Chicken leg dinner ideas

Do you have a crockpot? you can make chicken and veggie soup (just put in whatever with chicken broth and walk away.) I make oven fried chicken which is basically: peel skin off legs, marinate in a cup of buttermilk mixed with hotsauce, dijon, worsteshire, whatever you like. mix flour with cayenne, garlic, onion powder, pepper. put in ziplock, in another ziplock crush up some cornflakes into little bits and salt. pour marinade in a bowl, flour the chicken, dip in marinade and toss in cornflakes then bake on a wire rack for like 40-45 mins. its delicious and satisfying. Other than that anything you use Chicken breast for you can use legs. I only buy thighs (often bone out) and legs because I prefer dark meat and the nutrition is too similar for me to care and Bonus they are much cheaper!!

I just season them heavily with salt and pepper and bake them on 350 for an hour. Take the meat/skin off the bones once they're cooked, cut it up and combine the meat, skin and pan drippings with a green vegetable - usually sugar snap peas or green beans. Insanely flavorful and satisfying for how simple it is.

I'll barbecue salted and peppered chicken wings or cook them up in a skillet, then eat it with barbecued zucchinis or summer squash and a salad. For accurate logging, I weigh the chicken before I eat and then weigh the bones and skin after to find out the weight of what I ate.

3 simple dishes:

Chicken cacciatori: Brown the legs in olive oil and toss in a bottle of your favorite pasta sauce, add spices to taste, cover and braise til cooked thru and serve.

Baked "fried" chicken: Dip legs in beaten egg, dip in flour, dip again in egg wash and dip in panko or crushed corn flakes (seasoned w/salt, pepper and whatever else you like) and bake at 350 til done.

Chicken picatta: Season to taste w/salt and pepper, coat w/olive oil, brown legs in oven safe pan, place pan in 350 degree oven til done, remove pan w/a thick pot holder (and be sure to keep the pot holder on the handle!!), set aside the legs in a serving dish, pour 1 cup of dry white wine into pan to deglaze, add capers and lemon juice and add a roux of flour/butter (or just reduce) to thicken and pour over legs to serve.

Chicken & roasted potatoes. Can't go wrong.

Red_Pill wrote: »

Chicken & roasted potatoes. Can't go wrong.

I do this all the time, complete go to when I want a no-fuss dinner, which is often. Add roasted vegetables to make a full meal or change up the potatoes with sweet potatoes. Play around with dry rubs on the legs--paprika is a nice addition.

Another thing I do is slow cook a turkey leg or wing in some broth (flavored with onion, carrot, garlic, whatever) and then bring lunch with the meat (it falls apart and is really moist and tender), some rice or sweet potatoes or whatever, winter squash is also a nice switch or other root veg like parsnips, turnips, rutabaga, beats, plus vegetables). You could do this with chicken legs too.