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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!
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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.
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!
This recipe is only 293 calories per serving.
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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 it dry with paper towels. Add the ginger and garlic to the chicken and gently rub them in. Then, add the remaining ingredients and stir to mix well, ensuring the chicken drumsticks are evenly coated.
- Set aside to marinate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 2 hours in the fridge for the best results.
- Preheat 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 is golden brown and slightly charred, and the inside is cooked through. Serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Did you leave the skin on?
Yes. :)
I marinated the chicken for nearly 2 hours and then grilled it in the oven for about 20 mins instead of baking the drumsticks. They turned out well although marinating overnight might make the drumsticks more flavoursome. Instead of chopping the ginger I actually grated it using a microplane and that gave it a finer texture which worked well with the garlic. Thanks, Bee for a great recipe.
Thanks Sue for trying my Ginger Garlic Baked Chicken recipe.
These sound so easy and yummy. I want to make these. What can I serve with them?
Rice or noodles
Hi Bee, thanks for this recipe….it’s YUMMILICIOUS!!!!!
So glad that you love my ginger garlic baked chicken recipe.
Made these last week. I just combined all the marinade ingredients then poured over chicken legs in a plastic bag. Let them marinade longer than the 30 minutes, about an hour. Can you say AMAZING!!!! Hubby thought they were to dye for too. Ate the leftovers last night, and they were just as good!! Garlic and ginger did not burn either. Thanks for posting this amazing chicken recipe!!! :)
Hi Jolene, yes the longer the marinate, the better. Glad your family enjoyed this ginger garlic baked chicken recipe. :)
Trying them with bone-in skin on chicken thighs tonight :) Can’t wait to eat :)
I hope you enjoyed my recipe! :)
If i marinated overnight would that overpower the dish?
No, overnight is better.
I tried this recipe with chicken wings instead of drumsticks today and my friends loved it!!
Thanks for trying my ginger garlic baked chicken recipe. :)
Hey! These looks so so yummy! I am going to make these for our dinner today! :)
Looks great- will love to try it. Will this recipe work the same for chicken wings?
Yes. :)
Lovely recipe – thanks so much.
One of our family members has a shellfish allergy – any tips for substituting the oyster sauce? Maybe just replacing it with more soy sauce?
Yes you can but not as flavorful or you can use fish sauce.
Thanks! I made this for dinner tonight (replacing oyster sauce with soy) and it was really delicious! My whole family loved the recipe.
Cornelia, that’s great, I am so happy that your family enjoyed the ginger garlic baked chicken recipe.
There is vegetarian oyster sauce in Asian markets. It uses mushroom instead of oyster. Hope you can find it