Easy Spice Roasted Chicken Leg Quarters
11 Feb
Spice roasted chicken
This is a simple recipe for chicken leg quarters if you don’t feel like standing in the kitchen for a long time before you eat your dinner. (Or if you have a lot of other things to make, and you need to make an easy entree!) What makes it simple is all it really requires is chicken leg quarters and a bunch of spice from your spice rack! I chose chicken leg quarters because dark meat is actually my favorite, but you can choose other parts of the chicken too, just make sure to change up the baking times if you do.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
- 2 Chicken Leg Quarters
- Garlic powder
- Dried Rosemary
- Herbes de Provence (If you’re unfamiliar, this is usually a mixture of fennel, savory, basil, thyme, and other herbs.)
- Paprika
- Chopped White Onion
- Cayenne Pepper (optional, if you don’t like spicy, don’t add this one!)
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil
Instructions
0. Preheat oven to 425 °F.
1. Rinse chicken with cold water and pat dry.
Chicken leg quarters
2. Mix all the herbs/spices together in a separate bowl.
Mixed spices
3. Rub mixture over chicken leg quarters and place in to a baking pan
Rubbed chicken
4. Drizzle some olive oil over the leg quarters, and pop in the oven for 40-50 minutes. Make sure you bake them until the juices run clear. I usually start checking the chicken a few minutes before it is done cooking to guesstimate how long it’ll take. I also slice up the chicken pieces for 2 reasons: 1) to make sure the juice runs clear, and 2) I like the looks of it!
Spice roasted chicken
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I adore chicken (no exaggeration here – it has been one of my favourites since childhood) and I cannot have enough different chicken recipes. This one looks so simple and sooo tasty. Thank you for sharing!
No problem! You can really throw any spice you want on there that you have in the kitchen, but this mixture was perfect for me :)