Makes: 4 servings