Fried Chicken Legs Iris Recipes

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a gallon zip-loc baga nd mix well. Rinse chicken , pat dry and add to the seasonings. Seal and let sit a minimum of 2 hours.
• In a separate bag add all purpose flour. After your chicken has marinated, place in flour bag.
• Shake to coat well. Heat oil in cast iron skillet. The oil should ripple before adding the chicken.
• Cook 8-12 per side, this time is for large legs and mine's were huge. Adjust by at least 3 minutes for smaller legs. I also covered the skillet to make sure they were cooked thru. Hope that you like them, my family did!!
• I forgot cook in batches, unless you have a humongous skillet ; )

Steps:

• Combine buttermilk, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Add chicken pieces and marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking pan with foil and place in the oven.
• Combine cornstarch, panko, smoked paprika, Greek seasoning, onion powder, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper in a large resealable bag.
• Remove chicken legs from buttermilk, drain, and dip legs one at a time into the dry coating mixture.
• Remove pan from the oven with pot holders and add 1 tablespoon melted butter to the pan. With a pastry brush, spread melted butter all over the pan.
• Lay coated chicken legs into the pan. Pour half of the melted butter over chicken legs.
• Roast in the preheated until chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 40 minutes, turning over at the halfway point. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Drizzle with remaining melted butter and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Combine chicken legs, lemon juice, onion, garlic, seasoned salt, paprika, thyme, pepper, and cloves in a large bowl. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan over medium-high heat. Fry chicken in batches until golden brown, about 8 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels.

Steps:

• Heat a large electric skillet to 375'.
• Place oil and butter in skillet til hot.
• Meanwhile mix together flour,salt,pepper,seasoning salt,chicken bouillon,and beau monde seasoning in a large plastic baggie or a bread bag and shake to blend.
• Wash and towel dry chicken legs and add to plastic bag with mixture.
• Shake to coat legs.
• Place in hot oil and fry, turning every 10 minutes. Til browned evenly.
• Turn heat down and cover skillet for 10 minutes. Remove cover and turn legs over and cover with lid for another 10 minutes. Remove lid.
• Turn heat up again and fry til crisp, with turning every 5 minutes for 15minutes.
• Remove from oil and place on paper towel and serve.
• (NOTE: You may add or delete oil to your standards before or during frying).

Steps:

• Before frying, boil chicken legs in a pot of water for 10 minutes.
• In a large saucepan, heat vegetable oil on medium heat.
• On a large plate, combine flour, cayenne pepper, paprika, and salt.
• Keep beaten eggs in a separate bowl.
• Take 1 chicken leg and cover it is flour mixture.
• Place the chicken leg in eggs and cover it in egg.
• Place the chicken leg back into the flour mixture and cover it again in flour.
• Once oil is hot and ready for frying, place chicken leg into the oil for frying.
• Repeat steps 5-8 for each chicken leg allowing up to 3 legs to fry at one time.
• Once legs are fried to a golden brown, remove from oil and place on a double-folded paper towel on a plate.
• Allow plenty of time to cool before serving.