Spicy Roasted Chicken Legs

Name: Spicy Roasted Chicken Legs
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon black pepper; 2 sticks butter; 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2 Juice of to 3 lemons; 1 teaspoons salt; 24 whole chicken legs

Spicy Roasted Chicken Legs might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 10 servings with 828 calories, 51g of protein, and 68g of fat each. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up pepper, juice of lemon, cayenne pepper, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and primal diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 50 minutes.

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Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line baking sheets with foil.

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Melt the butter in a saucepan.

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Butter

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Add the lemon juice, salt, black pepper, cayenne and garlic, and stir. Set aside.

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Black Pepper

Lemon Juice

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Garlic

Salt

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.

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Chicken Leg

Butter

Dip

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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.

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Butter

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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.

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Remove them when they are nice and golden brown and fully cooked.