Baked chicken legs with garlic and lemon Recipe

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Want to make a simple and tasty recipe? Prepare these delicious baked chicken legs with garlic and lemon... It's a recipe with few ingredients but quite tasty! Serve with fries or white rice. Bon appetit!!!

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Baked chicken legs with garlic and lemon

(1 votes, 5.00 out of 5)

By Pedro Barbosa

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Category: Chicken, Meat, Recipes, Videos

Cuisine: Portuguese

Difficulty: Easy recipes

Servings:: 3

Prep Time: 5 m

Cook Time: 1:15 h

Total Time: 2:20 h

Ingredients: chicken, garlic, lemon, nutmeg, olive oil, rosemary

Ingredients

3 chicken legs (about 900 grams (2 pounds))
8 cloves of garlic
100 ml (1/2 cup) olive oil
100 ml (1/2 cup) lemon juice
Zest of one lemon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
50 grams (1/4 cup) margarine
Rosemary (to taste)
1 teaspoon salt

Directions

Place the chicken legs on a baking dish and season with salt, nutmeg, lemon zest, unpeeled crushed garlic, margarine pieces, lemon juice and olive oil. Marinate about 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).
Bake until the chicken legs start turn golden brown, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Occasionally, drizzle the chicken with the sauce.
Turn off the oven, sprinkle with chopped rosemary and serve with fries or white rice.

Baked chicken legs with garlic and lemon

Nutrition facts

Serves 3

Per Serving:

% DAILY VALUE

Calories 981

Total Fat 67.5 g(87%)

Saturated Fat 13 g(66%)

Cholesterol 267 mg(89%)

Sodium 474 mg(21%)

Total Carbohydrate 3.5 g(1%)

Protein 87.5 g