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Easy Marinated Montreal Baked Chicken Recipe in The Oven
Juicy, tender, and perfectly spiced. Seasoned and Montreal Baked Chicken is marinated for a delicious addition to your table. No forks are necessary!
I’ve got an easy recipe for you that everyone in the house will love to devour. It’s simple but also very flavorful. This seasoned chicken is perfectly crispy on the outside yet juicy and tender on the inside. It’s Montreal baked chicken!
Make Baked Montreal Chicken as a starter or main dish for guests and family. With BBQ sauce on the side, you can serve it as an entree with couscous and a side salad. Doesn’t that sound delicious?
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Key Ingredients:
Chicken drumsticks for protein. I like bone-in chicken, but chicken wings or thighs work too (may need more/less cook time).
Montreal chicken spice for all of the tasty flavor! If you have Montreal steak seasoning, that works as well.
Sea salt and ground black pepper for extra flavor.
Olive oil and mayonnaise for the marinade. Olive oil is better to use than any other vegetable oil in this chicken recipe.
Tomato paste adds a great flavor to the marinade and the chicken meat.
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
How to make this Easy Marinated Montreal Baked Chicken Recipe:
Step 1: Make the marinade
First, mix together the marinade ingredients. Combine tomato paste, mayonnaise, ground black pepper, extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, and Montreal chicken spice.
Step 2: Mix marinade and chicken
Mix the marinate with the chicken very well. Let it stand for at least 30 minutes.
Step 3: Bake
Bake at 350F covered with foil, for 40 minutes. Broil or just uncover for another 5-10 minutes.
Expert Tips:
- Allow the chicken to marinade evenly by covering the drumsticks fully with the marinade. If you want extra flavor, let them marinate overnight.
- To make the chicken crispy, broil it for 5-10 minutes at the end of cooking or remove the foil cover.
- Use a meat thermometer to check the inside of the meat. Make sure it is cooked to 165F. This is especially important if you are using a different type of meat.
Recipe FAQs
Montreal chicken seasoning spice mixture has garlic powder, dried onion, salt, black pepper, parsley, red pepper flakes, orange peel, and green bell pepper. This spice blend can be found at any grocery store, labeled McCormick Grill Mates Montreal Chicken Seasoning. It’s one of the best spice rubs to use for baked chicken recipes.
Montreal chicken seasoning is perfect to add right in the beginning to the simple marinade. It can sit with the chicken and the flavors will get infused into the baked chicken.
Montreal chicken is cooked in the oven for 40 minutes at 350F. For the last few minutes of cooking, you can broil it.
While the recipe calls for drumsticks, you can use chicken breasts if you prefer. Adjust the cooking time accordingly, as chicken breasts may require a shorter cooking time.
You can grill the marinated chicken drumsticks over medium heat until cooked through. Adjust the cooking time based on your grill’s temperature and the size of the drumsticks.
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Easy Marinated Montreal Baked Chicken Recipe in the Oven
Equipment
- bowl
- Foil
Ingredients
- 2 lb chicken
- 1 Tbsp Montreal chicken spice
- 1½ Tbsp sea salt
- 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Tbsp ground black pepper
- 2 Tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
Instructions
- First mix together the marinade ingredients. Combine tomato paste, mayonnaise, ground black pepper, extra virgin olive oil, sea salt and Montreal chicken spice.1½ Tbsp sea salt, 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 1 Tbsp ground black pepper, 2 Tbsp mayonnaise, 1 Tbsp tomato paste, 1 Tbsp Montreal chicken spice
- Mix the marinate with the chicken very well. Let it stand for at least 30 minutes.2 lb chicken
- Bake at 350F covered with foil, for 40 minutes. Broil or just uncover for another 5-10 minutes.
Pretty straightforward recipe that comes together quickly! We enjoyed it, thanks.
Tried this recipe for dinner and it was a definite hit with my family. I used drumsticks and boneless chicken breast.
Thank you for the feedback, and so glad your family liked it!