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• #Baked chicken leg quarters how to#

When I say that this is simple, I’m not joking. I got plenty of them last night when I made the dish pictured here. You just need 3 ingredients and about an hour an a half to whip this out. It’s sure to change your mind about this particular cut of chicken forever. If you’ve held off buying leg quarters because you weren’t quite sure what to do with them, let me suggest this simple, one-dish recipe for baked chicken leg quarters. They also happen to look darned good on a plate, don’t you agree? They’re cheaper, they have more flavor and they cook just like any other chicken. To be honest, I buy chicken quarters almost exclusively.

Most of the examples you see use boneless, skinless (and often flavorless) chicken breasts.

#Baked chicken leg quarters how to#

It’s not like most food shows on TV go to lengths to show you how to cook them. I suppose the reason is that people haven’t worked with leg quarters as much as they have chicken breasts or thighs. That’s a lot of meat for very little money folks. I’ve seen them locally for as little as $4.25 for a 10-pound bag in the meat department of the BigScaryMegaMart. Or worse yet, it’s lying in the fridge while you try to decide what to make with all that chicken.Īt the rate that prices on meat are going up, chicken leg quarters are quite possibly the most cost-effective protein available now. Remember that big ol’ bag of chicken leg quarters you picked up at the market? The one that’s taking up a ton of room in the fridge because you haven’t gotten around to packaging all the chicken up a and freezing it.