Leg in oven with potatoes

The whole leg in the oven is one of the most popular dishes in our country. And indeed, rarely in what family they are not cooked for the holidays. Chicken meat is inexpensive, it is prepared quickly and does not require long preparation.

Leg in the oven is the easiest recipe

It will take: 6-8 medium-sized leg, salt and mayonnaise. Meat washed, half a can of mayonnaise mixed with a half teaspoon of salt. Rub this mixture of chicken thigh from all sides, put in deep dishes, cover with a lid. The oven is turned on, heated to 220-250 degrees and put meat on it for about an hour. To make the chicken "crusted," minutes are removed fifteen minutes before the end.

Instead of mayonnaise, you can take low-fat sour cream, mustard, ajika, ketchup or any other favorite sauce.

The whole leg in the oven can be baked with potatoes - in this case, not only a meat dish will be prepared, but a side dish to it.

To prepare, you need: pieces of 6 legs, 8-10 potatoes, a small onion and 100 gr of hard cheese. The whole leg is washed and rubbed with salt, spread on a baking tray. Potatoes are cleaned and cut into longitudinal slabs, podsalivayut and put on a baking tray between the legs. Sprinkle onions with onion, sliced half-rings and grated cheese. Preparation of the legs will take about an hour at a temperature of 220 degrees. Lubricate the pan is not necessary - fat from chicken meat will be enough.

Leg in oven with herbs

6 legs are taken 6-8 pieces. Potatoes, half-cups of mayonnaise, a couple of sprigs of fresh basil greens, dill and parsley (or a teaspoon of dried herbs), ground pepper, a pair of cloves of garlic and a half of lemon. First, prepare potatoes - cleaned and cut into circles, 0.5 cm thick, which are spread on a baking tray. Then they are taken for the whole leg - they are washed, they drain off water, rub with a mixture of salt and mayonnaise, pepper and spread on a baking sheet over the potato. Then they pour juice from half a lemon and sprinkle with chopped herbs or dried herbs. The pan is put in the oven at a temperature of 200 degrees per hour. To prevent the meat from drying during cooking, it can be covered with a piece of foil on top.

Chicken in oven with mushrooms

Ingredients: chicken okroschka - 4 pcs., 2 large tomatoes, a pound of champignons or other fresh mushrooms, 2 onions, a small glass of sour cream and a couple of spoons of flour. The whole leg is divided into 2-3 parts, each is rubbed with a mixture of ground pepper and salt, fried in a pan so that the meat is browned, adding a little vegetable oil. Mushrooms are cut into slices, and onions are shredded in half rings, fry them separately in a frying pan for about five minutes. Sour cream is mixed with flour, tomatoes are cut into cubes. All the ingredients are transferred to a deep heat-resistant dish - put a whole leg on the bottom, then mushrooms with onion, tomatoes and fill everything with sour cream sauce.

How to cook a leg in sweet orange sauce

For preparation it will be required: 4-5 legs, a glass of water and orange juice, a bouillon cube or a tablespoon of dry seasonings for chicken, half a glass of sour cream, a bunch of tarragon, starch and a bulb. In a frying pan pour vegetable oil and fry in it washed chicken legs until they do not appear golden crust. In the same oil fry the onions minced with semicircles for about 4 minutes. Separately, the orange juice is heated in a saucepan , add a cube or herbs, chopped greens of tarragon, diluted in cold water with two tablespoons of starch and sour cream. The meat is placed in a deep container, covered with a lid and poured 2/3 of the ready hot sauce, and then it is sent to bake in an oven heated to 180 degrees. As the boiling water, orange sauce is poured. After an hour, the leg can be taken out and served to the table, pre-sprinkling with the remaining sauce.