Good news is, it takes about 40 minutes from beginning to end for the whole dinner. There's even a way you could prepare ahead for working/busy days.. read along...
So this is a healthy kinda-sorta-rip-off of KFC. It's not as laden with cholesterol and grease, but I guarantee it's super tasty and it feels like a treat, and it's a little addictive - as I said, you'll wish you had more once it's made.
I'm guessing you know how to make mashed potato, so I'm going to share the recipe for the chicken and the gravy - yes the gravy. Make extra of that too.
Ingredients:
Chicken legs
1 kg chicken legs (I like the macro organic range ones)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp lemon zest
1 tbsp salt flakes
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1 large clove garlic, finely chopped
1 large sprig rosemary, finely chopped
1/4 cup self raising flour
Canola spray
Gravy
1/4 cup plain flour
2 tbsp butter
1 cup milk
1 cup chicken stock
Method:
Preheat oven to 200 degrees c
In a ziplock bag, combine the zest, oil, salt, cayenne pepper, garlic and oregano.
Place chicken in the ziplock bag, and shake/massage well until all the pieces are covered. (If making ahead, freeze them in the bag) Then roll in the self raising flour and place on a greased baking tray, spray canola oil over the drumsticks.
Make your gravy whilst in the oven, Bake for about 20-25 minutes, turning after 15 minutes.
Gravy:
In a saucepan, melt your butter over medium heat, add the flour and whisk well, it will instantly go lumpy. Add milk gradually and then stock and continue to whisk until it resembles a thick sauce. Tastes like the real thing!
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14 lovely comments:
I will definitely be trying this recipe, looks delicious and super easy too. Will let you know how I go. Did I mention that the slow cooker osso bucco turned out gorgeous the other day despite my mishap with the tinned tomato? It was gorgeous, deep, rich and silky sauce with lovely melty bits of meat. My husband gushed which always makes me smile! Thanks!
And here I was just going to do one of those chicken pieces in a bag things tonight! This definitely sounds like a tastier alternative :-)
Oh, that sounds so yummy! I'll have to add it to my list!
Just made this for dinner, I followed your advice and made extra and I still don't have leftovers!! Both my toddlers had 2 drumsticks each and hubby had 4. The gravy was tasty but mine was a bit aneamic compared to yours, not sure where I went wrong?
Delicious, easy meal!
Haha Megs, I just got chicken legs out of the freezer minutes ago to make these tomorrow night!
What you could do for colour is add parisian essence - it's just a browning agent - you get it in the same place you find your vanilla - it's practically tasteless ;)
I'm giving this a go tonight. It's like a Friday night treat without the deep fryer! I'd love to do a guest post on making these, if you're interested. Just say the word!
OMG! This is such an awesome and delicious recipe! I only had chicken thighs in the freezer so that's what we're having. GBG (gorgeous baby girl-20 months) ate hers all up with mash, corn, green beans and gravy. Hubby and I will be having ours a little later and our mouths are watering from having had a little taste of GBG's! I did the chicken in one batch but took out the piece for GBG before adding the garlic and cayenne...just to be careful. Mmmm, bring on dinnertime. Thanks Liss!
mmmm yum, and this is baked too, not fried. Has to be good, will put it on the menu planner for the weekend, can hardly wait :)
@Fiona Trapani
Couldn't wait until the weekend, made it tonight! The chicken was really tasty, wouldn't say it was like KFC 'cause it actually had wonderful aroma and flavour and hasn't required a quickease afterwards. Very yummy and will make again.
Oh wow, I am trying that one for sure!
Oh yum!!! Looks amazing - I love KFC, but not all the grease!
well, I have decided i need a bit of a health kick so i am hoping this is something i can substitute for takeaway!
Hi just wondering if I did something wrong with the gravy. Made it to your recipe and it was white, from the milk, and not at all like your picture.....
@NicHi Nic, it would depend on your chicken stock but what you can do is add a little parisian essence to give it a richer colour - it's practically tasteless and can be found in the supermarket closeby the vanilla extract :)
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