82 chicken leg recipes

Hungarian peasant soup with chicken, turkey legs, and stewing beef simmered with kohlrabi, parsley root, leeks, and whole peppercorns. A two-course meal from one pot.

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.

Handi chicken is the dum-style Pakistani classic: bone-in chicken cooked in a sealed earthenware pot with yogurt, whole spices, and paya (lamb foot) stock for deep flavor.

Grilled leg of lamb with currant-bell pepper chutney: red wine and curry-marinated lamb grilled over mesquite, served with a sweet-savory port and currant chutney.

General Tao's chicken with crispy water chestnut flour coating, Thai chili peppers, ginger, and orange peel in a sweet-sour sesame sauce. Restaurant-style Chinese takeout at home.

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.

Turkey legs braised in a rich mole sauce built from chocolate, peanut butter, raisins, ground chile, and warm spices. This authentic Mexican mole delivers deep, layered flavor that will have you licking the plate clean.

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.

Quick and easy chicken mushroom pasta and vegetable dinner. One pan, no fuss, forgiving and adaptable family favorite.

It's the weekend but freezing out and I wanted BBQ and fries without all the greasyness. So I grabbed some chicken legs out the freezer and some regular french fries. Realized I had a sweet potatoe left by the fruit and got to cooking. For the BBQ sauce I went with what I had which was a thicker base (Sweet Baby Rays) and a thinner one (Lizard Lick). They were on sale at the time when grocery shopping along with being Gluten free so I went with it. My measurements are definitely just a guide because I just throw as I go lol.

Absolutely creamy and delicious way to prepare thrifty chicken legs and thighs.

Jamaican in origin, this dish can be prepared with chicken breasts or legs, too.

Paprika chicken drumsticks rub chicken legs with sweet paprika, then pan-fry in olive oil until crisp and deeply flavored. Three ingredients, ready in 10 minutes.

Curry-glazed duck legs roast under a paste of jalapeno, ginger, garlic, and curry powder, then braise in orange-lime juice with chicken stock. The skin re-crisps for shatteringly crackly results.

Grilled chicken halves rubbed with House Seasoning and basted in a butter, Worcestershire, and peanut butter sauce brightened with fresh lemon juice. Slow grilled until the leg pulls free, finished with a sticky glaze that caramelizes on the skin.

A loaded Spanish paella with chicken, pork, shrimp, and calamari over saffron rice. This one-pan fiesta feeds 6 and comes together in under an hour.