Apple Juice Brined Chicken Legs with Carolina BBQ Sauce Recipe

5 from 1 vote

Apple juice brined chicken legs with garlic, apple cider vinegar, and tangy Carolina BBQ sauce. Make them in the oven or on the grill.

Course Main

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 55

Total Time 1 5

Servings to 3 servings

Calories 886kcal

Author Sharee

Place all of the ingredients into a plastic food storage bag. Place in refrigerator and marinate the chicken from two to eight hours. (I marinate for eight hours for more flavor.)
When ready to cook the chicken, preheat the oven to 415 degrees. Line a baking pan with foil (for easy clean up), and place a cooling rack on top of the foil lined pan. Spray the baker's rack with baking spray.
Remove the chicken from the marinade. Salt and pepper both sides of the chicken.
Brush both side the chicken with 1/2 cup of the Barbecue sauce. Place the chicken on the cooling rack. Spray the chicken (the part of the chicken that is facing up) with baking spray.
Cook the chicken for 45 minutes or until cooked through. Flip the chicken and rotate the pan halfway through the cooking time.
After the chicken has cooked. Baste the chicken with the remainder barbecue sauce and cook the chicken for another 5 minutes.
Use any remaining barbecue sauce to coat the chicken after it's cooked if you like.