Chicken drumsticks with lemon oil and rosemary in the oven

A familiar dish with a new taste. Easy and simple! Chicken drumsticks baked with lemon oil and rosemary are very easy to make. Just add all the ingredients to the chicken, and the rest is up to the oven. Citrus notes and a light aroma of pine needles will give the familiar dish a new taste. I advise you to try it!

Julia

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Chicken drumsticks with lemon oil and rosemary in the oven

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Composition / ingredients

servings:

Chicken legs

Olive oil

Lemon juice

Lemon zest

Nutmeg

0.33

Salt

to taste

Ground black pepper

to taste

Rosemary fresh (2 twigs)

Onion (red, optional)

0.5

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 50 % 14 g

Fats 46 % 13 g

Carbohydrates 4 % 1 g

177 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h

Step 1:
How to make chicken drumsticks with lemon oil and rosemary? Prepare the necessary products. Olive oil can be replaced with any vegetable oil.
Step 2:
In a small bowl, combine olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice, lemon zest, ground nutmeg, salt and ground black pepper. Mix everything well.
Step 3:
Wash the chicken drumsticks, dry them well. Place the shins in a suitable-sized bowl. Add lemon oil to the legs. Mix well, massage the chicken so that the oil is evenly distributed. Cover the legs with cling film and leave on the table for 25-30 minutes. During this time, the oil will reveal its taste and aroma and will impregnate the chicken drumsticks, as well as make them more juicy.
Step 4:
Rinse the rosemary, dry it. From one branch, tear off the leaves, add to the chicken legs, mix.
Step 5:
In a baking dish, put the chicken drumsticks in oil tightly to each other.
Step 6:
Peel the red onion, wash it, cut it into arbitrarily large slices. Place the onion between the chicken legs. Put a second sprig of rosemary on top.
Step 7:
Bake chicken drumsticks in a preheated 180C oven for 25-30 minutes until golden brown. The cooking time depends on the specifics of your oven, so it may differ from the specified one.
Step 8:
Serve fragrant chicken drumsticks with lemon oil to any side dish. Enjoy your meal!

Since the degree of salinity, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acid, burning is individual for everyone, always add spices, spices and seasonings, focusing on your taste! If you put some of the seasonings for the first time, then keep in mind that there are spices that it is especially important not to shift (for example, chili pepper).

In order for the oven to have time to heat up to the desired temperature, turn it on in advance (10-20 minutes before the start of cooking).

Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use the useful information about the features of the ovens!