"Old Ladies On A Bus"

The story goes that this recipe—for great tasting oven-barbecued chicken—was developed from a conversation overheard between two elderly ladies on a bus.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cut-up chicken
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/3 cup orange marmalade
Salt and pepper to taste
1/3 cup hot barbecue sauce
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

Cooking Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. Combine marmalade, barbecue sauce, Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice, mixing well.
3. Place chicken, skin side up, in 9 x 13 pan lined with aluminum foil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over chicken and bake 1 hour, basting occasionally.
4. Increase temperature to 400°F (205°C) and bake 15 minutes longer.

Makes 4 servings.

Recipe provided courtesy of the National Chicken Council. Used with permission.