Chicken Legs With Honey And Rosemary Recipes

HONEY ROSEMARY CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the honey, vinegar, rosemary and oil. Pour half of the marinade into a large resealable plastic bag; add the chicken. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 2 hours. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade., Drain and discard marinade from chicken. Place chicken bone side down in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper., Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 55-65 minutes or until a thermometer reaches 170°, basting occasionally with reserved marinade.

HONEY GARLIC CHICKEN WITH ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic powder, rosemary, salt, and pepper; simmer until flavors combine, about 1 minute. Stir in honey; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Dip chicken into sauce, 1 piece at a time, until coated. Place chicken on a 9x13-inch baking pan; pour remaining sauce over chicken.
• Bake chicken in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove from oven; immediately turn over chicken with tongs to coat the top with sauce.

CHICKEN LEGS WITH HONEY AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Preheat the barbecue (setting the burners to hig) or preheat oven to 400°F / 200°C with the rack in the middle position.
• For the BBQ -Place each chicken leg on a double sheet of foil.
• Top each chciken piece with some honey and a rosemary sprig. Season with salt and pepper.
• Lift the edges of the sheets of foil and crimp them together to form a tightly sealed packet. Your chicken will have a double layer of foil.
• Grill until the chicken is cooked and the meat falls from the bone- approx 15 minutes per side.
• Oven Method -- Arrange the chicken (not wrapped in foil) on a baking sheet and cook for about 45 minutes.

CHILE-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH HONEY, LEMON AND FETA

Steps:

• Season chicken all over with salt and pepper. In a large bowl, mix together garlic, honey, olive oil and 1/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes. Add chicken and toss well with your hands, spreading the garlic paste all over the chicken pieces. (Don't worry if the honey is a little clumpy.) Add rosemary sprigs and lemon slices and toss to combine. Let marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes, or up to 8 hours in the refrigerator.
• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Line a sheet pan with a silicone liner or parchment paper.
• Spread chicken and lemons across a single layer in the lined pan, tucking in the rosemary sprigs. Drizzle oil generously over everything. Roast for 20 minutes.
• Using tongs, turn over the chicken pieces, and give the lemons a stir. Sprinkle feta on top. Continue to bake for 20 to 25 minutes longer, until the chicken is deeply bronzed and cooked through, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh or drumstick registers 165 degrees. Serve garnished with chopped herbs and more red-pepper flakes, if you like.

LEMON-RUBBED CHICKEN LEGS WITH GARLIC AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry and rub all over with a lemon half. Season with salt, pepper, and half of rosemary. In a 10-inch heavy skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté chicken, skin sides down, 7 minutes, or until golden brown. Turn chicken over and squeeze juice from remaining lemon half over chicken. Cook chicken, covered, over moderately low heat 30 minutes more, or until cooked through.
• Transfer chicken to 2 plates. Add garlic and remaining rosemary to skillet and sauté over moderately high heat until just golden. Add water, scraping to loosen brown bits, and simmer 1 minute. Drizzle sauce over chicken.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH LEMON, HONEY AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Line a large roasting pan with 3/4 of rosemary sprigs. Place chickens on top.
• Whisk 1/2 cup oil, lemon juice, and honey in a small bowl to blend. Using your hands and beginning at the neck end of chicken, gently lift skin away from breast. Under skin of each chicken, rub 1/4 cup lemon mixture into meat. Drizzle remaining lemon mixture all over outside of chickens.
• Place 1 lemon half and 1 shallot inside each chicken cavity; stuff with remaining rosemary sprigs, dividing equally. Season chickens all over with salt and pepper. Place remaining shallots around chickens; arrange 4 lemon rounds on top of each chicken. Drizzle shallots and lemon rounds with remaining 2 tablespoons oil.
• Roast chickens, basting frequently with pan juices, for 45 minutes. Increase oven temperature to 425°F and continue roasting until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 165°F and skin is deep golden and crispy, about 10 minutes longer.
• Spoon pan juices over chickens, shallots, and lemon slices and serve in roasting pan.

SUCCULENT HONEY & LEMON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6/fan180C. Squeeze the juice from 2 lemons into a small pan and heat with the butter, honey, rosemary, garlic and salt and pepper, until the butter melts and it smells fragrant.
• Lay the chicken in a roasting tin - don't pile it up or it won't cook so well. Add the potatoes and drizzle with lemon butter to coat evenly. Cut the third lemon into 8 wedges and tuck them in. (Can be made up to 2 hours ahead up to this point.)
• Roast for 50 minutes - 1 hour until the chicken is cooked and the potatoes are crisp and golden. Serve with a green salad.

ROASTED ORANGE ROSEMARY HONEY GLAZED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and place in a large glass or plastic bowl.
• Whisk together honey, orange juice, butter, rosemary, orange zest, and garlic. Pour orange mixture over chicken; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place chicken legs in a single layer in a roasting pan; pour orange mixture over chicken.
• Roast for 30 minutes in the preheated oven; reduce temperature to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Baste chicken with pan juices every 20 minutes until chicken is a deep orange brown color, no longer pink at the bone, and juices run clear, about 90 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the meat near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).