Oven Baked Chicken Legs with Potatoes
Let’s make easy and flavorful chicken legs, marinated with herbs and spices, and baked in the oven with potatoes until perfection. Chicken drumsticks come out juicy inside and crispy outside, while potatoes stay deliciously tender. This will be a great one pan meal recipe that your family will love!
Servings: 3 people
Calories: 445kcal
Ingredients
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 6 chicken drumsticks
- 1 pound Yukon gold potatoes
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix the seasoning (½ tsp salt, ½ tsp onion powder, ½ tsp garlic powder, ½ tsp dried oregano, ½ tsp dried thyme, ¼ tsp smoked paprika, and ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper). Add 2 tbsp olive oil and mix well.
- Pad dry chicken drumsticks and transfer to a gallon size zip-lock bag. Pour in the seasoning mixture, close the bag, and shake it to evenly distribute the seasoning.
- Marinate the chicken in the fridge for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- When ready to cook, preheat an oven to 400F.
- Cut the potatoes into bite-size pieces and put into a 9×13-inch baking dish. Add 1 tbsp olive oil and season with salt to your taste.
- Place the chicken drumsticks on top of the potatoes.
- Bake at 400F for about 40-50 minutes or until the chicken internal temperature reaches at least 165-170F and the potatoes are cooked through and tender.
Notes
- Marinating. The longer you marinate the meat, the more flavor it will have. This is why I always prefer to leave it in the ridge overnight.
- Crispy skin. To ensure the crispy skin, make sure you thoroughly pad dry the meat with paper towels to remove excess moisture before marinating.
- Make the chicken even crisper. When you bake the chicken separately on a baking sheet with wire rack, the outside of the meat and the skin will be even crisper than when baking together with the potatoes. But because I prefer making it as a one pan meal, I like baking it together with the veggies.
- How to store. You can refrigerate it in an air-tight container for about 4 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 445kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 139mg | Sodium: 555mg | Potassium: 995mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 201IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 3mg
