Chicken legs - affordable and tasty meat, which becomes the basis of many everyday and festive dishes. To give them a brighter taste and mouth-watering appearance, breading is often used: carcass pieces are crumbled in flour or crushed crackers, eggs or butter. An individual selection of spices and seasonings gives the recipe a unique character. Try to cook chicken leg breaded with cornflakes - grilled for a picnic or in the oven for a family meal.
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You will need
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- 4 chicken legs;
- 200 g of corn flakes;
- 2-3 tbsp vegetable oil;
- Tabasco sauce (or a mixture of red and black pepper) to taste;
- coarse black pepper to taste;
- salt to taste;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 3 tbsp butter;
- 3 tbsp chopped parsley and dill;
- 1 egg
Instruction manual
1
Wash 4 medium-sized chicken legs in clean water and dry them with a white cotton napkin. Prepare an oil sauce for marinating meat: boil 3 tablespoons of olive or sunflower oil over medium heat; refrigerate it at room temperature, and then keep it in the refrigerator for about half an hour.
2
Use a sharp knife to make small cuts (about 2-2.5 cm in length) on each leg - this will allow the chicken to cook faster and become softer and juicier. After that, rub the skin with a mixture of ground black and red peppers to taste or with a small amount of hot Tabasco sauce.
3
Put 2 tablespoons of table salt, chopped garlic (3 cloves) in chilled oil sauce and mix thoroughly. Dip each chicken leg into the mixture, then place in a clean plastic container with a sealed lid. Marinate the meat in the refrigerator for 6-10 hours.
4
Turn the gas grill on moderate heat and lay the chicken legs on the wire rack. Cook the meat for 25-30 minutes until a brown crust appears, constantly turning the pieces of chicken in different directions. Pierce the hot legs with a toothpick - if light meat juice (not blood) has flowed, you can remove the dish from the grill.
5
Prepare the breading. Grind corn flakes (0.5 cups) in a hand mill or grind in a mortar. Add the same amount of finely chopped dill and parsley, table salt and pepper to taste, mix everything.
6
Melt 3 tablespoons of butter (unsalted) in a saucepan over low heat. Take turns taking hot chicken pieces with kitchen tongs and roll them first in oil, then in a mixture of corn and greens.
7
Breaded chicken legs recipe can be changed a little. Roll the raw pieces in flakes first, and then bake them in the oven on a baking sheet. To do this, you should first cook the meat according to the model of steps No. 1-3.
8
Mix in a bowl: 1 chicken egg; 200 g of chopped corn flakes and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil (corn is the best option).
9
Add salt and 1 teaspoon of black pepper, rather coarsely ground, to your taste. Roll the chicken parts in the mixture and lay them on a baking sheet covered with oiled baking parchment.
10
Bake chicken meat in the oven for about half an hour, at a temperature of 200 ° C.