Recipe Of The Week ~ Kickin' Chicken

This is one of my family's favorite recipes!! It is super easy to make and YUMMY!!

KICKIN' CHICKEN

Barbecue in the winter? Why not - it's all done in the oven. Juicy chicken drumsticks are coated with a slightly sweet barbecue sauce offering a taste of summer while the snow is still flying.

Ingredients

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 8 chicken drumsticks
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced or 1 tsp bottled minced garlic
• 2 tsp cooking oil (optional, I never use it)
• 3/4 c barbecue sauce
• 1/4 c ketchup
• 1/4 c orange juice or water (I have never tried it with OJ...just water)
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tbsp light molasses or maple-flavored syrup (never tried the molasses...always us maple syrup)
• Several dashes of hot pepper sauce (optional ~ again never tried it because Tornado HATES spicy things)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375F
2. Lightly coat a 15x10x1 - inch baking pan with cooking spray. (I use what ever baking dish is close by) Arrange chicken in a prepared baking pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
3. Meanwhile, for sauce, in a medium saucepan combine garlic, barbecue sauce, ketchup, water/OJ, brown sugar, molasses/syrup, and hot sauce; heat through.
4. Pour sauce over chicken. Cover with a lid and place in oven. Cook until done. About an hour!!
5. ENJOY