Chicken Legs In The Oven With Veggies
Now seasons chicken with the spice mixture all over making sure to get some of it also underneath the skin.
Chicken legs in the oven with veggies. Halve the chicken legs at the joint and remove their skin. These baked chicken drumsticks only take a few minutes of prep and just about 45 minutes of bake time. If the legs are not crowded on a baking sheet the baking time at 400 f will be about 35 45 minutes. Lay the chicken legs out in a foil lined baking dish with high sides the foil is to make clean up easier it s not essential but helps a whole lot.
If our oven isn t good and hot the chicken skin won t get crispy and no one wants rubbery chicken skin. Sprinkle chicken with paprika mixture. Give the chicken to a pot and cover it with water just enough to cover the chicken do not fill the pot. Lift chicken skin up and add minced garlic underneath this provides a lot of flavor and protects the garlic from burning in the oven.
Chop the carrots into slices about cm 0 2 inch and give them to the chicken as well. Remember to keep 1 tsp of the spice mixture aside for the vegetables. After the 10 minutes of prep work this turns into the easiest recipe ever. Just let the oven do the work.
We re baking these chicken legs at 425 degrees. Top vegetables with spinach. Remove chicken to a serving platter. In this recipe the legs are crowded and baked with potatoes and will require a little more time to cook about 50 60 minutes.
Roast until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 170 175 and vegetables are just tender 35 40 minutes. After about 40 45 minutes in a hot oven you should have some crispy flavorful golden brown chicken legs. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celsius 400 degrees fahrenheit. How long to bake chicken legs the length of time to bake will depend on the temperature of oven and size of the legs.