Juicy Baked Chicken Legs! | Fall-Off-The-Bone Tender🔥

chicken drumsticks

🥗Healthier: skinless chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: chicken wings

Skinless thighs reduce fat while wings are often less expensive.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point, while vegetable oil is budget-friendly.

Slice half of a green bell pepper into thin strips.

Slice half of a yellow onion into thin strips.

Clean the chicken legs by removing any small feathers and yellow skin.

Pat the chicken legs dry with paper towels.

In a small measuring cup, combine extra virgin olive oil, adobo all-purpose seasoning, Italian seasoning, smoked paprika, onion powder, salt, and black pepper.

Mix the seasoning together and set it aside.

Add the seasoning and olive oil mixture to the chicken legs and thoroughly mix it in, ensuring to rub it under and on top of the skin.

Butter the bottom of a 9 by 13 inch baking dish.

Place the seasoned chicken legs in the baking dish.

Add the sliced green bell pepper and onion around the chicken legs.

Mix chicken broth and flour together in the same measuring cup used for the seasoning, then pour it into the bottom of the baking dish without pouring it over the chicken.

Cover the baking dish with foil and bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 45 minutes.

After 45 minutes, carefully remove the foil to avoid steam.

Baste the chicken legs with the juices from the bottom of the dish.

Return the chicken to the oven uncovered for an additional 25 to 30 minutes until tender and falling off the bone.

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