Roasted Chicken Legs

Very last 7 days when grocery purchasing I found hen legs with backs on sale. And I signify on sale – like these kinds of a good selling price you couldn’t pass up. Usually I shy absent from bone-in hen…
 to be honest cooking bone-in chicken intimidates me.  If you are far more comfortable cooking boneless, skinless hen do not worry. Listed here is an effortless, hardly ever fail, way to roast hen legs. Together with a range of means to take pleasure in them.

Rooster legs

Generously season both equally sides of the chicken leg with salt and pepper and location in casserole dish. Go over dish with aluminium foil and bake for one hour. Baste hen right after 30 minutes of cooking, with the juices in the pan.  

Immediately after just one hour, transform oven to 425 F, clear away foil, baste yet again and bake for a different 30 minutes or right up until the chicken reaches 74 C (165 F).

 

You can serve the roasted chicken with your favorite sides for meal.

Or you can use the chicken to make a thing else. If you are carrying out this, allow for the rooster to interesting a bit so you can simply clear away the chicken from the bones and skin.

 

Be certain to retain the bones to make stock. I keep them frozen in a freezer bag right up until I have more than enough to make a pot of inventory.



Tonight I am generating chicken pot pie stew in excess of mashed potatoes – it truly is our new favourite evening meal. I’ll make the filling of this pot pie recipe  and as a substitute of baking it with phyllo pastry, I am going to provide it like a stew in excess of mashed potatoes.

Listed here are a number of other favourite means to use cooked chicken.