Butter Bath Chicken Legs
Pre-heat the oven to 200c.
Butter bath chicken legs. Heat your oven to 140C fan-forced 150C conventional. Remove the chicken from the brine and pat dry with paper towels. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes basting after 20 minutes then once or twice again.
Place a wire rack over a roasting tray. Place in a large ziploc bag the chicken drumsticks melted butter thyme paprika garlic lemon zest juice salt and pepper. Brush the chicken drumsticks with melted butter.
We will start by brining the chicken thighs overnight. Seal bag and shake well until chicken is coated evenly with the butter and herbs. Stir the garlic and herbs through the melted butter.
Place the chicken in the brine and put in the refrigerator overnight. You will have perfect crispy juicy chicken legs every time. Mar 12 2019 - In todays recipe were making Butter-Bath Chicken Thighs in the Pit Barrel Cooker.
Season with the Jack Stack rub or your favorite chicken seasoning. The next day well season the chicken with Jack Stack rub smoke the thights in the Pit Barrel Cooker and then finish the chicken with a little Jack Stack BBQ Sauce and honey. Use a basting brush and apply the butter mixture to the chicken legs.
After an hour of smoking I took the thighs out of the butter bath and put them on the grate skin side up. Arrange the chicken legs on the rack. How to Make Baked Chicken Legs.
