My easy-to-make Crispy Baked Chicken Legs recipe will change how your family views chicken. These chicken drumsticks are seasoned with simple pantry spices and oven baked to perfection, resulting in crispy, crunchy, and incredibly flavorful chicken drumsticks. I know this is going to be one of your favorite chicken recipes!
With only 10 minutes of prep, my baked chicken legs recipe will let you spend time with your family instead of in the kitchen prepping ingredients.
And they couldn’t be easier to make! All you have to do is coat the chicken legs with the olive oil spice mixture and bake them for about 40 minutes. The secret is getting them extra crispy is high heat.
If you love crispy baked chicken, check out my recipe for chicken leg quarters. And if you’re in the mood for Barbecued Chicken, my Baked BBQ Chicken Drumsticks is sure to please!
Best Baked Chicken Legs
My easy-to-make Crispy Baked Chicken Legs recipe will change how your family views chicken. These chicken drumsticks are seasoned with simply pantry spices and oven baked to perfection, resulting in crispy, crunchy, and incredibly flavorful chicken drumsticks.
Prep: 10min
Total: 45min
Serving Size: 1 serving
Nutrition Facts: calories 311 kcal, Carbohydrate 2 g, Protein 27 g, Fat 21 g, Saturated Fat 5 g, Trans Fat 0.1 g, Cholesterol 139 mg, Sodium 740 mg, Fiber 0.4 g, Sugar 0.1 g, unSaturated Fat 15 g, servingSize 1 serving
Ingredients:
- 8 skin-on chicken drumsticks (approx. 2 pounds total weight)
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp sea salt (cut back to 1 tsp if you’re not a fan of salt.)
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 Tbsp garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp onion powder
- 1 Tbsp smoked or sweet paprika
- 1 Tbsp dry mustard (optional)
Instruction:
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
- Add the garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt and black pepper to a small mixing bowl.
- Using a fork, blend the spices together.
- Add the olive oil to the spices and blend them together.
- Allow the chicken legs to come to room temperature.
- Using a pastry brush (or your hands) coat the chicken legs with the seasoning oil mixture. Make sure to coat the entire drumstick
- Place the chicken legs in a single layer on a foil-lined baking sheet, making sure to leave room between the drumsticks.
- Bake the chicken legs for 30 minutes at 400 degrees on the middle rack of your oven.
- Brush the legs with the oil that has gathered on the tray and bake for an additional 5-10 minutes, until crispy (cooking time may vary).
- *If you use an instant-read thermometer the internal temperature must be at least 165 degrees. At this temperature and time, they should be well above that internal temp
This is my favorite chicken drumsticks recipe❗❗ My husband wants to eat it almost every day!!
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