Amish Oven-Baked Barbecued Chicken

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Barbecued chicken is great any time of year, whether you are slathering sauce on and baked it in the oven or cooking it over a grill.  Amish Oven-Baked Barbecued Chicken is a very versatile recipe in that you can baste your bird with this stuff during the summer and stick it on the fiery grill just as easily as sticking it in the oven.  So enjoy either way ! 

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As is typical with many Amish recipes instructions are a little spare, but basically, you just mix everything up and baste it to the chicken and grill or bake.  This is a photo of a big barbecued chicken leg using this recipe that I saw at an Amish gathering.  I quizzed the cooks on what they used and it is the recipe at the end of this post.

The gathering than I saw this chicken at was in the Pearisburg, Virginia Amish settlement and they were having a school benefit lunch. That was one delicious lunch: chicken, a vegetable, homemade roll, and plenty of pie for dessert. If you ever have a chance to attend an Amish benefit supper, do so, you will not regret it!

It's interesting because the term "barbecued" has kind of become, well, barbecued over the years. This is a typical dictionary definition of "barbecued": a meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked out of doors on a rack over an open fire or on a portable grill.

The reality is that a recipe like this Amish Oven-Barbecued Chicken doesn't fit that definition, I mean, it can if you cook it on a grill. But if you put it in the oven is it "barbecued?" Technically, no. But the sauce is called "barbecue sauce", so if you are going to use barbecue sauce and then oven bake, it I guess it could fit the broad definition.

Some Amish do use store-bought brands. Seems "Open Pit" is a popular brand among the Amish, but a homemade sauce like the one below would be the way to go in my book.  Enjoy!

You can use store-bought tomato sauce, if you do...it should be the equivalent to a quart, most Amish homemakers would use a quart of home-canned.

Chicken like this is a popular way to enjoy an oven-baked barbecued chicken recipe, but you can use any cut of the chicken.

🍗 Amish Oven-Baked Barbecued Chicken

• 4 cups catsup
• dash Worchestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons dry mustard
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 cups vinegar
• 2 teaspoons ginger
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 /2 cup chopped onion
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 can store-bought or homemade tomato sauce
• 2 pounds chicken pieces, breast, thighs, drumsticks

📋 Instructions

1. In a large bowl, mix everything together well.
2. apply to chicken pieces with a brush.
3. and then grill or bake in glass baking dish in preheated oven at 350.
4. Bake for about 40 minutes or until desired doneness, can also be prepared on a grill.

🍗 More Amish Chicken Recipes

Amish Cheat Chicken - Easy!

Brown Sugar and Garlic Chicken - Wow!

Chicken with Peas and Rice - So good!

One-Pan Smothered Chicken and Bacon - Best of the best!

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