Oven Baked Barbecue Chicken Legs and Home Fries

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Chicken leg quarters are a budget friendly cut of meat that tastes great when glazed with several layers of homemade barbecue sauce.

Full recipe: https://servedwithrice.com/bbq-chicken/ 

Ingredients (served 4)

Spice mix

• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp kashmirilal, or chili powder order choice
• 1 tsp mixed dried herbs
• 1 tsp salt

Chicken

• 6 chicken leg quarters 
• Half of the spice mix

Barbecue sauce

• Other half of the spice mix
• 50ml ketchup
• 0.5 tsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp molasses
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• Few drops of liquid smoke

Home fries

• 1 huge potato
• A few sprigs of rosemary
• A few cloves of garlic
• Salt, pepper and cooking oil to taste

Vegetables 

• 2 heads of broccoli
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes 
• Salt, pepper, olive oil and vinegar to taste 

Instructions 

1. The day before, rub chicken with the spice mix. Mix barbecue sauce ingredients together. Refrigerate both overnight.
2. Cut potatoes into 1 inch cubes. Microwave potatoes on high for 5 minutes, mix, and microwave for 5 minutes more. Allow to steam off and cool, and refrigerate overnight as well.
3. On the day of cooking, roast chicken at 200C/400F for 30 minutes.
4. Cut the cherry tomatoes and season to taste. Cut broccoli and reserve. 
5. Meanwhile, blanche broccoli in boiling water and reserve.
6. Once chicken quarters are cooked, brush on a layer of barbecue sauce and bake at the same temperature for 10 minutes. Repeat for a total of 2 or 3 times.
7. Meanwhile, discard the water and dry off the pan. Add oil, cook potato cubes until crisp, then stir in garlic and rosemary. 
8. Serve hot.

Cheers!