Baked Chicken Legs
What a luscious recipe! The chicken falls off the bone and the savory 'gravy' is awesome soaked in the whole grain peasant bread. My only question is, "where is the baking?". I cooked this on the stove top in my dutch oven.
Yield
4 servingsPrep
15 minCook
60 minReady
1½ hrsLow Cholesterol, Trans-fat Free
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
4 | each |
chicken legs
with thighs and backs |
* |
4 | tablespoons |
olive oil
|
|
2 | cups |
wine
white dry |
* |
2 | cups |
chicken broth
|
|
4 | each |
garlic cloves
peeled, halved |
|
2 | each |
bay leaves
|
* |
1 | x |
thyme
sage to taste |
* |
4 | pinch |
saffron threads
|
* |
1 | x |
salt
pepper to taste |
* |
18 | ounces |
tomatoes
peeled, quartered |
|
20 | each |
olives
black |
* |
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
4 | each |
chicken legs
with thighs and backs |
* |
6E+1 | ml |
olive oil
|
|
473 | ml |
wine
white dry |
* |
473 | ml |
chicken broth
|
|
4 | each |
garlic cloves
peeled, halved |
|
2 | each |
bay leaves
|
* |
1 | x |
thyme
sage to taste |
* |
4 | pinch |
saffron threads
|
* |
1 | x |
salt
pepper to taste |
* |
520.2 | ml/g |
tomatoes
peeled, quartered |
|
2E+1 | each |
olives
black |
* |
Directions
Salt and skin chickenlegs.
Fry in hot oil until light brown; add the wine and the broth, bring to a boil than let simmer.
Add the seasonings, tomatoes and olives.
Cover and simmer for about 1 hour.
Take chicken out and keep warm, pour gravy through a sieve and let it boil down to half.
Add olives back to gravy and pour over chicken and serve with bread.