Crispy Baked Rosemary-Garlic Chicken Legs

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Total Time:
1 hr 50 min
Prep
20 min
Inactive
20 min
Cook
1 hr 10 min
Yield:
4 to 6 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 12 chicken legs
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 stems rosemary, leaves picked and roughly chopped
  • 4 cups panko bread crumbs
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups milk
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • Extra-virgin olive oil
  • Lemon wedges, for serving

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Put a sheet tray in the oven to preheat.

Wash and trim the chicken legs of any excess fat. Mix the garlic, rosemary and panko together in a shallow rimmed dish and season well with salt and pepper. Alternately, crush the garlic and rosemary with some olive oil and salt in a mortar and pestle.

Crack the eggs into a similar dish, add the milk and whisk to combine. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. In another dish add the flour and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Take the chicken legs and 1 at a time, dredge in the flour, then the egg wash and then coat well with the rosemary-garlic panko bread crumbs. (Cook's Note: you could also bread the legs by putting the bread crumbs in a large plastic bag and shaking the legs in the crumbs inside the bag.) Lay the chicken legs out on a tray lined with parchment paper, as you work. Refrigerate the legs for about 15 to 20 minutes for the breading to set.

Remove the hot sheet tray from the oven and drizzle with a good amount of olive oil. Arrange the chicken legs carefully on the tray, spacing them out evenly (the chicken will sizzle when added to the hot oil). Roast until the chicken legs are golden and crispy, about 35 to 40 minutes Remove the chicken from the oven to a serving platter. Season with salt and serve with lemon wedges.

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  • on April 25, 2013

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    Loved this recipe!! My fiancé calls this his favorite chicken. I have made several times. I cook at 400 for an hour and turn half way through cooking. They turn out perfect and crispy.

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  • on April 23, 2013

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    I wish I would have read the comments on the temp being off. Other than that we were happy with this tonight... The lemon juice is a must, skipping that would haven a recipe deal breaker.

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  • on January 20, 2013

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    I did enjoy the flavor of the garlic rosemary and lemon with the chicken and fresh out of the oven it had a good crunch. BUT the coating was an unattractive light beige. I did notice on the show that the chicken looked burned on the pan side as Tyler plated up. My problem was that the pan side was the only side that got good color, even though the chicken was cooked through. The worst part is that any leftovers became really bad as the panko crust lost any crispness and became a soggy mess. Usually cold "fried" chicken is just as good as hot (see Alton's program but I wound up scraping off the coating to make this palatable. Frying would probably give better results for leftovers (and for color.

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