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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.
This is my all time favourite chicken recipe for Nasi Ayam. Usually I fry the chicken to get that crispy skin first, then oven baked for a while.
Hello from Malaysia ?
Very simple recipe but a very tasty result. I’ve made these as prescribed, and watched in amazement as the drumsticks disappeared one by one between lunch and dinner time one Sunday.
Thank you for this recipe!
I want to bake some very crispy chicken wings and I would like to use the ginger garlic as a dipping sauce instead of a marinade. Will the marinade taste good as a sauce to dip the wings into or to pour on top of the wings?
Yes you can mix the sauce together, heat it up and use it as dipping sauce, but it’s best that you marinate.
I am excited to try this and some of your other recipes. I have a small foodie Facebook page, where I try out recipes, take my own picture of what I cooked, along with a link directly to the recipe. May I please have your permission to do this with your recipes?
Thank you and I’m so excited to try out your amazing recipes!
Hi Marisa, of course thanks for asking! :)
Hi! Just want to ask if I can use ready made garlic&ginger paste? How many tsp/tbsp I’m going to put?
And did u put any garnish in the chicken? I mean what’s that green thing u garnish in the chicken. Thank you for sharing your recipe. It really looks delicious. I’m planning to make it on my daughter’s birthday.
You can try but I think it won’t be as great. The garnish is just for photography purposes.
Hi I was wondering can I use an alternative than salt and what would you recommend as an alternative because I dont like all that much.
If you use salt, it’s not going to taste the same. This recipe is very delicious if you follow it.
Dude, to tell you the truth, I think I’m gonna LOVE those!!!!! :)
Awesome they are amazing!
Bonjour Madame Rose Malaysia merci pour voux bonne et succulente recettes merci beaucoup
Sounds delicious. To be lazy and also know the chicken would be super tender, do you think the recipe could be done in a slow cooker?
Hi, I wanted to make this today but I have some questions: Can we just put the chicken cuts inside a skillet, grill it for a bit, cover it, and let it steam on low fire until tender? Will it affect the texture or the flavour? I have an oven at home but I have no confidence cooking with it….
You can but the skin won’t be nice.