Asian Chicken Legs Recipes

Steps:

• Prepare the lollipops: With a knife or kitchen shears, cut the skin and tendons around the bottom (the narrow end) of each drummette. Use a paring knife to scrape the meat from to bottom toward the top of the bone to form a lollipop shape; make sure the bone is scraped completely clean.
• Make the brine: To a saucepan, add 1 1/2 cups water and the vinegar, honey, salt, soy sauce, peppercorns, pepper flakes, garlic, star anise, bay leaf and ginger. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Pour the brine into a large bowl and add 1 1/2 cups ice to cool it down quickly. Add the chicken lollipops to the brine, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 1 hour. Remove the chicken and pat dry.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Prepare the dry rub: In a large bowl, combine the five-spice powder, garlic, ginger, mustard, paprika, salt and cayenne. Mix well to blend. Set aside 1 tablespoon of the rub for later use in sauce, then add the chicken and coat thoroughly with the rub.
• Arrange the chicken on a baking sheet, transfer to the oven and cook for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the skin begins to turn golden. (This helps render some of the fat, so the drummettes fry up nice and crispy.) Remove from oven and set aside.
• While the drummettes are cooking, prepare the sauce: To a medium saute pan, add the sweet soy sauce, vinegar, fish sauce, honey, pepper flakes and 2 tablespoons water. Bring to a simmer over medium heat; cook until the sauce has reduced by a third or so, about 10 minutes. Stir in the reserved tablespoon of the dry rub and keep warm while you fry the wings.
• Fill a large, heavy pot with 2 to 3 inches of oil, and heat to 350 degrees F over medium-high heat. Working in batches, fry the chicken wings in the oil until brown and crispy, 6 to 7 minutes. With a spider or slotted spoon, remove the fried chicken to a large mixing bowl. Add the sauce to the chicken and toss to coat.
• Transfer the chicken lollipops to a serving platter and garnish with the red pepper, scallions, cilantro and sesame seeds.

Steps:

• Line the bottom of a large baking pan/dish with foil.
• Mix together the first 9 ingredients in a big bowl.
• Add the chicken legs and toss to coat well.
• Place the chicken legs in single layer in the baking pan.
• Spoon any remaining sauce over the chicken.
• Cover loosely with foil and bake in a 400° oven for 20 minutes.
• Remove foil and continue to bake about 20 more minutes or until the chicken is browned and cooked through.
• Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve chicken with sauce.

Steps:

• Prepare a grill for indirect heat: For gas, preheat to medium high, then turn off the burners on one side and turn the other burners to medium low. For charcoal, once the coals ash over, push them to one side.
• Mix 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, the brown sugar, 1 teaspoon five-spice powder, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a bowl. Rub on the chicken. Grill skin-side down over direct heat until marked, about 5 minutes. Flip and move to the cooler side of the grill; cover and cook until a thermometer registers 165 degrees F in the thigh, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 teaspoons vegetable oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add 3 teaspoons ginger, the garlic and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder and cook 2 minutes. Add the hoisin sauce, 1 tablespoon vinegar and 3 teaspoons honey; cook 1 minute. Remove from the heat and add 1 teaspoon sesame oil.
• Toss the cucumbers with the remaining 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon honey, 1/4 teaspoon each sesame oil and ginger, and salt to taste. Top the chicken with the sauce. Serve with the cucumbers.

Steps:

• Whisk the vinegar, honey, soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, chili garlic sauce, garlic, and salt in a bowl until smooth. Pour half the marinade into a large plastic zipper bag; retain the other half of the sauce. Place the chicken thighs into the bag containing marinade, squeeze all the air out of the bag, and seal. Shake a few times to coat chicken; refrigerate for 1 hour, turning bag once or twice.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Pour the other half of the marinade into a saucepan over medium heat, bring to a boil, and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring often, to thicken sauce. Remove the chicken from the bag; discard used marinade. Place chicken thighs into a 9x13-inch baking dish, and brush with 1/3 of the thickened marinade from the saucepan.
• Bake 30 minutes, basting one more time after 10 minutes; an instant-read thermometer inserted into a chicken thigh should read 165 degrees F (75 degrees C). Let stand for 5 or 10 minutes; meanwhile, bring remaining marinade back to a boil for 1 or 2 minutes, and serve chicken with marinade. Sprinkle with green onions.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add chicken; cook until golden brown, 8-10 minutes on each side. In a small bowl, whisk water, brown sugar, orange juice, soy sauce, ketchup, vinegar, garlic, pepper flakes and five-spice powder. Pour over chicken. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until chicken is tender, 30-35 minutes, turning chicken occasionally., In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and cold water until smooth; stir into pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until sauce is thickened, about 1 minute. Sprinkle with green onions. If desired, serve with rice. Freeze option: Cool chicken. Freeze in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat slowly in a covered skillet until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 165°, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients for the marinade in a zip-lock bag. Add chicken. Marinade overnight.
• Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Line a medium-sized baking pan with aluminum foil and sprinkle the bottom of the pan with salt
• Dump the contents of the bag (including the sauce) into the pan. Arrange the drumsticks so that they are not touching each other.
• Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake for forty-five minutes.
• Remove the top layer of foil and turn the chicken over. Bake for an additional fifteen to twenty minutes, until the top of the chicken is nicely browned.
• Remove from oven.
• I always serve this with white rice, and pour the drippings from the chicken over the rice.

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together the first 8 ingredients.
• Add in green onions.
• Place the chicken drumsticks in a large resealable bag.
• Pour the marinade on top and seal bag; turn to coat evenly with marinade.
• Refrigerate for a minimum of 8 hours, turning occasionally.
• Set grill to medium heat.
• Remove the chicken and discard the marinade.
• Place the chicken on a baking sheet, and pat any excess marinade off with a paper towel.
• Rub the drumsticks with peanut oil on all sides.
• Season chicken with seasoned salt or white salt and pepper.
• Gill turning chicken until crispy and golden brown, or until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.

Steps:

• Coat outdoor grill rack with nonstick spray, heat grill.
• Mix spice powder, sugar and salt in small cup.
• Rub spice mixture over chicken.
• Grill 5 minutes per side over direct heat.
• Move to indirect heat and grill, covered, 15-20 minutes until instant-read thermometer registers 160 degrees F, or juices run clear.
• Meanwhile, coat bok choy and mushrooms with nonstick spray.
• Grill over direct heat for 10-15 minutes, turning once.
• Stir soy sauce and rice vinegar in small bowl; spoon over vegetables and chicken.
• Sprinkle chicken with sesame seeds.

Steps:

• In a skillet, brown chicken over medium heat in oil for 18-20 minutes or until juices run clear.
• Combine the next nine ingredients (from warm water to five-spice powder).
• Stir until sugar is dissolved.
• Pour over the chicken and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, simmer, uncovered, for 30-35 minutes or until chicken is tender, turning occasionally.
• Combine cornstarch and cold water until smooth and gradually stir into skillet.
• Bring to a boil, cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Serve with rice if desired.
• Garnish with green onions.

Steps:

• For the Chicken:
• Remove neck, giblets and cut away excess fat from 1 whole roasting chicken. Take a pair of kitchen shears and cut along both sides of backbone to remove it. Turn chicken skin-side up and press down between the breasts to break the keel bone. This will allow the chicken to lay very flat on grill and cook quickly.
• In a small bowl, combine the Chinese five-spice and ground ginger. Sprinkle liberally over all sides of chicken. Set aside.
• In a small pot over medium-high heat, combine the hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, pre-minced ginger (from a jar) and the brown sugar. Bring to a boil for 3 minutes before using.
• Set up outdoor or indoor grill on medium heat. Oil grate when ready to start cooking.
• Place chicken on preheated grill. Flip after 15 minutes and glaze top. Turn and brush every 15 minutes until internal temperature of the thigh is 180 degrees F, about 45 minutes total. Transfer to cutting board and let it rest 5 minutes before cutting.
• Sprinkle the chicken with sesame seeds and serve.

Steps:

• Set out 3 shallow containers on counter and fill 1 with the flour, 1 with eggs and 1 with Cheerios. Dip each chicken leg to coat in first the flour, shaking off the excess, then the egg, and last the Cheerios. Heat canola oil in pan and place the coated chicken legs side by side in a pan turning to brown evenly. Cook 20 to 25 minutes until legs are cooked through.