Turmeric Chicken Legs
Do you still remember that one of my new year’s resolutions was to prepare different kinds of meat? This is the first step for me. I always eat chicken breast or chicken thigh fillet and I actually never thought about making chicken legs, chicken wings or something like that, even though I really enjoy eating it. A while ago I could buy chicken legs with a discount and I decided to buy them immediately, so I could start working on my new year’s resolutions. I created these simple turmeric chicken legs. Chicken has a very neutral flavour, but when you season it well, it tastes amazing.
Turmeric is one of my favourite spices and I love it in combination with chicken, so it wasn’t a surprise that I made turmeric chicken legs. They are very simple to prepare. You only have to put all the ingredients for the marinade to together, marinate the chicken for half an hour and then you put it into the oven.
The result is juicy chicken legs with a crispy outside. It goes great with a large salad and homemade fries. Mmmm!
What do you need (as a side dish for 4-5 persons)
- 5 large chicken legs
- 2 tbsp coconut oil or olive oil
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp salt
How to prepare the turmeric chicken legs
- Pre-heat the oven to 150 degrees Celcius.
- Melt the coconut oil. Mix for the marinate the coconut oil or olive oil with turmeric, ginger, cumin, lemon juice and salt. Put this into a bowl and add the chicken legs. Mix this together well and make sure the chicken legs are covered with marinade on all sides.
- Put the chicken legs in the fridge for 30 minutes to marinate.
- Grease an oven dish with coconut oil or olive oil. Divide the chicken legs over the dish and put them into the oven for 30 minutes.
- Turn the oven to 200 degrees Celcius and leave the chicken legs for another 10 minutes, this will give them a crispy crust.
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Turmeric Chicken Legs
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 mins
- Servings: 4 1x
Description
Delicious juicy turmeric chicken legs. Chicken legs in a turmeric marinade. Goes great with salad and fries. Low FODMAP, gluten-free and lactose-free.
Ingredients
- 5 large chicken legs
- 2 tbsp coconut oil or olive oil
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 150 degrees Celcius.
- Melt the coconut oil. Mix for the marinate the coconut oil or olive oil with turmeric, ginger, cumin, lemon juice and salt. Put this into a bowl and add the chicken legs. Mix this together well and make sure the chicken legs are covered with marinade on all sides.
- Put the chicken legs in the fridge for 30 minutes to marinate.
- Grease an oven dish with coconut oil or olive oil. Divide the chicken legs over the dish and put them into the oven for 30 minutes.
- Turn the oven to 200 degrees Celcius and leave the chicken legs for another 10 minutes, this will give them a crispy crust.
- Prep Time: 40 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
3 Comments
Delicious and so easy to make!
Super tasty and easy to make, just started using turmeric in my cooking. Don’t know why I didn’t earlier its awesome