Ingredients
- Pounds chicken legs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
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Method
- Set the chicken legs in a shallow dish and sprinkle both sides with salt. If you're using liquid smoke, mix it into the barbecue sauce.
- Brush the legs all over with 1/4 cup of the barbecue sauce, reserving the rest. Cover, and set in fridge to marinate at least 30 minutes or as long as overnight.
- Set the broiler to high with a rack positioned a few inches below. Set a metal cooling rack (like the ones used for baking) inside a rimmed baking sheet, or use a broiler pan.
- Arrange the marinated chicken legs on the wire rack with a little space between each leg.
- Slide the pan under broiler, and broil chicken on one side until you begin to see dark brown charred spots, 2 to 4 minutes. Flip, and sear the second side, 2 to 4 minutes.
- Turn the oven to 300F and reposition the rack in the middle of the oven.
- Brush chicken all over with all but a tablespoon of the remaining sauce. Slide into the oven and bake 15 minutes. Flip chicken, and brush with the remaining sauce anywhere it's needed.
- Continue baking until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165F, another 15 to 20 minutes.