Baked Chicken Legs with Best Marinade

Baked Chicken Legs recipe with garlic, lemon and dijon. An easy and excellent chicken marinade with so much flavor. The longer you marinate this, the better (at least 6 hours and ideally overnight).

⏱️ 410 min 🔪 Prep: 360 min 🔥 Cook: 50 min 📊 Hard ⭐ 5.0 (306) 👁️ 21 views
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Baked Chicken Legs with Best MarinadeFoto: Natasha's Kitchen

Ingredients

14 servings
  • 4 lbs 14 count Chicken Legs or drumsticks
  • 1/4 cup olive oil ((Use light oil, not extra virgin))
  • 4 g arlic cloves (pressed or minced)
  • 4 Tbsp fresh parsley (finely chopped)
  • 3 Tbsp lemon juice from 1 large lemon
  • 2 Tbsp dijon mustard
  • 2 tsp fine sea salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

Steps

  1. In a small bowl, combine all of the marinade ingredients and stir or whisk together until well blended .

  2. Transfer chicken legs to a large mixing bowl or a large ziploc bag. Pour the marinade over the chicken and toss with your hands to evenly coat the chicken, pushing some of the marinade under the skin of each chicken leg for richer flavor. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate 6 hours or overnight, tossing chicken once while marinating.

  3. Preheat oven to 400˚F and line a rimmed baking sheet with foil or a silpat. Arrange chicken skin-side-down and bring chicken to room temp while oven preheats. Brush chicken legs with any extra marinade left in the mixing bowl. Bake at 400˚F in the center of oven for 25 minutes skin-side-down then turn the chicken legs over and bake additional 25 minutes skin-side-up. For crispier skin, broil on high heat 2 to 3 minutes or until skins have browned.*

Nutrition Facts

Macronutrients

Calories196
Protein12g
Carbs1g
Fat16g

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