LEMON BARBECUED CHICKEN

          CHICKEN                        BARBECUE SAUCE
          ½ cup butter                   ¼ cup cooking oil
          2-½ lb chicken pieces          ½ cup lemon juice
          1 cup flour                    1 clove garlic, minced
          1 tsp salt                     2 tbsp minced onion
          1 tsp pepper                   1 tsp salt

Melt butter in a shallow baking dish while preheating oven to 400°. Mix flour, salt, and pepper; coat chicken pieces in it. Place skin side down in one layer in dish. Bake 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix the oil, lemon juice, garlic, onion, and salt. Turn the chicken pieces skin side up, pour the sauce over the top and bake until tender, about 30 minutes more.

Adapted from “Benton Harbor-St. Joseph Bicentennial Cookbook” (1976). Discover more vintage recipes at the Padgett Sunday Supper Club (clubpadgett.com)!