BBQ Chicken Hindquarters in Oven, Baked Beans, Slaw

barbecue sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade barbecue sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup + spices

Homemade sauce can reduce sugar and preservatives.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is often less expensive.

honey

🥗Healthier: maple syrup

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Brown sugar can mimic sweetness at a lower cost.

fresh herbs

🥗Healthier: dried herbs

💰Cheaper: none

Dried herbs are more affordable but less vibrant.

Purchase chicken hindquarters on sale, costing less than $4 for four pieces.

Trim excess skin or fat from the chicken hindquarters to avoid grease in the pan.

Sprinkle seasoned salt on both sides of the chicken; seasoned salt contains salt, paprika, and garlic powder.

Prepare a sheet pan lined with foil and place a grilling rack inside to elevate the chicken.

Poke holes in the chicken skin with a knife to help render fat and achieve crispy skin.

Place the chicken on the rack in the sheet pan and put it in a preheated 400°F oven, cooking uncovered for one hour without touching it.

While the chicken cooks, prepare canned pinto beans by draining most of the liquid but not rinsing them.

Add canned tomatoes with green chilies to the beans for flavor.

Flavor the beans with a small glug of ketchup, a smaller glug of mustard, a larger glug of barbecue sauce, Worcestershire sauce, a tiny bit of salt, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and a little cumin.

Heat the beans on medium-high until they start to bubble, then cover and reduce the heat to low to let them stew while the chicken cooks.

After one hour, check the chicken; it should be thoroughly cooked with crispy skin.

Spread barbecue sauce over the chicken and return it to the oven for an additional 10 minutes to thicken the sauce and create a glaze.

Stir the beans to reduce the liquid further while the chicken finishes cooking.

After 10 minutes, remove the chicken from the oven; the barbecue sauce should be thickened and glazed.

Serve the chicken with homemade slaw made from shredded carrots and cabbage, topped with a mustard vinegar dressing.

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