Wednesday is the middle of the week, when you want a filling dinner without standing at the stove for long. Oven-baked chicken legs are just that: a few minutes for the marinade, and the oven does the rest.
The recipe was shared by the Polish food publication Kwestia Smaku.
Both drumsticks and whole leg quarters will do — only the baking time changes.
What you need
- chicken legs — 1 kg (about 6) or 4 whole leg quarters;
- salt, pepper;
- ½ tsp each of turmeric, sweet ground paprika, oregano and thyme;
- garlic — 1 clove;
- lemon juice — 2 tbsp;
- extra virgin olive oil — 3 tbsp;
- optional — 1 tbsp butter.
How to make it
1. Prepare the meat. Wash the chicken legs and pat them dry with paper towels. Season with salt (about 1 tsp) and pepper.
2. Marinate. Sprinkle with the turmeric, paprika, oregano and thyme, add the grated garlic clove, lemon juice and oil. Mix, rubbing the meat thoroughly on all sides.
Photo: Aw58 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.03. Arrange in a dish. Heat the oven to 220 °C. Lay the legs skin side up in an ovenproof dish with all the marinade. You can put a few flakes of butter on top.
4. Bake. Bake uncovered for 40–45 minutes (drumsticks) or about 1 hour 15 minutes (whole leg quarters). Baste the meat with the juices 2–3 times during baking.
5. Serve. Serve with potatoes and a salad — for example lettuce, pepper, onion, tomatoes and mini mozzarella with a honey dressing of oil, lemon juice, honey, salt and pepper.
Photo: Aw58 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0It is worth marinating the legs in advance — the day before, for example — and keeping them in the fridge.
As a reminder, last time in Tasty Bucha we cooked a mushroom soup with no blender and no wild mushrooms.
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