Oven-Baked 3-Ingredient Church Supper Chicken

1. as it cooks.
2. Pat the chicken pieces dry with paper towels. This helps the sauce cling better and keeps the finished dish from becoming too watery. Arrange the chicken in a single layer in the baking dish, skin side up, with the pieces snug but not piled on top of one another.
3. In a medium bowl, stir together the barbecue sauce and lemon-lime soda until smooth and well combined. The mixture will look thin at first, but that’s exactly what you want. It will thicken and turn glossy as it