Best Fragrant Crispy Chicken Legs Recipes

SPICY ROASTED CHICKEN LEGS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line baking sheets with foil.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the lemon juice, salt, black pepper, cayenne and garlic, and stir. Set aside.
• Rinse and pat the chicken legs dry. With metal tongs, dip them one by one into the butter mixture and place on the prepared baking sheets.
• Once all of the chicken legs are coated and on the baking sheet, take a pastry brush and give them one last coating of the butter mixture.
• Place them into the oven for 30 to 35 minutes, basting a couple of times during roasting. If they need a bit more color, turn on the broiler for a couple minutes and watch them closely.
• Remove them when they are nice and golden brown and fully cooked.

ONE-PAN CRISPY CHICKEN LEGS AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
• Wash, prep, de-stem and halve all of your Brussels sprouts.
• Toss them in a bowl with your olive oil and a pinch or two of salt, pepper and granulated garlic. Season to your taste.
• Wash your chicken legs and pat them dry.
• Liberally season both sides of your legs with salt, pepper and granulated garlic. Set aside.
• Heat up your coconut oil in your cast iron skillet until hot. To test, flick a drop of water into the oil. It should hiss and sizzle.
• Once your oil is heated up, add your chicken legs to the pan face down.
• Allow them to sit there and get crispy. This will take several minutes. Don't move them, even if you are tempted. Mine crisped up in 6-8 minutes.
• Once the first side is crispy, flip your chicken legs over and crisp up the other side.
• When both sides of the chicken are crisped up, add in your Brussels sprouts to the pan along with your chicken broth and lemon juice. Stir.
• Place your pan in the oven and bake for 30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the juices run clear.
• Garnish with some freshly grated Pecornio or Parmesan cheese and serve.

FRAGRANT CRISPY CHICKEN LEGS

Steps:

• Marinate the drumsticks for 4- 5 hours, refrigerated.
• Improvise a steamer (or use one of the Chinese steaming devices).
• Steam the drumsticks for one hour, covered with aluminum foil that has several small holes pierced in it.
• (Check water level in steamer from time to time to make sure there's still some water left).
• Air dry the drumsticks for a couple hours.
• When ready to deep fry, dredge the steamed drumsticks with cornstarch.
• Heat oil to 350- 375º and cook the drumsticks a few at a time until golden brown.

CRISPY BAKED CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray.
• Place flour in large resealable plastic bag. Blend egg product and water in small shallow dish. Place crushed potato chips in separate shallow dish.
• Add drumsticks to flour in bag; shake to coat evenly. One at a time, dip drumsticks in egg mixture; coat evenly with potato chips and place on baking sheet.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 180 degrees F.

CRISPY BAKED CHICKEN LEGS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place chicken legs in a large bowl. Spread chili powder, garlic powder, cayenne, and salt onto the chicken; pour sauce over top. Mix thoroughly and transfer to a baking sheet.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, 45 to 50 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).