Editors' Pick
Caramelized Baked Chicken Legs/Wings
photo by DeliciousAsItLooks
- Ready In:
- 1hr 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 2 1⁄2 lbs chicken legs
- 1 2⁄3 tablespoons olive oil (to help it stop sticking to the pan)
- 1⁄2 cup soy sauce
- 1 2⁄3 tablespoons ketchup
- 3⁄4 cup honey
- 2 -3 garlic cloves, minced
- salt and pepper
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 180 degrees Celsius.
- Place chicken in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Mix together the oil, soy sauce, ketchup, honey, garlic, salt and pepper.
- Pour over the chicken.
- Bake in preheated oven for one hour, or until sauce is caramelized.
- Could also use wings or pork ribs.
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Reviews
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Hello DjMastermum; This recipe is so easy to make and turns out absolutely fantastic. I used chicken legs with back attached and the only addition to your recipe was 1 teaspoon of Sambal Oelek. I baked the legs at 350 F for 52 minutes, then turned the heat up to 375 F for 8 minutes. They caramalized to perfection. We had a visitor just as the chicken was finished and even though he had his dinner, he wanted to try the chicken. Well, talk about devouring the chicken and for a moment I thought he was going to eat the bones. Smackin his lips, and wanted the recipe immediately. Thank you so much for a real yummy, yummy chicken recipe. "Uncle Bill"
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These were delish! I boiled my frozen wings for ablout 15 min. to thaw and render some of the fat. I baked them at 400 degrees until they were brown and crispy and then basted them with the sauce. Perfectly carmelized and so good...was glad I had no-stick foil, worked very well! Thanks for posting this recipe!
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This was a big hit with my family tonight. I skipped the olive oil, coated the bottoms of my baking pans with non-stick foil and tripled the recipe. I used bone-in breasts, drumsticks and skinned thighs. I turned the pieces halfway through cooking. When the chicken was done, I poured the sauce into a pan and boiled it until it thickened while the chicken rested, then poured the sauce back on. Next time I'm going to add 1/8 cup of Jack Daniels and call it Whiskey Chicken.
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This is such a hit in my family. I make it as the recipe says, but I do remove some of the cooking liquid with a turkey baster to help it carmelize. I also cook ribs this way. I've also shared this recipe with several friends and they all rave about it as well. over the past year, I've tweaked this a bit. I find I get better results subbing brown sugar for the honey and using a foil lined cookie sheet to bake the legs on. Removing the skins definitely helps with the caramelization. You also get a lovely coating of sauce if you baste the chicken every 15-20 minutes.
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Tweaks
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I made this and it turned out SO good.. The last 15 min. I raised the Temp to 425 and flipped the chicken over.. The next day with my left overs I heated up the sauce a little bit and dipped the chicken in it... WOW !!! .. SO Good....Going to make it again tonight using Thighs, I'm hoping it turns out as good !
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Thankyou for the delicious recipe!! family loved it... I tweaked it a lil by using sweet soy sauce instead of the soy sauce and honey.. I also chucked in some ginger and a squeeze of half a lemon and instead of ketchep I used BBQ sauce, marinated for an hour or so and baked for an hour basting every now & then. I also accidentally added water to marinade but still came out yummy & sauce was nice & thick.
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My family LOVED this recipe. A few things I switched out was, I added teriyaki sauce instead of soy sauce and also added about three tbsp of brown sugar. I added 2 tbsp of corn starch to the juice that the chicken simmered in (after 45 minutes I took the chicken out of boiling in the sauce and laid them on a cookie sheet to crisp) which I poured into a pot, added the corn starch to thicken the sauce then dipped each leg in after cooking was completed. I am not a fan of chicken legs but this blew me away. I will be making this again.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
djmastermum
Australia
I am NOT married anymore with 3 kids. About to have my 4th child with my new partner! With the internet I feel as though I have a never ending cook bookCooking is one thing that I can do, although it isn't easy as a suffer of MSJoining in the swaps has become a hobby of mine that i love. There are so many great recipes here is Zaar, including MINE ;-)