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tender chicken legs

Baked chicken leg with baby potatoes

This is most probably the easiest recipe we know to prepare baked chicken legs.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 45 minutes
Resting time 8 hours
Total Time 9 hours 45 minutes
Course Meat & Poultry
Cuisine International
Servings 4 people
Calories 563 kcal

EQUIPMENT (click pictures for details)

Wire
Wire
Glass baking dish
Glass baking dish

Ingredients
 
 

For the marinade

Instructions
 

  • Combine all the listed spices for the marinade.
  • Score the chicken legs to ½ cm deep.
    rub chicken with herbs
  • ‘Massage’ the marinade gently into the chicken legs and keep overnight in the fridge into a plastic bag.
    chicken in plastic bag
  • Peel and halve the baby potatoes and the shallots.
  • Toss them in a baking tin with salt, pepper, a pinch of chili flakes and olive oil.
    season potatoes
  • Turn the oven grill to high and arrange the marinated chicken legs on a wire rack.
  • Place on top of the baking tin with the potatoes.
  • Bake for 20 minutes before flipping the chicken legs.
    chicken legs in oven
  • Cook until tender, crispy and brown.
    tender chicken legs

Notes

  • The potatoes will cook with the melted fat from the chicken.

Nutrition for 1 portion

Calories: 563kcalCarbohydrates: 65gProtein: 29gFat: 21gCholesterol: 120mgSodium: 715mgFiber: 9gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 611IUVitamin C: 68mgCalcium: 74mgIron: 5mg
Keyword chicken, chicken leg, ovenroast
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