How to cut barbecue chicken legs

We often eat grilled chicken legs when we have barbecue. Chicken legs are rich in meat and are loved by many children. But there is one thing that confuses everyone: the chicken thigh meat is too thick and it is difficult to roast it thoroughly. Even though the skin has been roasted until golden brown, the meat inside is still raw and inedible. Therefore, we must prepare and cut the chicken legs before making roasted chicken legs. So, how should barbecue chicken legs be cut?

1. Materials

Chicken drumstick, oil

2. Practice

1. After washing the chicken legs, apply barbecue sauce evenly on the surface. Use a toothpick to poke a few small holes on the skin side of the chicken to allow for better flavor. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 24 hours, or longer. I have used the packaged barbecue sauce, which is usually sold on the frozen meat ice boat in the supermarket. It is basically available in every supermarket. I personally think it is too sweet and not tasty. This time I used a bottled one, and it felt good.

2. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees, place the chicken legs on the baking net, put a baking tray underneath to collect the oil, and be sure to cover the baking tray with tin foil!

3. Bake at 220 degrees for about 30 minutes. Take out and brush a layer of sauce on it. If you like sweet taste, brush a layer of honey on it. Turn the chicken over and bake for another 5-6 minutes. Use a toothpick to poke the meat; if it pierces easily, it is cooked.

4. If you like crispier skin, bake the chicken skin side up for a few more minutes. In short, if you like lazy meat, bake it for less time; if you like the skin to be crispy, bake it for longer time. You can control the time yourself and it is very flexible, unlike baking where every second counts!

3. Tips

The aroma emitted during baking attracted my baby to keep wandering around under the oven, and from time to time he would lie on the cabinet where the oven was placed to take a look. After it came out of the oven, it trotted after me to under the dining table and sniffed the table hard.

4. Chicken drumstick nutrition

The protein content in skinless chicken legs can be said to be the best among all kinds of meat. It is a high-protein, low-fat food. Moreover, the protein in chicken legs has a high digestibility and has a good tonic effect on the human body.

Chicken legs contain phospholipids that play an important role in human growth and development, and are one of the important sources of fat and phospholipids in the dietary structure.

Chicken thighs have a good therapeutic effect on malnutrition, fear of cold, fatigue, irregular menstruation, anemia, weakness, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chicken legs are mild, warm, sweet in taste, and enter the spleen and stomach meridians. Chicken has the effects of warming the middle and replenishing qi, replenishing deficiency and filling essence, strengthening the spleen and stomach, activating blood circulation, and strengthening tendons and bones. It is commonly used for weakness due to deficiency of the middle part, poor appetite, diarrhea, dizziness, palpitations, irregular menstruation, low milk supply after childbirth, thirst, edema, frequent urination, spermatorrhea, deafness and tinnitus, etc.