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Oven Baked Chicken Legs With Herbs

Oven baked chicken legs with herbs and garlic in a baking pan
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Chicken legs coated with an amazing marinade with garlic, herbs and spices and then baked in oven.

Ingredients

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For Marinade:

  • 1 tablespoon rosemary, minced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, minced
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1 clove garlic, mashed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • Half lemon, squeezed

For Oven Baked Chicken Legs:

  • 8 chicken legs (also called drumsticks)
  • 7 cloves garlic
  • rosemary and thyme sprigs

Instructions

Marinade:

In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients well and put aside. 

Oven Baked Chicken Legs:

  1. Preheat oven to 400F.
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  3. Pour the marinade over the chicken legs and using your hand coat each of them well with it.
  4. Place the chicken legs on the parchment paper.
  5. Put extra garlic cloves and rosemary and thyme sprigs among the chicken legs.
  6. Bake for 30 minutes uncovered. Reduce the heat to 375F and bake for another 20 minutes or until tender when poked with a knife.
  7. Garnish with fresh herbs when serving.

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