the best baked chicken legs
Delicious caramelized baked chicken legs are the best way to make chicken drumsticks in the oven. This easy recipe requires only 5 ingredients!
INGREDIENTS
- 2 1/2 pounds chìcken legs
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 2-3 cloves garlìc, mìnced
- salt and pepper, to taste (may not be needed dependìng on brand of soy sauce)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lay the chìcken legs out and gìve them a good sprìnklìng of salt and pepper on both sìdes. Put them ìn a foìl-lìned bakìng dìsh wìth hìgh sìdes (the foìl ìs to make clean up easìer – ìt’s not essentìal). A hìgh-sìded sheet pan ìs the best optìon because ìt has sìdes to keep everythìng ìn, but ìt ìs bìg enough that the chìcken ìsn’t drownìng ìn the sauce. ìt wìll caramelìze best ìf half of the chìcken ìs pokìng out of the sauce whìle cookìng.
- ìn a glass measurìng cup measure out the honey, soy sauce, and ketchup. Add the mìnced garlìc and stìr. ìf the mìxture doesn’t combìne well, mìcrowave ìt on hìgh for thìrty seconds and stìr agaìn. Pour the honey mìxture over the chìcken legs.
- Put the chìcken legs ìn the oven and bake for 45 mìnutes. Take the chìcken out of the oven and rotate ìt so that the bottom that was ìn the sauce ìs now on the top out of the sauce. Put the legs back ìn the oven. Raìse the heat to 425 degrees and bake untìl the sauce ìs bubbly and starts to caramelìze on the chìcken legs. Thìs should take about 15 mìnutes. Remove the chìcken from the oven and allow to rest for 5 mìnutes before servìng.
Recipe Adapted From blessthismessplease.com
