Chicken Legs With A Crispy Crust In The Oven: A Step By Step Recipe With Photos And Videos

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Chicken legs with a crispy crust: preparing a delicious dish in the oven

If your family loves to eat chicken, do not overlook today's selection of the best recipes for crispy baked chicken legs. This appetizing and delicious dish can be prepared in many different ways and served with any side dish you like. This can be a lunch, dinner, beer snack or a great picnic snack.

Step-by-step recipes for crispy chicken legs in the oven

Chicken dishes are an integral part of our family menu. For example, I love poultry cut into pieces and fried to a crisp in a pan, children - breast chops in breadcrumbs, and my husband - thighs on a barbecue. Moreover, we are all admirers of chicken legs baked in the oven until golden brown. Almost every time I change the previously tried recipes, due to which the taste of the dish always takes on a new shade.

Chicken legs with a crispy caramel crust

Recipe with a minimum of ingredients. You will have to tinker a little with the preparation of caramel, but this process takes a few minutes.

Ingredients:

• 10 chicken drumsticks;
• 1 tbsp. l. salt;
• 1 tbsp. l. granulated sugar;
• 3-4 cloves of garlic;
• 250 ml of water;
• ground black pepper - to taste.

Preparation:

1. Mix the granulated sugar and salt and transfer to a small non-stick container.

2. While stirring constantly, heat the dry mixture over medium heat until the crystals are completely dissolved and melted, forming a brown mass.

   

   Make sugar and salt caramel

3. Pour water into the caramel, stir thoroughly and heat until a homogeneous syrup is obtained.

   

   Dilute the caramel with water

4. Chop the garlic using a press or fine grater.
5. Wash chicken drumsticks and dry well.

6. Rub the chicken pieces with ground black pepper and garlic.

   

   Season drumsticks with garlic and pepper

7. Place the chicken in a baking sheet or dish, pour over the syrup prepared earlier.

   

   Sprinkle the poultry slices liberally with syrup

8. Place the baking sheet in the oven and cook for 50-60 minutes until golden brown.

   

   Bake the legs until crusty and serve with fresh vegetables and herbs

Video: how to cook crispy chicken legs

Crispy chicken legs with potatoes in the oven

The simplest recipe that every housewife will need to quickly and effortlessly feed relatives with a hearty dinner.

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken legs;
• 5-6 potatoes;
• 2-3 tbsp. l. mayonnaise;
• salt and seasonings to taste.

Preparation:

1. Put the prepared (washed and dried) legs on a sheet of foil for baking.

   

   Place the chicken legs on a piece of foil

2. Brush the meat with mayonnaise, sprinkle with your favorite seasonings.

   

   Season the meat with spices and brush with mayonnaise

3. Wrap the legs in foil and refrigerate for 1–2 hours.

   

   Wrap the legs in foil and place in the refrigerator to marinate

4. Peel the potato tubers, rinse and cut into large pieces.

5. Unroll the legs and place with the foil in a baking dish with the chicken in the center. Spread the potatoes around, lightly salt and pepper.

   

   Arrange the legs and potatoes in a large dish

6. Cover the workpiece with another piece of foil, place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for 1 hour.

7. After an hour, remove the foil, increase the temperature to 200 degrees and cook for 10-15 minutes until a crust appears.

   

   Cook the legs until blush

Video: delicious chicken legs with potatoes

Chicken legs with a crispy crust in a hot and sweet sauce

Another dish that will once again help you demonstrate your culinary skills and please your loved ones.

Ingredients:

• 12 chicken drumsticks;
• 1 tbsp. l. honey;
• 2 tbsp. l. hot tomato sauce;
• 1 tsp soy sauce;
• 1 tsp dry basil;
• 1 tsp ground paprika;
• salt and black pepper - to taste;
• vegetable oil for mold lubrication.

Preparation:

1. Transfer the chicken drumsticks to a large bowl, add salt and pepper to taste, mix the meat and spices well.

   

   Stir the poultry pieces with pepper and salt thoroughly

2. Lubricate a baking dish with a small amount of vegetable oil, put the meat in it.

   

   Place the shins into the prepared shape

3. Combine honey, tomato sauce and soy sauces, basil and paprika.

   

   Make the sauce

4. Using a cooking brush, brush the mixture over the chicken pieces.

   

   Brush the chicken with hot sauce

5. Bake the legs for 50 minutes at 200 degrees.

   

   After about an hour, the crispy chicken legs are ready

Video: chicken legs in the oven

Oven crispy chicken legs are an easy meal for the whole family. Complementing such a meal with vegetables, pasta or porridge, you will get a full lunch or dinner. If you like our recipes or want to share your secrets of baking crispy chicken legs with us, be sure to leave a comment below. Enjoy your meal!