New recipes?

So now that Jen and I are doing the grocery game (and trying to cut costs by eating out less), we are cooking more often. Since Jen works late, that usually means that I have to cook things, or she cooks on the weekend and we freeze it, then eat it later.

Sooo... since we are cooking more, we are trying out new recipes. I figured I would post some recipes, notes, and pictures... maybe its a recipe that you'd like to try.

Here goes #1: we had a package of chicken legs. Initially we were going to grill them, but because it was cold (and I didnt feel like taking the cover off of the grill), I searched for a baking recipe. There were many recipes that said to bake them at 350 for over an hour, but seeing as it was already 730pm, we wanted something faster. So I found this recipe:

BAKED CHICKEN LEGS
Serves 6
6 whole chicken legs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon butter
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
1 teaspoon chopped shallots
1 teaspoon chopped parsley
1 teaspoon chopped basil
1 teaspoon chopped tarragon
1/2 cup white wine

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Melt butter and oil in a baking dish. Place chicken legs in dish and turn over to coat with butter and oil. Bake in oven for 20 minutes. Combine bread crumbs, garlic, shallots and herbs. Turn chicken legs. Sprinkle with bread mixture. Bake 20 more minutes. Pour wine around chicken. Bake 5 more minutes before serving.


Being me, I added a LOT more garlic and didnt measure anything else... just threw it in as I saw fit. I didnt use white wine, either. Instead I used Jen's boxed blush wine.

Overall, it turned out great! The spices were good. I was concerned with adding a bunch of bread crumbs in there, then adding in the wine in the end, but it turns out that it created a stuffing that had a slight taste of wine. It wasnt bad. Might try it again!

Sorry, no picture this time. It wasnt pretty enough.