Chicken leg piece fry is a simple chicken legs recipe that is cooked on the stovetop by marinating the chicken drumsticks in some spices. Chicken leg pieces are usually termed with other names like chicken drumsticks and they are usually baked or deep-fried by marinating with various herbs or spices or masalas.
Other chicken recipes to check out from my blog are chicken keema, chicken pulao, chicken changezi, chicken shahi korma, chicken liver fry etc...
About this recipe
Here, I have made it with one of the different methods where chicken is neither deep fried nor baked but is slightly roasted in some oil.
The roasted form of chicken leg piece can be served plain or can be served as a starter recipe or can be eaten as a side dish to any of the main course recipes. Also check out some more additional chicken starters on the blog such as tandoori chicken , chicken 65 , air fryer boneless chicken thighs, chicken seekh kabab.
The chicken legs should always be marinated for at least an hour with aromatic spices to get the flavors infused into the chicken.
If there is little time to cook, then reduce the marination time to half an hour and marinate in the refrigerator so that all the masalas get perfectly absorbed to the chicken pieces...
The flavors of the chicken pieces are absolutely restaurant made and I usually do not add too many flavors and always keep every dish very mildly spicy and yet flavorful.
I have seen various versions of making chicken leg piece fry and here I would be showing the simplest version of making chicken leg piece recipe which can be tried without any difficulty and all the spices are something which is easily available at home.
Various ways to make poultry legs or full chicken legs:
There are many recipes on my blog which use only legs to make following different methods and one such recipe made is tangdi kabab a recipe where the legs are marinated and baked in the oven.
Difficulty level of the recipe
One need not require any oven to make this recipe and my main motto with this blog is to teach my viewers simple cooking techniques which do not require heavy equipment and every dish can be simplified and be cooked with the basic equipment available at home or in the kitchen.
It takes less time to make this chicken recipe and would love to hear feedback on my recipes which are posted along with video procedures and these recipes have been tried and tested many times before posting on the blog.
I would be glad enough to update with many more chicken legs recipes if you like this recipe of mine and would love to receive a rating that encourages us to post many more chicken legs related recipes...
Below are the recipe instructions for this delicious chicken delicacy and also check out the video below...
Step by step procedure
Step 1(Marinating the chicken):
- Take a mixing bowl, add the chicken legs into the bowl.
- Take each chicken leg, make gashes or 2-3 slits to all the chicken drumsticks.
- Into it, add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder.
- add ginger garlic paste.
- Also, add beaten yogurt into the chicken.
- Mix all the ingredients and the masalas well.
- Add lemon extract into the marinade.
- Give a good mix.
- Cover the lid of the bowl.
- Marinate the chicken for at least half an hour to one hour by refrigerating it.
- After half an hour to 1 hour, take the marinated chicken out and give a mix.
Step 2 (Making of chicken leg piece fry):
- Take a non stick pan, add oil and heat it.
- Drop the marinated chicken legs one by one into the pan.
- Cook the chicken legs for 4-5 minutes on medium flame.
- Flip the chicken pieces and cook the other side too for 4-5 minutes on medium flame.
- Reduce the flame and cook the chicken legs on low flame.
- keep flipping the chicken legs with the help of a tong until both sides are cooked well.
- Make sure each side is simmered well for 4-5 minutes so that all the sides are evenly cooked.
- keep flipping until each side is tenderized well.
- Take the chicken pieces out.
- Serve them on a plate.
- Garnish with onion rings and freshly chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve hot with lemon wedges.
Recipe
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Ingredients
- 6 chicken legs washed well
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- ¼ tsp garam masala powder
- 1 cup beaten curd/yogurt
- 1 tbsp lemon extract
- 2 tbsp oil
For garnishing:
- onion rings
- lemon wedges
- freshly chopped coriander leaves
Instructions
Step 1(Marinating the chicken):
- Take each chicken leg, make gashes or 2-3 slits to all the chicken drumsticks.
- Take a mixing bowl, add the chicken legs into the bowl.
- Into it, add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, garam masala powder.
- Also add beaten yogurt into the chicken.
- Mix all the ingredients and the masalas well.
- Add lemon extract into the marinade.
- Give a good mix.
- Cover the lid of the bowl.
- Marinate the chicken for at least half an hour to one hour by refrigerating it.
- After half an hour to 1 hour, take the marinated chicken out and give a mix.
Step 2 (Making of chicken leg piece fry):
- Take a non stick pan, add oil and heat it.
- Drop the marinated chicken legs one by one into the pan.
- Cook the chicken legs for 4-5 minutes on medium flame.
- Flip the chicken pieces and cook the other side too for 4-5 minutes on medium flame.
- Reduce the flame and cook the chicken legs on low flame.
- keep flipping the chicken legs with the help of a tong until both sides are cooked well.
- Make sure each side is simmered well for 4-5 minutes so that all the sides are evenly cooked.
- When the chicken looks roasted well, switch off the flame.
- Take the chicken pieces out.
- Serve them on a plate.
- Garnish with onion rings and freshly chopped coriander leaves.
- Serve hot with lemon wedges.
- Enjoy them as a starter.
Video
Notes
- Do not roast the chicken on high flame as the chicken legs might get burnt while roasting on high flame.
- Always maintain medium to low flame and low flame is highly suggested.
- Always use a non stick base like pan or a flat base non stick vessel to cook the legs which can avoid burning of the chicken legs.
- Sprinkling some lemon juice all over the chicken legs adds more flavor to the chicken legs while serving them or having them.
Nutrition
Can the chicken pieces be baked?
Yes, the chicken pieces can be baked in the oven. The procedure to bake them in the oven is to add a good amount of oil to the chicken marination and make sure it is healthy oil such as olive oil etc...
Preheat the oven to 380 °F or 200 °C and then take a baking tray, cover it with aluminium foil and place a wire rack over the tray.
This set-up helps in the collection of the fat at the bottom and is a healthy way of cooking too.
Place the chicken leg pieces on the baking rack and then place this set up in the oven for about 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes flip the chicken legs and then bake for another 15-20 minutes.
The baking of chicken legs in this procedure gives a very juicy texture to the chicken.
What other variations can be done to the recipe?
This marination is pretty simple and if you are looking for another variation for chicken legs then do check out tangdi kabab which is also made using drumsticks but baked in the oven.
To modify the marination, additional spices such as chaat masala powder, dried fenugreek or kasoori methi and International cooking style can also use parsley leaves in the chicken marination which is similar to the cilantro from India.
Indian cooking uses many more dry spices such as coriander powder, cumin powder and many more which can be added to the marinade.
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