While boneless chicken breast recipes can be delicious, it is pretty easy to overcook them and be left with dried out chicken. Not to mention, chicken breasts are expensive these days! Alternatively, bone-in chicken cuts like chicken legs (and thighs) tend to stay tender and juicy and are quite affordable. Chicken legs are also very versatile, as you’ll see with these recipes for air fryer chicken legs, deep-fried, oven-fried, baked/roasted, grilled and more. You name the method and bone-in chicken legs can benefit.
Are Chicken Legs and Drumsticks The Same Thing?
Not exactly. The drumstick is actually part of the leg. The leg is the complete quarter, made up of the thigh and the drumstick. However, it’s plain to see with a simple search of recipes, that most people use the terms interchangeably.
What Temperature To Cook Chicken Legs?
The internal temperature, as taken with a meat thermometer, for chicken legs is the same as with all cuts of chicken, 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
How Long Does It Take To Cook Bone-In Chicken Legs?
As with just about any recipe, for anything, it really depends on the cooking method. You can expect baked chicken legs to cook in about 45-60 minutes. While, air fried chicken legs take only about 30 minutes.
What Are The Best Recipes Using Chicken Legs?
That would be a personal preference of course, but I’m inclined to say that chicken legs are best utilized in chicken sheet pan meals. These type of meals are so great because you simply season chicken and vegetables and/or potatoes, toss on a sheet pan and let it roast until done. A full meal on one sheet pan with no fuss. Sheet pan meals are certainly not the only great use though. Scroll through this slideshow of 40 best chicken leg recipes and you will see just how great chicken legs can be in all types of meals. Next: 40+ Easy Shredded Chicken Recipes
