Name: Hoisin Five-Spice Chicken Legs
Cook time: 10 minutes
Total time: 40 minutes
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 chicken legs, thigh and drumstick separated; 1/2 cup hoisin sauce; 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder

Hoisin Five-Spice Chicken LegsAlan Richardson

We like to serve warm Asian-style slaw with these wonderful, easy chicken legs. Vegetable fried rice or even plain noodles would work well, too.

Recipe information

Total Time
40 minutes
Yield
Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

4 chicken legs, thigh and drumstick separated

1/2 cup hoisin sauce

1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder

Preparation

Step 1
Preheat oven to 500°F.
Step 2
Put chicken in a shallow (1-inch-deep) baking pan lined with foil. Stir together hoisin sauce and five-spice powder and brush liberally all over chicken. Bake in upper third of oven until skin is browned and chicken is cooked through, 25 to 30 minutes.

TagsAsian Chicken Leg Chicken Poultry Main Dinner Dairy Free Nut Free 5 Ingredients or Fewer Quick Easy Roast Gourmet

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