Spicy Roasted Chicken Legs
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 8 to 10 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 10 servings
- Calories
- 1936
- Total Fat
- 150
- Saturated Fat
- 48
- Carbohydrates
- 3
- Dietary Fiber
- 1
- Sugar
- 0
- Protein
- 136
- Cholesterol
- 816
- Sodium
- 813
- Total: 50 min
- Active: 50 min
Ingredients
2 sticks butter
Juice of 2 to 3 lemons
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 cloves garlic, minced
24 whole chicken legs
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line baking sheets with foil.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the lemon juice, salt, black pepper, cayenne and garlic, and stir. Set aside.
- Rinse and pat the chicken legs dry. With metal tongs, dip them one by one into the butter mixture and place on the prepared baking sheets.
- Once all of the chicken legs are coated and on the baking sheet, take a pastry brush and give them one last coating of the butter mixture.
- Place them into the oven for 30 to 35 minutes, basting a couple of times during roasting. If they need a bit more color, turn on the broiler for a couple minutes and watch them closely.
- Remove them when they are nice and golden brown and fully cooked.