Oven-Baked Stuffed Chicken Legs

Original, delicious, for the holiday table! Stuffed chicken legs are a dish that will decorate any feast and be the pride of the hostess. You will have to tinker a little to prepare them, but the result will be worth all the costs! Juicy, soft, delicious!
cook time: 1h
Nora Vaughn
Oven-Baked Stuffed Chicken Legs

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

165
Calories
12g
Fat
1g
Carbs
13g
Protein

Ingredients (5 portions)

Basic:

Salt to taste
Hard cheese 100 g
Carrot 1 pc
Bulb onions 1 pc
Vegetable oil 50 ml
Champignon 150 g
Ground red pepper to taste
Chicken legs (8-10 pieces of drumsticks) 1 kg

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to bake chicken legs stuffed with champignons? Prepare the following ingredients. We will stuff chicken drumsticks. Thaw them first if they were frozen. I use fresh champignons, but you can use canned or frozen. Any cheese you like or have at home will do.

Step 2

Step 2
Wash and peel the onions and carrots. Grind them: cut the onion into cubes, grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Wash the champignons, remove soil and debris, and chop finely. Heat a little vegetable oil in a frying pan over low heat and fry the chopped onions, carrots and champignons until tender. Add a little salt to taste. Set the pan aside to allow the fried vegetables and mushrooms to cool.

Step 3

Step 3
Wash and dry the shins. Pull the skin off them — you need to pull from the wide edge of the shin down to the joint. If the thin transparent film between the meat and the skin is in the way, lightly trim it with a knife, carefully so as not to damage the skin itself. Using a large knife or kitchen hatchet, cut through the bone at the narrowest part of the drumstick, being careful not to cut into the chicken skin remaining on the bottom of the joint.

Step 4

Step 4
From the resulting parts, freed from the skin, cut off all the meat. Chop it finely. There may be a lot of meat for stuffing drumsticks, so some of it can be set aside immediately. Use the bones to make broth later.

Step 5

Step 5
In a deep bowl, mix chopped chicken meat, fried mushrooms with onions and carrots, grated cheese. Mix everything, add salt and pepper to taste.

Step 6

Step 6
Carefully stuff the drumsticks with the prepared minced meat, being careful not to damage the integrity of the skin. To prevent the filling from falling out of the drumsticks, you can secure the edges with a toothpick, sew them up with kitchen thread, or bend the long edge of the skin.

Step 7

Step 7
Grease the selected baking dish with vegetable oil. Place the stuffed chicken drumsticks in the pan. Brush each leg with butter and sprinkle with paprika. Place the dish with stuffed drumsticks in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30 — 40 minutes. Keep in mind that everyoneʼs oven is different. Cooking temperatures and times may differ from those indicated in the recipe.

Step 8

Step 8
Serve the legs hot. This is a universal dish that goes well with many side dishes: pasta, rice, potatoes, vegetables. Bon appetit!

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