86 chicken leg recipes

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.

General Tso's chicken: crispy egg-white battered chicken stir-fried with ginger, garlic, scallions, and dried chilies in a sweet-tangy soy and vinegar sauce. The Hunan-style Chinese-American classic done right.

Asian plum-glazed chicken legs with a sticky five-spice, soy, and wine glaze. Oven-roasted with basting for deep lacquered color and sweet-savory Chinese flavor in one pan.

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.

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.

Dress up your chicken for dinner with this recipe that uses a variety of spices to create an extravagant taste.

Browned chicken legs simmered in a balsamic-tomato sauce with tri-color bell peppers, olives, and garlic. Finished with toasted pine nuts and fresh basil for a vibrant Mediterranean one-pan dinner.

Empanadas are Brazil's national appetizer, tiny pies filled with chicken olives, and peas.

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.

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.