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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.
What To Serve With Ginger Garlic Baked Chicken
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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.
Hi, Rasa!
What are the green pieces shown in the photo, but not explained in the recipe? Is that scallion. For garnish?
Just curious, because I’m going to cook this time! And I hope to use your recipes a lot in the future–want to learn Malay cooking.
Thanks!
Hi Ira, yes, they are just chopped parsley for photography purposes.
I made it last night–and we loved it! (And I now actually own a bottle of oyster sauce!)
I used some 5-spice, but I’ve had that bottle in the pantry for so long, I think it’s time to buy a new one. I also have to look for real quality soy sauce.
Can’t wait to start exploring here for my next recipe. This is FUN, so thanks for your web site and for being so helpful to us all!
Hi Ira thanks for trying my recipe! :)
Hi, Ginger garlic baked chicken is new for me and seems to be very testy and delicious. i must try it at home and share with my family. Thanks for the great recipe. Looking forward to see something new as well.
Hi, does the recipe call for thick soy sauce or the thin variant? Thanks!
Thin soy sauce unless I said dark soy sauce which is the thick.
Made the ginger garlic baked chicken drumsticks tonight and we absolutely loved them! Mine were big, meaty free-range chicken legs, so I did bake them 50 minutes, which was perfect. We used some siracha at the table as a dipping sauce and squeezed lime juice over the chicken too. Served it with a soba noodle/red cabbage slaw from Cooking Light. This is a wonderful recipe–thanks so much. I will try some of your others, too. Just happened to stumble across your website searching for recipies for chicken drumsticks that didn’t involve a grill.
Hi Ellen – thanks for your sweet comment. I am so happy that you liked my ginger garlic baked chicken. I make this almost every week for my son, he loves them. :)
Would this recipe freeze well? We rarely have time to cook on weeknights, so a few frozen meals are always handy. Looking forward to trying this out tonight!
This looks lovely, will try your recipe out tonight! Do you know whether this would freeze well? We rarely have time to cook on weeknights, so a few frozen meals are always handy. Thanks for the recipe!
Sure you can freeze.
Thanks for replying, and sorry for posting twice! Love your recipes, they’re lovely =)
Hi, do I use light soya sauce or dark soya sauce? Thanks!
Light soy sauce.
How many teaspoons would you estimate a 2 inch piece of minced ginger would be?
1/2 tablespoon.
Is there a way to make any of these recipes with no salt? Even low sodium soy is loaded with salt?
Used with chicken wings and marinated overnight but added some sriracha as well. Cam out so tender and amazing! My Malaysian wifey loved it!
Great that you tried this recipe, yes, it’s amazing!