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Ginger Garlic Baked Chicken - this baked chicken recipe is so easy and delicious. The chicken drumsticks are marinated and oven baked to juicy goodness!
Baked Chicken
Baked Chicken with ginger garlic is so delicious to make! It’s one of those chicken recipes that I make when I wanted to have a quick and easy home cooked meal but too lazy to fire up a wok.
This easy baked chicken always turn out tender, moist and juicy. They’re so delicious and best served on their own, or with rice or noodles. The sticky sweet and savory sauce is crazy delicious!
I started making baked chicken when I first came to the US many years ago for graduate school. I was always the designated cook in the apartment, and chicken drumsticks were always on sale in the supermarkets at the college town.
For $0.99 a lb, I could load up a 5 lb pack of chicken drumsticks for less than $5.00! What’s more, I am partial to chicken, especially the tender, juicy, meaty chicken drumsticks.
For more baked chicken recipes, check out my Baked Hoisin Chicken!
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How to Marinate the Chicken?
This ginger garlic baked chicken recipe is Asian-flavored. I used soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, white pepper, and honey to marinate the chicken before baking them in the oven.
I also added a little bit of Chinese five-spice powder to give it a sweet aroma of the spices.
If you don’t have the five-spice powder, you can always skip it, but it’s a good item to stock in your pantry.
All the other ingredients of soy sauce, oyster sauce (buy Lee Kum Kee brand), sesame oil, white pepper can be easily found at any regular supermarkets these days.
If you can’t find white pepper, you can always use black pepper and it will work just fine.
The Best Temperature to Bake Chicken?
What is the best temperature to bake chicken? According to Perdue.com, the best temperature to bake chicken is 350F – 375F. Personally, I always bake chicken at 375F.
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 293 calories per serving.
How Long Do You Bake Chicken in the Oven?
If you bake the chicken at 375F, here are the average time to bake the chicken in the oven:
- Chicken breasts, skin on and skinless – 30 – 40 minutes
- Chicken drumsticks – 35 – 45 minutes
- Chicken legs – 40 – 50 minutes
- Chicken thighs – 40 – 50 minutes
- Chicken wings (including wingettes and drumettes) – 30 – 40 minutes
These juicy baked chicken is a comfort food to me. It reminds me of those days when I was a frugal and poor international student in the Midwest of America. Those days were long gone, but the taste continues to please my palate!
What Dishes to Serve with This Recipe?
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Ginger Garlic Baked Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs (750g) chicken drumsticks
- 1 piece ginger, peeled and chopped, 2-inch/5cm
- 5 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped
- 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 3 dashes white pepper
- 1 pinch Chinese five-spice powder, optional
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Rinse the chicken and pat dry with paper towels. Add the ginger and garlic to the chicken and gently rub them on the chicken. Add the rest of the ingredients to the chicken, stir to mix well, so the chicken drumsticks are nicely coated with all the ingredients.
- Set aside to marinate for at least 30 minutes or best for 2 hours in the fridge.
- Pre-heat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Arrange the chicken on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 30-40 minutes in the middle of the oven, or until the surface turn golden brown, slightly charred and inside is cooked through. Serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hey Bee would this also work in an air fryer as now don’t use the oven
Hi Chris, I think so, please try and let me know how it goes.
Super yummy!!! I put all the marinade ingredients into a large ziploc bag so I could eally massage the flavors into the meat and rotate the drumsticks throughout the marinade time without making a mess. I added a teaspoon or so of chili crisp for a little zip, and YUMMY!
Amazing!?
Hello Bee! I just made this ginger garlic chicken for the second time. I put it in the the fridge with the marinade. It is so good!! It’s great for pork chops too. My husband doesn’t eat chicken so I do pork for him. Thanks for another great recipe!
Awesome!
Do you leave the skin on the chicken ?
Yes.
I used teriyaki sauce instead of oyster sauce. Works great. Also black pepper instead of white. Oh and olive oil instead too.
Can I use jarred pickled ginger instead of fresh ginger? Fresh doesn’t keep. Thank youu
Pickled ginger is vinegary. It won’t work well.
If you have access to an Asian market, head for the Indian section and grab some ginger paste. It comes in a jar and keeps for quite some time in the fridge. Way more potent than dry ginger powder, way easier than dealing with fresh ginger!
Bold thang that I am, AND being suddenly, unexpectedly out of oyster sauce, I boldly subbed fish sauce.
It came out like the best downtown cart chicken on earth.
I am so glad you sent in a sub for oyster sauce. I am out as well lol! Thanks!
Hi, you don’t need to flip the chicken halfway through?
You can if you like.