Bacon & Brown Sugar Coated Oven Roasted Chicken Legs – How to feed the fam tasty food on the cheap!
Yes!! This meal was everything this momma looks for when feeding the herd:
- Tasty
- Cheap
- Easy
- Pleasing to all
Tasty — for sure! I wouldn’t share a failure of a recipe. I may share a failure, but the recipe would be refined. Believe you me, this recipe is perfection.
Cheap — um, how does $3.77 for 12 drumsticks sound?? Whole Foods chicken, y’all! Add in’s include 5 strips of bacon, a diced white onion, some garlic, green onions, brown sugar, parsley & a few tablespoons of Trader Joe’s sweet and hot mustard. I am guessing this meal stayed under $7.
Easy — scoop, stir and refrigerate. Then turn it all out onto a baking sheet and roast at a high temp for 30 minutes.
Pleasing to all — the entire herd ate every last bit. No complaints!! Every single angel loved them. Now, you know that never happens. Someone is always complaining: too spicy, too salty, too many green flecks, too many unrecognizable ingredients….the list is infinite. Even with the herbs, onions & sweet & spicy mustard, the kiddos scraped their plates and licked their fingers!
For this recipe, I started with about 2 lbs of chicken legs.
I added a few things I always try to keep on hand:
- fresh chopped parsley
- white & green onions
- garlic
- Thick cut applewood smoked bacon
- brown sugar
- hot & sweet mustard
Really, how pretty is this??
The onions, when mixed with the mustard & brown sugar, give the roasted chicken a yummy, sticky, German potato salad-ish flavor.
The bacon adds a salty smokiness. Sweet, salty, smoky, sticky & tangy?? I think this just may be the world’s most perfect bite!
Give it all a good toss and refrigerate for 2-4 hours.
Turn it all out onto a lined baking sheet & roast at 425° for about 30 minutes.
Boom! How good does this look?? I will tell you, as good as this looks — it tastes even better!