Chicken Leg Rub Baked
Prep chicken legs leave the skin on by fully coating each leg with 1 2 teaspoons of dry rub.
Chicken leg rub baked. This will make for a super fast and easy clean up later. Preheat the oven to 330 degrees fahrenheit. This recipe for baked chicken legs is a simple and delicious dinner. Here we ll show you how to make the best oven baked chicken legs and give you our top tips for baking chicken leg quarters too.
I did end up lining my baking sheet with foil because i like the easy cleanup but to each his own. Rub with a little olive oil homemade spice rub and bake. This chicken leg quarters recipe is by far one of the tastiest chicken recipes. How to make baked chicken legs.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees f. Use your hands to rub into each part of the leg and make sure that every part is fully coated. These simple dry rub recipes use all classic easy to find spice that you can buy at your local grocery store and take minutes to make. Pat dry the chicken and then proceed to rub the mixture on the chicken.
Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir for about 30 seconds or 1 minute. How to make easy dry rub bbq chicken drumsticks. Line a sheet pan with non stick foil.
In a small pan set over medium low heat combine canola oil minced garlic fresh herbs smoked paprika and cayenne pepper. I use my hands but you can use gloves if it is more comfortable for you. With most of the fat rendered out it turns thin and crispy in the oven. With my fingers i go inside the skin to season the whole chicken leg quarter.
That beautifully caramelized skin is just so tasty. How to make the most flavorful baked chicken leg quarters. Add the lemon juice salt black pepper cayenne and garlic and stir. On a baking sheet rub each chicken leg with olive oil and sprinkle with the homemade spice mix.
You should get around 4 5 tablespoons of dry rub. Baked chicken legs and chicken leg quarters are the ultimate in effortless budget friendly cooking simply season and pop into the oven while you prep the rest of the meal. There is a lot of flavor coming from the rub alone but pan searing followed by oven roasting adds a ton of extra flavor. Crispy baked chicken wings use my basic baking instructions but add this dry rub instead of the regular seasoning.
This can be messy but i promise you it is worth it. Then prepare chicken dry rub by mixing together all of the spices in a medium bowl. Wash chicken legs and dry rub with salt white pepper and bouillon powder and set aside. The second time using the original portion size i made it with the dehydrated celery flakes allowing 4 chicken thighs to sit in the rub only 3 hours in an oven proof bag then baked in the oven in the bag and the taste was so much better even with less marinating time.
Buffalo chicken salad instead of the buffalo sauce in this recipe add this easy dry rub.