Chicken legs on a wire rack in the oven with potatoes - an unusual way of cooking, delicious results
In most cases, housewives bake chicken mixed with potatoes or in a baking bag. With this method, the chicken will turn out more boiled or even mushy. Everyone knows this taste. But as soon as you take the same ingredients and cook it differently, the result changes almost dramatically.
If you cook the legs according to the recipe below, they turn out more fried and aromatic, excess fat and juice flow into the potatoes, thereby making them not dry, but very juicy.
This recipe will appeal not only to your children, but to the whole family.
Products:
- Chicken drumsticks – 1 kg.
- Potatoes – 1 kg.
- Onion.
- Paprika.
- Dry garlic can be replaced with 2-3 cloves of regular garlic.
- Olive oil.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Toothpicks (if necessary).
Step-by-step recipe for cooking chicken legs on a grill with potatoes
1. Prepare the products, peel the potatoes and onions, and wash the chicken.
2. For chicken legs, take a deep bowl, lay out the product, add 2-3 tsp.paprika, garlic, as well as salt and pepper to taste. You can use salt with added spices. Pour in 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil and mix thoroughly. Leave to marinate for 60 minutes.
3. Cut the peeled potatoes into circles and place them on a baking sheet or in a heat-resistant bowl. Cut the onion into a semicircle and add to our potatoes. Sprinkle paprika on top and add salt and pepper to taste. Mix thoroughly.
4. Take a wire rack from the oven and insert our legs with the small side between the twigs. If the legs fall through, secure them with toothpicks.
5. Place the chicken in the oven and place the potatoes under the legs.
6. Bake the food for 30-40 minutes at a temperature of 220 degrees. Depending on the oven, the time can be increased or decreased, check the readiness. The chicken will be baked on all sides, the fat and spices will drip into the potatoes, giving them a rich taste.
This is exactly the recipe that uses ordinary ingredients, and the result comes out unusual. Bon appetit!
