Roasted Chicken Legs With Calabaza Recipes

SPICY ROASTED CHICKEN LEGS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line baking sheets with foil.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the lemon juice, salt, black pepper, cayenne and garlic, and stir. Set aside.
• Rinse and pat the chicken legs dry. With metal tongs, dip them one by one into the butter mixture and place on the prepared baking sheets.
• Once all of the chicken legs are coated and on the baking sheet, take a pastry brush and give them one last coating of the butter mixture.
• Place them into the oven for 30 to 35 minutes, basting a couple of times during roasting. If they need a bit more color, turn on the broiler for a couple minutes and watch them closely.
• Remove them when they are nice and golden brown and fully cooked.

ROASTED CHICKEN LEGS WITH CALABAZA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C).
• Cut the calabaza into wedges; clean out all seeds and pulp and cut away the peels. Put the wedges flat in a baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper on each side.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.
• While squash bakes, combine lime juice, hot sauce, paprika, honey, salt, and pepper. Dry chicken legs and toss in sauce until evenly coated. Place chicken in a separate baking dish.
• When calabaza has baked for 15 minutes, lower oven temperature to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) and place chicken alongside it.
• Bake until chicken is no longer pink in the centers and juices run clear and calabaza is soft, about 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone of a leg quarter should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove and plate.

CHICKEN THIGHS WITH CALABAZA SQUASH AND CORN

Steps:

• Mix water, lime juice, olive oil, garlic, soy sauce, salt, and liquid smoke for marinade together in a large, resealable plastic bag. Stir in cayenne and black pepper. Add chicken and let marinate in the refrigerator, at least 2 hours, to overnight.
• Remove chicken from the marinade and shake off excess. Discard the remaining marinade.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and cook and stir until just golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Add onion, calabaza, yellow squash, and zucchini; cook and stir until squash are slightly tender, 7 to 10 minutes. Add corn, tomato sauce, chicken broth, tomato, garlic powder, cumin, black pepper, and salt; stir well.
• Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and let simmer for 30 minutes, stirring once halfway through the cooking.

ROASTED CHICKEN LEGS WITH VEGETABLES AND ARUGULA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F. Cut chicken legs into thighs and drumsticks and pat dry. Halve potatoes. Cut bell pepper into 1/2-inch-wide strips and onion into 1/2-inch-thick wedges.
• In a large flameproof roasting pan toss chicken, potatoes, bell pepper, and onion with oil, thyme, and salt and pepper to taste until coated and arrange in one layer, chicken skin side up. Roast chicken and vegetables 30 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and golden.
• While chicken and vegetables are roasting, discard any coarse stems from arugula and put arugula in a large bowl.
• With tongs transfer chicken and vegetables to bowl with arugula. Add wine to pan and deglaze over moderately high heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits, 1 minute. Pour sauce over chicken and vegetables, tossing, and divide between 2 plates.