It is known that chicken - a tasty, dietary and inexpensive dish - is the dream of every housewife. Cooking chicken is absolutely not difficult. In addition, there are a lot of recipes with her. With chicken, the second courses, salads, snacks, pies and much more are excellently obtained. If dear guests suddenly come to you, find the chicken legs recipe in your cookbook, you can use the simplest one and cook it. Chicken dishes always go with a bang. Anything can be a side dish to a chicken : potatoes, rice, pasta, vegetables and just salad.
You can probably buy chicken in any store, besides everyone can choose their favorite part: breast, as well as legs or thighs or even a whole chicken - now this is not a problem. In addition, buying chicken is very economical. Separate the meat from the bones: use the meat as the main dish, and cook the light soup on the bones. There are many options, therefore, choosing a chicken in the store, you will not regret it.
The preparation of chicken legs is diverse, each housewife has her own signature recipe. You can fry them until a crust appears, and for those who prefer a healthy diet, you can boil chicken or cook it in a double boiler. How to deliciously cook chicken legs? We will tell you about four simple but tasty recipes.
Chicken legs - the first recipe. We will need seasonings to taste, a kilogram of chicken legs, a couple of garlic cloves, a bag for baking. While we are doing the preparatory work, it is necessary to preheat the oven to two hundred degrees. So, take the chicken legs and rinse them under cold water, put them on paper towels and leave to dry. Finely chop the garlic into a bowl, take black ground pepper and salt, mix everything. It is necessary to grate the chicken with the resulting mixture. Take a baking bag, place chicken legs in it, fix the bag so that air does not penetrate into it. Put the billet in the oven for about forty minutes. After that, make a slot in the bag and, literally for ten minutes, leave it to go in the oven. Plus this recipe - the chicken is baked in its own juice, there is no chemistry in it, the meat is juicy and tasty.
Chicken legs - the second recipe. Take chicken legs, seasoning, hard cheese - 200g, mayonnaise - 200g, greens (parsley and dill). Rinse the chicken and rub it with a mixture of seasonings, you can add a little garlic. Put the legs on a baking sheet, trying not to make large gaps between the pieces. Prepare the sauce: mix finely chopped herbs, mayonnaise and coarsely grated cheese. Cover the chicken with the sauce and put it in the oven for forty minutes.
Chicken legs - the third recipe. We need a kilogram of chicken legs, seasonings, 2 bell peppers - red and yellow, 2 tomatoes. Rinse the legs and cut them into two or three parts. Add two to three tablespoons of olive oil, salt, pepper, chicken seasoning to the bowl and mix. Strain the chicken with this mixture and fry over high heat until a crust appears. Finely chop the tomatoes and peppers, you can add greens to taste. Pour boiled water into a pan with fried chicken , add vegetables and simmer the chicken for about half an hour over low heat under a lid.
Chicken legs - the fourth recipe. Prepare a kilogram of chicken legs, a pack of mayonnaise, garlic and seasonings. Rinse the chicken, cut into small pieces and place in a deep bowl. Combine mayonnaise, seasonings and finely chopped garlic, marinate the chicken legs with this mixture and leave them in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Preheat the pan, put the chicken in it and half fill it with boiled water. Simmer the chicken legs for about twenty minutes over low heat, then remove the lid and increase the heat. Fry the chicken until a delicious crust appears.