Chicken legs in the oven in honey sauce

Chicken meat is simply ideal for cooking in the oven. And if you marinate it first, it will turn out especially tender and juicy. Marinades for chicken can be different: spicy, sweet or slightly sour. Each has its own influence on the taste of chicken meat, and each of them has its fans.

In today's recipe we will bake chicken legs in a honey-mustard marinade, which may well claim to be one of the most delicious and interesting sauces. The combination of sweet honey, spicy mustard and spices makes the taste of meat bright and tender at the same time. You can cook legs in honey mustard sauce not only for a regular family dinner, but also for a festive feast.

How to bake chicken legs in honey mustard sauce

We start with the marinade. In a small cup, mix mustard, liquid honey, soy sauce, olive oil (can be replaced with any odorless vegetable oil), powdered garlic, all spices and salt to taste.

Note: It is better to use granulated garlic, since fresh garlic (even if chopped very finely) can burn when baked.

We inspect the legs, removing any remaining feathers and areas of rough yellow skin, if any. Then wash thoroughly and dry thoroughly with paper napkins (if there is water left on the legs, the marinade will not “stick” to them).

If desired, you can divide the legs into thighs and drumsticks.

Place in a bowl of suitable size and fill with honey-mustard marinade. Mix well and put the legs in the refrigerator for at least an hour. If the legs are left in the marinade for several hours, this will only make them tastier and juicier.

When the legs are well marinated, place them in a greased heat-resistant form. The capacity of the mold should be such that the legs lie close to each other.

Note: Leave the remaining marinade; you will need it during the baking process.

Bake the chicken legs in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for about an hour, periodically brushing with the remaining honey-mustard marinade to get a crispy crust. The legs will be rosy and appetizing on the outside, and tender and juicy on the inside.

You can simply serve the baked chicken legs with a light vegetable salad. If you want a heartier side dish, potatoes work well. For example, you can bake potatoes in a sleeve or make French fries.

How to cook chicken pieces in sour cream and mustard sauce

An interesting version of the dish in mustard sauce with the addition of sour cream. Marinated chicken can be prepared by frying in a pan or baking in a sleeve or under foil. The decision is yours.

Necessary:

Chicken - carcass (or separately legs, thighs, wings).
Honey - a tablespoon.
Table mustard - teaspoon.
Sour cream – 3-4 spoons.
Mineral water – ½ glass.
Garlic – 5 cloves.
Seasoning for chicken, salt, pepper.

Preparation:

Cut the whole chicken into pieces.
Combine honey with mustard and sour cream. Add poultry seasonings, salt and pepper.
Using a press, turn the garlic cloves into a puree and grind with the prepared marinade.
Dilute the mixture with mineral water. Place chicken pieces in a bowl, drown them, press down with pressure. Marinate for 4 hours.
Meat soaked in delicious marinade can be prepared in two ways. Transfer to a heat-resistant form, bake for 40-50 minutes at 180 C, covering the poultry with foil or hiding it in a sleeve. Or just fry it in a frying pan.

Chicken legs in honey marinade

How to cook the dish “Chicken legs in honey marinade”

In a bowl, mix soy sauce, honey, mustard and vegetable oil.
Salt the chicken legs, add basil and pressed garlic. Pour the prepared marinade over the legs and stir. Leave to marinate for 3-4 hours (can be left overnight).
Grease the pan with vegetable oil and place the marinated chicken.
Place in an oven preheated to 175 degrees and cook for 50-60 minutes.

Extraordinary chicken in honey marinade is an excellent dish for both the daily and holiday tables.

Chicken legs – 8 pcs.
Soy sauce – 1 tbsp.
Honey – 1 tbsp.
French mustard – 1 tbsp.
Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.
Garlic – 2 teeth.
Salt (to taste) – 2 gr.
Basil (to taste) – 2 gr.

Nutritional value per 100 grams

Calories:

165.9 kcal.

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Chicken fillet in soy mustard sauce

Another sauce recipe that proves that mustard is appropriate in any chicken dish.

We take:

Chicken.
Soy sauce – 2 large spoons.
Honey - spoon.
Garlic cloves – 3 pcs.
Mustard, ready - 2 large spoons.
Khmeli-suneli - a teaspoon.
Ground pepper - the same amount.
Salt.

Preparation:

Rinse the chicken fillet and cut into pieces.
Crush the garlic cloves with a press, add honey, soy sauce, mustard. Grind and season with suneli hops and pepper. Mix well again.
Pour the marinade into the bowl with the chicken. Mix with your hands and leave to soak for 2-3 hours.
Fry the preparations in a frying pan or cook in the oven, heating it to 180 o C. The baking time depends on the size of the fillet. To keep it juicy, cook the meat covered with foil.

Chicken legs in soy-honey sauce

Meat fillet, seasoned with black pepper and fried in oil until crispy, is an equally tasty, but completely unoriginal treat.
Another thing is chicken legs marinated in an original homemade sauce, which turn out incredibly tender and delight the eye with their rosy color.

The delicious marinade is made in a couple of minutes from simple ingredients and gives the meat a playful piquantness, shaded by the languid sweetness of the bee product.

How to cook chicken thighs tasty and original

Anyone who has cooked meat with their own hands at least once knows that, on the one hand, it is not at all difficult. However, knowing some secrets of the culinary art, you can easily turn selected fillet into a culinary masterpiece worthy of admiration and addition.

Of course, the first thing you need to do is choose a quality product. If it is better to take homemade chicken for aromatic broth with an appetizing broth, for quick frying in a sweet sauce you will need instant chicken. The fact is that poultry takes an extremely long time to cook - 2-3 hours, besides, it needs to be boiled, and our recipe today does not involve pre-cooking.
To ensure that the meat is fried and permeated with spicy aromas evenly, we recommend giving preference to small shanks.
We'll need a non-stick frying pan - fried chicken legs with tufts of skin hanging off them look unappetizing.
The spiciness of the gravy, such as the amount of garlic, depends on personal preference. For example, if children are growing up in the family, it is better to add grain mustard to the sauce - it has a milder taste and delicate aroma.
It is better to put liquid honey, because it is easier to measure and it dissolves faster in the gravy.
There’s no need to be tricky with soy sauce – you can use the simplest “Classic” type.

And now - an original recipe for your favorite legs in a spicy soy-honey gravy. The combination of sweetness and spiciness has long ceased to be an attribute of only Asian cuisine and has become almost a classic of our culinary tradition.

Delicious homemade chicken legs with honey and soy sauce

One of the necessary products in this case is ketchup. Which of those presented on store shelves to choose does not matter in principle. The main thing is that it is made from natural tomatoes, and not based on a chemical dye. The ideal option is kebab ketchup or good old Krasnodar sauce.

Ingredients

Small chicken drumsticks – about 1 kg;
Soy sauce Classic - 6 tbsp. l.;
Ketchup or tomato sauce – 4 tbsp;
Mustard (paste) – 2 tsp;
Fresh peeled garlic – 3-4 cloves;
Liquid honey – 2 tbsp. l.;
Vegetable oil (unflavored) – 2-3 tbsp. l.;

Step-by-step recipe for your favorite chicken legs in soy-honey sauce

We'll start by washing the meat: holding each shank under a running stream, place them on a towel and blot them to remove excess moisture. Advice! There is no need to salt the meat, nor to season it with aromatic spices, because soy sauce itself is quite salty.
Having prepared a deeper plate or bowl, we begin preparing homemade marinade for chicken.
First, pour soy sauce into it, then add ketchup, followed by mustard.
Mix in honey and season it with crushed garlic.
Mix the contents of the bowl thoroughly and set aside - the path will “ripen”.
In the meantime, we will begin the first stage of cooking. Pour oil into the frying pan, wait until it heats up at maximum heat, then reduce it to medium intensity and place the legs in a checkerboard pattern in the frying pan (this way more of them will fit!).
We fry the legs for a short time, the main thing is to brown the sides. To do this, fry them on one side, turn them over - and another 5-7 minutes on the other side.
When the shanks are slightly dry and browned, pour them with a homemade spicy aromatic gravy. Advice! At this stage, the meat needs to be “stirred” several times, like vegetables in a salad bowl, so that the pieces are evenly covered with the sauce.
Simmer the meat on the stove, uncovered at all, for about 15 minutes. An indicator that the treat is ready is the thickening of the gravy. To prevent it from turning into caramel, as soon as we see that it has darkened slightly and become more viscous, cover the frying pan and keep it covered on low heat for 3-5 minutes. During this time, the chicken will become completely soft, and most importantly, we will be saturated with the tastes and aromas of the sauce ingredients.

It is best to serve chicken legs, home-cooked in a spicy, sweetish sauce, with fresh sliced vegetables and boiled fluffy rice. It is not necessary to add oil to it before serving. The aromatic gravy will brighten up its blandness and give it a rich flavor palette.

If you are already quite tired of the traditional options for preparing poultry meat for the holidays, you should try something original and extraordinary. Chicken legs stewed in homemade soy-honey sauce turn out so delicious that it’s simply impossible to resist! They are most delicious when freshly cooked, but even when cold, this delicacy is still just as tasty, and you can safely take it to a picnic - no one will go hungry...

Chicken legs with sour cream baked in the oven with a crispy crust

For the recipe, I use homemade or store-bought sour cream. If I buy in a store, I take 15-20%. Sometimes, when I’m at the market, I buy homemade, some say rustic. Just taste it, sometimes it has an unpleasant smell, don’t take it, it will ruin all your dishes. This is why it is important to sample products in the market.

Ingredients:

1 kg. chicken legs
150 grams of sour cream
3 tbsp. spoons of soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt
0.5 tsp adjika (optional)

Mix salt, adjika, soy sauce, sour cream in a bowl. You can use any sour cream. It can be store-bought, or home-made. It is very important that the sauce is not too salty.

Wash and dry the legs well, place them in a container and pour the sauce over them. Mix everything well so that each drumstick is covered with sour cream.

Leave to marinate in the room for 50 minutes, longer if possible, but in the refrigerator. If it's summer and it's hot outside, then it's better to marinate in a cold place or in the refrigerator. In winter, you can sit on the veranda if it’s your own home, or on the balcony if it’s an apartment.

Place on a baking sheet, in a frying pan, in a glass container, the main thing is that they are not pressed tightly against each other. For 40 minutes, maybe 30, put it in the oven, turn it on in advance and heat it to 200 degrees.

Check with a knife; to do this, “stick” the knife into the thickest part of the shin. If the juice is bloody, then cook further; if it is clear, then the dish is ready. A crust forms on the surface of each, whether to fry or not is your choice.

You can serve it with any side dish, or eat it plain, with vegetables or sauce. We eat this chicken just like that, without anything at all, or boil potatoes, love the most delicate mashed potatoes and vegetable salad.