BBQ chicken & coleslaw

BBQ chicken & coleslaw

A good chicken recipe for budding Jamie Olivers to get stuck into. Learn to make a tasty BBQ marinade which can be used on other meats

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

Method

  1. Mix the BBQ sauce: Open out the freezer bag, then spoon in the ketchup, honey, chilli sauce, soy sauce, oil, vinegar and spice. Close the bag and squidge the ingredients together to mix them.
  2. Add the chicken: Make 2 or 3 deep cuts in the meaty part of the drumsticks with a sharp knife (this helps them take on lots of flavour from the sauce). Put the chicken in the bag with the sauce and tie shut. Wash your hands. Squidge everything together again so all the drumsticks are well coated. Leave out for 1 hr, or in the fridge overnight, to marinate.
  3. Prepare the veg: Thinly slice the cabbage on a clean chopping board with a clean, sharp knife, then put it in the mixing bowl. Now prepare the other vegetables, adding them to the bowl as you finish preparing them. Peel the onion and finely chop. Thinly slice the celery stick.
  4. Grate the apple and carrot: Take the apple (keep it whole and with the skin on) and grate up to the core. Turn the apple a quarter turn and grate again. Repeat until you are left with just the core. Be careful not to grate your knuckles. Peel, then cut the stalk end off the carrot. Grate the carrot and add to the bowl.
  5. Cook the chicken: Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Tip the chicken and sauce into a large roasting tin and space the drumsticks apart. Carefully put the roasting tin in the oven using oven gloves, then set the timer for 20 mins. When the time is up, carefully take the chicken from the oven. Brush the chicken with the glaze in the roasting tin, then return to the oven for 15 mins more.
  6. Mix the coleslaw: While the chicken is cooking, mix the veg together with clean hands or a spoon. Add the mayonnaise, yogurt and mustard into the vegetables, then season with salt and pepper. Stir well. When the chicken is cooked through and golden, serve with the coleslaw.
Try

Make sure the chicken is cooked

Take a sharp knife (it is important to wash it if you've used it on the raw chicken) and cut into the meaty part of the chicken. Look at the juices that come out - if they're red, the chicken isn't cooked yet. Return it to the oven for 10 minutes more, then test it again.

Per serving

601 kcalories, protein 50g, carbohydrate 26g, fat 34 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 4g, sugar 23g, salt 2.22 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2008.

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  • Binder photo benny

    28 May 2008

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  • Binder photo Carrie

    04 July 2008

    Carrie rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fantastic quick recipe which tasted delicious. I made it with chicken for my husband and quorn sausages for myself. will definatly make this again. I love recipes which I can convert to vegetarian.

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  • Binder photo jac's cafe

    24 July 2008

    jac's cafe rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fab dish , tasty, nice and simple to prepare and cook, have made this a few times already !

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  • Binder photo Morticia

    25 July 2008

    Morticia commented on this recipe

    Made the bbq and it was fabulous, the best ever, left it to marinate for 24 hours and it was the best bbq sauce I have ever had.

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  • Binder photo Gemma

    03 August 2008

    Gemma rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fab Fab Fab this is a brilliant BBQ sauce - I will never buy the bottled stuff again!!

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  • Binder photo Brigitte Bos

    22 August 2008

    Brigitte Bos commented on this recipe

    The coleslaw is great but the chicken was not as good as expected. Very little flavour!

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  • Binder photo hellsk

    23 September 2008

    hellsk rated and commented on this recipe

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    Yum - really liked these. I didn't make the coleslaw - just the chicken and we started cooking them in the oven before finishing them off on the BBQ - went down very well.

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  • Binder photo Sarah

    13 February 2009

    Sarah commented on this recipe

    Have used the chicken receipe loads now, it is great done in the oven or finished off on the BBQ. The children love it and it is a firm favourite in our house. We used thighs as well as drumsticks. Very Tasty

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  • Binder photo ST

    17 March 2009

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  • Binder photo Jodie28

    18 March 2009

    Jodie28 rated and commented on this recipe

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    I made this last month and I'm making it again today. I adjusted it slightly to what i had in my cupboards and it was lovely i put 1 tbsp of sweet chilli sauce and 1 tbsp of hot chilli sauce as my boyfriend is not a great fan of anything to sweet. I also only had jerk chicken seasoning rather than the cajun and the end result was yummy..! I had left overs and it was lovely cold with a salad for lunch the next day.

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  • Binder photo Liz

    22 April 2009

    Liz commented on this recipe

    Really really tasty and easy to do. It looked very professional and Iwill be making it again and again as my husband and son enjoyed it and would be just as good cold.I think and would make a lovely summer dish and it has encouraged me to try more recipes on this website and build up my confidence. Thank you BBC Good Food for such a wonderful site!!!

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  • Binder photo julie

    08 June 2009

    julie rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really nice, have done it few times on BBQ using chicken breasts instead of drumsticks.

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  • Binder photo Shurleywurley

    21 June 2009

    Shurleywurley rated and commented on this recipe

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    I just made the chicken marinade which was delicious. I cooked the chicken drumsticks for 20mins in the oven and finished them off on the BBQ. I put the leftover marinade in a saucepan and reduced it to make a sticky glaze to pour over the cooked chicken. Yummy! Will definitely make again.

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  • Binder photo MONS RECIPES

    22 July 2009

    MONS RECIPES rated and commented on this recipe

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    I too just made the marinade and finished on the BBQ. Lovely flavour, quick/easy to make, no left overs & enjoyed by all.

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  • Binder photo Learoy

    04 August 2009

    Learoy rated and commented on this recipe

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    I have never made the chicken drumsticks but i make the coleslaw over and over again and would recommend that very tasty.

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  • Binder photo lurvlyloz

    23 August 2009

    lurvlyloz rated and commented on this recipe

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    really like this reciepe. will become a fave x

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  • Binder photo Lou

    24 August 2009

    Lou rated and commented on this recipe

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    The kids loved the chicken and said the BBQ sauce was delicious. I will try this again but adapt it for the veggie's in the house as well!

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  • Binder photo june

    05 September 2009

    june commented on this recipe

    i made the marinade today and it was absolutely delicious even my fussy daughter loved it.will definately become a regular meal in our house

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    05 September 2009

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  • Binder photo lurvlyloz

    20 September 2009

    lurvlyloz commented on this recipe

    I made this for a BBQ a couple of weeks back. marinated the chicken over night and cooked in the oven & then popped them on the BBQ. was very nice & went down really well. very easy to make as well.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

Ingredients

FOR THE BBQ CHICKEN

FOR THE COLESLAW

  • ¼ white cabbage
  • 1 small red onion
  • 1 celery stick
  • 1 red-skinned apple
  • 1 large carrot
  • 2 heaped tbsp mayonnaise
  • heaped tbsp Greek yogurt
  • 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
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Per serving

601 kcalories, protein 50g, carbohydrate 26g, fat 34 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 4g, sugar 23g, salt 2.22 g

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