LEMON PEPPER BUTTER CHICKEN LEGS. Recipe. #cooking #shorts #recipes #chicken

🍗 Juicy Lemon Pepper Butter Chicken Legs 🍋🧈

Crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside — these lemon pepper butter chicken legs are packed with flavour and made in just 30 minutes using an air fryer! Coated in a rich, zesty butter lemon pepper sauce, this is the ultimate quick and easy dinner.

Perfect served with your favourite potatoes and some fresh veg 🥔🥦

And yes… even the kids love it 🤭

👇 Recipe below!

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Ingredients
For the chicken –
1kg Chicken Legs, skin on
1 tsp each of the following- Onion granules, garlic granules, paprika
1 tsp All purpose seasoning
1 tbsp Lemon pepper seasoning
Cooking oil spray

For the sauce –
80g Unsalted butter
1/2 tsp Garlic, minced or paste
1/2 tbsp Lemon pepper seasoning
1 tsp Paprika
Zest of half a lemon
Juice of half a lemon
A small handful, fresh parsley, finely chopped
1 tsp Cornflour, mixed into 1/4 cup water

Method
Step 1 – Score the chicken legs. In a small bowl, combine all of the ingredients for the chicken.
Now rub all over the chicken, coating well. Marinate for an hour, or overnight in the refrigerator.

Step 2 – Spray the air fryer tray with a little oil. Place the chicken legs on to the air fryer tray, skin side down, now spray the chicken with a little oil. Set your air fryer to 180c, and time to 30 minutes. Turn half way through the cooking time. Once the cooking cycle is complete, check the chicken is cooked through with a meat thermometer.

Step 3 – In a pan, on low heat, add the butter, once melted, add the garlic and sauté for 1-2 minutes. Now add the lemon pepper seasoning, and sauté for 1 minute. Next add the lemon zest, juice, parsley and stir. Now add the corn flour slurry stir and simmer for 2-3 minutes. (it will thicken slightly).

Step 4 – Pour or brush over the chicken legs and serve! Enjoy.

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