What Are Chicken legs and How Can I Use Them?
Chicken legs is easier to cook with than it looks. Here's how to choose, use, and store them, what to substitute, and 68 recipes to get you started.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 leg, bone removed (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) (101g)Where found
Chicken legs are usually found in the poultry section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Chicken legs are a member of the Poultry Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much do chicken legs weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 leg, bone removed (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken) | 101 grams |
| 1 leg, bone removed | 167 grams |
Related
Poultry Products
| In Chinese: | 鸡腿 | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | cuisses de poulet | |
| en español: | piernas de pollo |
Recipes using chicken legs
There are 68 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Country Cassoulet
A rustic American cassoulet with navy beans, browned chicken legs, crispy bacon, and smoked sausage baked in a tomato and herb broth. Hearty French-inspired comfort food for 4 to 6.
Easy Garlic Broiled Chicken
This was so easy and so good. I used chicken breasts and they were delicious and moist. Great addition to my recipes.
Horseradish Soup
This very old soup is traditionally cooked on Easter. The flavors of my rendition are mild, however if you like horseradish and more spicy flavor, try to add 2 times more grams than I did.
Barbecued Chicken Legs
Barbecued chicken legs slathered in a homemade sauce of tomato, chutney, Worcestershire, mustard, paprika, and lemon. Cut, marinate, then grill or broil with frequent basting for layered flavor.
General Tao Chicken
General Tao chicken with crispy deep-fried leg meat tossed in a sweet-sour soy glaze with ginger, garlic, dried chilies, and sesame oil. Better than takeout, ready in 40 minutes.
Curried Chicken Legs
Curry those chicken legs with this delicious recipe that uses lemon juice and plain yogurt.
Glazed Chicken Legs with Cornbread Stuffing
Microwave glazed chicken legs over a bed of cornbread stuffing, brushed with a sweet currant jelly glaze. A complete chicken dinner ready in about 30 minutes.
Biriani
Layered chicken biryani with yogurt-marinated chicken, garam masala, fried onions, and basmati rice tempered with whole cloves, cinnamon, and cumin seeds. Fragrant, spiced, and deeply satisfying.
Alice's Tandoori Chicken
Tandoori chicken marinates skin-off chicken legs and thighs in a yogurt, garlic and spice blend, then bakes hot and finishes under the broiler for that classic charred-edge tandoor look. Home oven version of the Indian classic.
Tikka Murgh
Chicken leg pieces marinated in spiced yogurt with ginger-garlic paste, mace, cumin, and gram flour, then roasted on skewers. Cook it tandoor-style, on the grill, or in your oven.
Chickenlegs with Mango Chutney & Carott-Rice
Baked chicken legs paired with cool mango chutney and coconut carrot rice. Sweet, spicy, and nutty flavors come together in this easy tropical-inspired dinner.
Breast of Chicken Aloha
Coconut-crusted chicken breasts fried golden in clarified butter, topped with a rich mushroom sour cream sauce and glazed pineapple rings. A retro Hawaiian-inspired showstopper served over wild rice.
Pesto Grilled Chicken
Pesto grilled chicken marinated in homemade basil pesto with pine nuts, Parmesan, and garlic. Make the pesto fresh and grill for smoky, herb-crusted results.
Fried Chicken with Ginger Dressing
Chinese fried chicken with a warm ginger-soy-sesame dressing, marinated in rice wine and ginger, battered and deep-fried, then chopped into bone-in slices.
Lowfat Chicken Stock
Try making this healthy variation of chicken stock that can be used to make soups and stews.
Cold Chicken, Celery & Walnut Soup
Chilled chicken soup with ground walnuts, celery, garlic, and yogurt, made from scratch with homemade stock. A creamy, nutty cold soup with Georgian-inspired flavors.
General Tso's Chicken (Heriteau)
General Tso's chicken made with dark-meat thighs: crispy-fried pieces tossed in a ginger-scallion soy sauce with chili paste, rice vinegar, and sesame oil finish.
Chicken with Forty Cloves of Garlic
Chicken with forty cloves of garlic braised in olive oil, vermouth, and tarragon under a sealed lid. A classic French dish where the garlic turns soft and buttery enough to spread on bread.
Red Peppered Raspberry Chicken
Baked chicken legs glazed with raspberry jam, balsamic vinegar, and red pepper flakes for a sticky sweet-heat finish that caramelizes beautifully in the oven.
Jamaican Jerked Chicken
Jamaican jerk chicken rubbed with a fiery homemade paste of toasted allspice, scallions, garlic, and warm spice, then grilled low and slow over indirect heat. Serve with Pickapeppa sauce for the real deal.
Satehs with Spicy Peanut Sauce
Indonesian chicken sateh skewers marinated in lemongrass, garlic, and curry, grilled over fire and drenched in a silky coconut-peanut sauce with fish sauce and lime.
Speedy Chicken Broth
When you don't have 4 hours or more to make chicken broth use inexpensive chicken legs to make this rich broth along with cooked chicken for use in other recipes.
Chicken & Sausage with Rice
One-skillet chicken legs and Italian sausage browned and simmered with toasted rice, mushrooms, green peppers, and tomatoes in red wine. A rustic Italian rice dish that feeds eight.
Northern White Beans
Northern white beans slow-simmered with pancetta, bratwurst, and chicken in chicken stock with thyme and bay leaves. A hearty one-pot bean stew with real depth.
