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Baked Chicken Legs with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Total Time1 hour 20 minutes
Course: dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Baked Chicken Legs with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Materials

  • 1/4 cup flour you can use gluten-free flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 lb chicken legs about 3-4 large chicken legs
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 10 oz mushrooms each sliced in half
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil if needed
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
  • In a small bowl, combine the flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper.
  • On a large plate, dredge chicken legs in this seasoned flour mixture.
  • Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat.
  • Add chicken legs skin side down and brown for about 4 minutes until the skin turns a nice golden color.
  • Flip chicken legs over to the other side and brown the other side for about 3 minutes.
  • Remove browned chicken legs and set them aside. Also, remove those parts of olive oil that got too dark from browning the chicken with flour mixture.
  • To the same, now empty skillet, add mushrooms (sliced in half) and minced garlic, add an extra tablespoon of olive oil (if needed) and saute them together on medium heat for 2 minutes.
  • Add chicken stock to the skillet, scraping up the browned bits at the bottom of the pan. Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt and stir.
  • Place chicken legs back in the pan.
  • Bring the chicken stock to boil, cover, and reduce heat to simmer on low-medium.
  • Simmer chicken legs for 25-30 minutes, until the chicken is completely cooked through and the juices run clear when chicken is cut in the middle.
  • Remove the cooked chicken legs to a baking dish and keep warm.
  • Turn the heat under the skillet to medium-high, and simmer the mushroom sauce for about 4 minutes until it is reduced by about a third.
  • Stir in the 1/2 cup heavy cream into the mushroom sauce and simmer for another 2 minutes on low-medium heat, constantly stirring and scraping from the bottom of the skillet, until the sauce gets thicker.
  • Pour the mushroom sauce over the chicken legs and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until the chicken legs are crispy on top and the sauce is bubbly.