One of the tastiest and most used parts of chicken for cooking, a chicken leg is rich in protein like leucine, cystine, glucine and arginine. The other nutrients that people can get from chicken legs are vitamin A, sodium and iron. Baking these cuts can retain the natural flavor of the meat as well as the nutrients present in the fowl. If you want to know how to bake chicken legs, you can follow the simple steps in easy recipes presented below.
Baked Parmesan Chicken Legs
In order to prepare this dish, you need to get all the important ingredients. Some of the ingredients needed for the dish are two cups dry bread crumbs, 2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese and ½ teaspoon ground oregano. In addition, you need ½ teaspoon pepper, ½ teaspoon salt, a garlic clove, 1 ½ cup melted butter and 12 chicken legs.
Mince the garlic. Mix the cheese, crumbs, pepper, oregano, salt and pepper. Pour the melted butter in a skillet. Put skillet over medium heat. Saute garlic in the butter. Pour the butter on the chicken. Coat the meat with the cheese mixture. Arrange the meat on a baking dish. Place the dish in an oven that was preheated to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Cook the dish for an hour. Serve immediately.
Baked Barbecue Chicken Legs
To make the dish, you should have a pound of chicken legs and a cup of barbecue sauce. Fill a large pot with water. Boil water. Put the meat in the pot. Simmer for eight minutes to 10 minutes. Remove the meat from the pot and dry. Arrange the legs on a shallow baking dish. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil. Put the dish in the oven. Cook for half hour. Garnish the dish with chopped parsley or celery. Serve and enjoy.
Baked Chicken with Soy Sauce
The ingredients needed are a garlic clove, an onion, six potatoes, six carrots, ¼ cup soy sauce and six chicken legs. Cut the onion and carrots as well as mince the clove. Peel taters and cut into several portions. Combine the carrots, garlic, onion and taters in a large bowl. Transfer the vegetables in a baking dish. Remove the skin of chicken. Arrange the meat in the dish. Pour soy sauce into the baking dish.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Cook for an hour. Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve with rice and side dish.
