Ham in a frying pan

Cooking chicken legs in a frying pan will take no more than half an hour of your time - an ideal option for a housewife when she urgently needs to feed her family lunch. Chicken meat is fried faster, it turns out very tasty and often aromatic, thanks to the addition of spices and garlic.

Chicken legs with crispy crust, fried in a pan

In order for the legs to acquire a beautiful crispy golden crust when fried, you need to use a mixture of honey, soy sauce and mustard for the marinade. For flavor, it is best to add various spices to the dish.

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   Fried chicken legs in a frying pan are very easy to prepare. At the first stage of preparation, we will deal with the legs. They need to be rid of feathers, washed thoroughly and dried with napkins or paper towels.Then in a separate bowl you need to mix the spices - salt, black pepper, paprika, rosemary - and rub the chicken legs with the mixture.
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   In a separate bowl, mix liquid honey, soy sauce and mustard. Mix the ingredients thoroughly and pour the marinade over them. Mix the chicken legs with spices and sauce. Place the container in the refrigerator for 40-60 minutes. During the marinating process, it is advisable to constantly turn the legs.
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   Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and place the chicken legs on paper towels to blot up excess liquid. Then place the legs in hot oil and fry until golden brown, first on one side and then on the other.
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   Turn the heat down and cover the pan with a lid. Leave the legs to fry for 5-8 minutes on one side and for the same time on the other. Turn off the stove and leave the dish to steep under the lid for 5-10 minutes.
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   We serve the finished dish to the table with any side dish - mashed potatoes, porridge or vegetables. We also recommend adding sauce to the meat – mayonnaise or ketchup.

Bon appetit!

How to quickly cook chicken legs with mayonnaise and garlic?

We offer a recipe for chicken legs marinated in mayonnaise with garlic and fried in a pan. A tasty and aromatic dish turns out to be very tender and appetizing. But don’t get carried away: the delicacy is extremely high in calories.

Cooking time – 1 hour 5 minutes.

Cooking time – 15 minutes.

Number of servings – 4. 

Ingredients:

• Chicken legs – 1 kg.
• Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Immediately prepare a container for marinating chicken legs.Then we rinse the product with running water and remove excess liquid with paper towels. Place the legs in a container.

Step 2. Now season the legs with salt and ground black pepper in the amount you need and add 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise.

Step 3. For the marinade, we also need 3 cloves of garlic, which we peel. Squeeze the garlic directly into the container through the garlic press. If you don’t have such a device, you can use a fine grater.

Step 4. To make the dish more tasty, you should put the container with the legs in the marinade in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Pre-mix the chicken with the marinade so that the legs are well soaked.

Step 5. Place the marinated chicken legs into the vegetable oil preheated in a frying pan. Fry the chicken for about ten minutes until a beautiful golden brown crust appears (under the lid). Then the legs will need to be turned over to the other side and the procedure repeated.

Step 6. To find out if the chicken meat is well-fried, you need to pierce it with a knife or toothpick. Judge the readiness of the legs by the clear juice that comes out from the puncture. After cooling, serve the legs to the table.

Bon appetit!

Chicken legs in soy sauce in a frying pan

Chicken legs marinated in soy sauce are a very tasty and aromatic dish. Thanks to the marinade, the meat becomes juicy, soft and acquires a beautiful shade.

Cooking time – 1 hour 50 minutes.

Cooking time – 10 minutes.

Number of servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Chicken legs – 800 gr.
• Soy sauce – 50 ml.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Sunflower oil – 40 ml.
• Italian herbs – 10 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Onions – 80 gr.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First rinse the chicken legs with warm running water. Then, to remove excess moisture, the meat should be wiped with paper towels. If your legs are too large, cut them in half.

Step 2. Place the chicken in a bowl and season it with spices and herbs. Pour soy sauce over the legs. Be careful when adding salt so as not to overdo it, as soy sauce is inherently salty.

Step 3. Cut the peeled onion into half rings. Don't skimp on this ingredient: the dish will be even tastier. Add onion slices to the legs. Mix the ingredients and leave in the refrigerator for one hour. It's minimum. It is best to marinate the meat overnight.

Step 4. Place the marinated meat with onions in preheated sunflower oil and fry it until golden brown on both sides. Then cover the pan with the legs and fry the meat until cooked for 15-20 minutes.

Step 5. Let the chicken brew under the lid, and then serve it to the table along with a side dish - rice or buckwheat porridge, potatoes, vegetables.

Bon appetit!

Delicious chicken legs with onions

The recipe for chicken legs, cooked with onions that are delicate in taste, caramel in color and smell, is quite simple and is liked by absolutely all housewives. It will easily win a place on your everyday and holiday table.

Cooking time – 1 hour 20 minutes.

Cooking time – 20 minutes.

Number of servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Chicken legs – 1 kg.
• Salt - to taste.
• Olive oil – for frying.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Dried garlic - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Wash the chicken legs with running warm water.Then wipe the meat with paper towels to absorb excess moisture. Cut the dried legs into smaller pieces.

Step 2. Remove the husks from both onions and cut them into rings of small thickness.

Step 3. Pour onion rings into olive oil preheated in a frying pan. Fry until caramelized; this will take about five minutes.

Step 4. Season the chicken legs with spices - dried garlic, ground black pepper and salt. Then put the meat in the frying pan, along with the onions.

Step 5. Fry the pieces of chicken legs for about five minutes, and then turn them over to the other side and continue to fry for the same amount of time.

Step 6. Reduce the heat. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer the meat and onions under it for 45 minutes. After the allotted time, the dish can be served.

Bon appetit!

Chicken legs with gravy in a frying pan

Chicken legs with gravy are prepared in two stages. The first stage involves frying the meat in flour until golden brown. At the second stage, the legs are stewed in onion sauce and then simmered in the oven until fully cooked.

Cooking time – 1 hour 10 minutes.

Cooking time – 20 minutes.

Number of servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Chicken legs – 4 pcs.
• Flour – 2 tbsp.
• Onion powder – 1 tsp.
• Paprika – 1 tsp.
• Cayenne pepper – 1/4 tsp.
• Rapeseed oil – 1 tbsp.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Chicken broth – 1 tbsp.
• Thyme – 2 branches.
• Bay leaf – 1 pc.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Turn on the oven and set the temperature to 175 degrees. Sift the flour through a sieve in advance. We will need two tablespoons.

Step 2.In a separate bowl, place flour, one teaspoon of onion powder, one teaspoon of paprika and 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Add salt and black pepper to the ingredients and then mix. Heat the rapeseed oil in a frying pan (preferably cast iron). Dip washed and dried chicken legs in the mixture and place in hot oil. After frying the legs on both sides (1-2 minutes until crispy), transfer them to a plate.

Step 3. Finely chop the garlic cloves and onions without husks with a knife and place them in a frying pan with the remaining rapeseed oil. First fry the onion until golden brown for about five minutes. Then add garlic to it and fry for no more than one minute. Don't forget to salt and pepper the ingredients.

Step 4. Add the remaining flour and prepared chicken broth to the onion and garlic mixture. Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat. Then you need to reduce the heat and put the chicken legs, thyme and bay leaf (preferably fresh) into the frying pan.

Step 5. Place the frying pan with the legs in the gravy inside an oven preheated to 180 degrees for half an hour. We take out the thyme and bay leaf from the finished dish.

Bon appetit!

A simple recipe for chicken legs with potatoes

Chicken legs are prepared in various ways: in a convection oven, oven, slow cooker and, of course, in a frying pan. The legs are used to make various dishes with sauces and spices. One of them is meat and potatoes.

Cooking time – 1 hour.

Cooking time – 30 minutes.

Number of servings – 2.

Ingredients:

• Chicken legs – 2 pcs.
• Potatoes – 400 gr.
• Onions – 100 gr.
• Garlic – 1 tooth.
• Salt - to taste.
• Rosemary – 4 branches.
• Green onions - optional.

Cooking process:

Step 1.Before frying, the legs should be washed with warm running water and dried with paper towels. Then the meat should be placed in a frying pan and fried without adding oil until the leg is browned.

Step 2. Peel the potatoes, onions and garlic. Set the garlic clove aside. Rinse the potatoes and cut them into bars.

Step 3. The onion needs to be cut in half lengthwise and cut into half rings.

Step 4. Turn the legs over to the other side and place the potatoes on them. We salt foods. Then add the onion, cut into half rings, into the pan. Cover the container with a lid and fry the ingredients for 20 minutes over low heat.

Step 5. Remove the lid from the pan and turn the legs over again. Stir the potatoes and onions with a spatula. Pass a clove of garlic through a garlic press to the chicken legs, potatoes and onions.

Step 6. Add rosemary (4 branches) to the dish. When the legs and potatoes are completely cooked, the rosemary branches will need to be removed from the pan. If desired, the dish can be served with green onions and sauce.

Bon appetit!

Chicken legs stewed in sour cream in a frying pan

A dish of chicken legs in sour cream sauce is very tasty, filling and aromatic. It goes with any side dish, it turns out tender, with a pleasant creamy, slightly tart taste due to nutmeg.

Cooking time – 2 hours.

Cooking time – 25 minutes.

Number of servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Chicken legs – 8 pcs.
• Onions – 500 gr.
• Sour cream 20% – 500 gr.
• Ground nutmeg – 1 tsp.
• Greens - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Wash the chicken legs with running water and wipe with a paper towel to remove excess liquid.Then the drumsticks of the legs need to be separated from the thighs using a knife and put half of the meat in the frying pan. Cut the peeled onion into half rings. Sprinkle the legs with salt and half a portion of ground nutmeg. Lubricate the layer with sour cream (250 grams).

Step 2. We repeat the procedure for laying out the ingredients: distribute the meat, sprinkle it again with salt and nutmeg, lay out onion half rings and grease with sour cream.

Step 3. Turn on the stove and place the frying pan with the dish on it. Cover the container with a lid. Simmer the chicken legs with onions in the sauce for 1.5 hours over low heat. We do not open the lid during the stewing process.

Step 4. Wash a few sprigs of fresh herbs and shake them to get rid of excess liquid. Chop the greens with a knife and add to the finished dish, turn off the stove.

Step 5. Cover the pan again with a lid and let the dish sit for 5 minutes.

Bon appetit!

Chicken legs in beer with a golden crust

Thanks to the beer contained in the recipe, chicken legs are quickly soaked in spices, and the meat turns out very soft and tender. The finished dish has a slightly perceptible smell of hops, but there is no alcohol: it evaporates during the cooking process.

Cooking time – 1 hour 15 minutes.

Cooking time – 20 minutes.

Number of servings – 2.

Ingredients:

• Chicken legs – 2 pcs.
• Sweet paprika – 1 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Beer – 300 ml.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Check a couple of chicken legs for feathers and membranes. We delete them. Then we rinse the legs with warm water and dry them with paper towels so that the moisture is absorbed into the paper and the meat dries faster.

Step 2. In a separate bowl, mix one tablespoon of sweet paprika and salt.Brush the chicken legs with spices on all sides. Place the spiced meat in a container with vegetable oil heated on the stove. Fry the legs on all sides until golden brown.

Step 3. Cut one large, peeled onion in half lengthwise and chop into half rings. Place the browned legs from the frying pan onto a plate, and add the onion to the remaining oil.

Step 4. When the onion has softened, return the chicken legs to the pan. Pour in 300 milliliters of beer.

Step 5. Cover the pan tightly with a lid. Simmer the dish until cooked for half an hour over medium heat.

Bon appetit!