Bourbon Orange Chicken Legs

Do you ever have one of those days when you look at everything in the meat department and just can’t decide what you want to cook?  Or, you just don’t even feel like cooking?  Here is a recipe for you.  Cheaper than fast food take-out, easy to prepare, and results are outstanding.  Put the chicken legs in the marinade in the morning.  Then one hour before dinner, preheat your oven, put the chicken on a baking dish and you are set to go.  Add a side salad or vegetable and you have a great dinner that everyone will enjoy.

Bourbon Orange Chicken Legs

Bourbon Orange Chicken Legs
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Ingredients
  1. 10 - 12 chicken legs
  2. 1/4 cup bourbon
  3. 1/2 cup orange juice
  4. 1 teaspoon chili powder
  5. Salt and pepper, to taste
  6. Olive oil
12 - 24 hours prior to baking
  1. Combine bourbon, orange juice and chili powder in a ziptop bag. Add chicken legs, seal and refrigerate.
  2. Preheat oven to 375.
  3. On a cookie sheet lined with foil, light drizzle 1 1/2 tablespoons of olive oil. Spread chicken legs out on foil, salt and pepper.
  4. Bake chicken legs for 45 - 55 minutes, turn after 30 minutes.
  5. Chicken will be glazed, brown and crispy. Serve immediately.
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