Roasted Lemon Chicken Leg Recipe
This is the easiest Roasted Lemon Chicken Leg recipe in the world. It is full of flavours of garlic, lemon, and herbs and is perfect for a quick and delicious meal.
Today, I bring you a very delicious but inexpensive weeknight meal. This roasted chicken leg recipe is definitely a beautiful and elegant dish. Everything tastes and looks beautiful when cooking with herbs and sliced citrus.
We all know that chicken doesn’t have much flavour unless we add a lot of seasonings, such as garlic, herbs, and lemon juice, when we cook it. But when you use these ingredients, every chicken recipe tastes like heaven. Am I lying? I guess not! So, this recipe is impossible to mess up, especially if you marinate your chicken overnight. The longer they marinate, the better the taste.
Don’t be cheap with the lemon because it is awesome! I cook with it a lot to make green juice and green smoothies and also drink hot lemon water almost every morning before my breakfast. So, you see how much I LOVE lemon, and if I don’t have them at home, I panic. They really add delicious fragrances to the food, and the juice just brightens all the other flavours in any recipe.
Serve this Roasted Lemon Chicken Leg recipe with:
- This Mushroom Cauliflower “Rice” Skillet recipe is delicious and a perfect side dish if you are on a whole30, paleo, gluten-free, or low-carb diet.
- Cauliflower Mashed is a great dish to serve with this roasted lemon chicken leg if you are on a low-carb or gluten-free diet. However, it’s not suitable for whole30 or paleo because it uses Parmesan cheese.
- Also, this recipe goes really well with a salad for a light lunch or dinner. Browse all the salad recipes here.
- And for those who love a good carb, serve it with rice or quinoa. So good!!
Tips to take your Roasted Lemon Chicken Leg recipe to the next level:
This recipe is extremely flavourful thanks to all the spices/herbs, such as dried oregano leaves, dried thyme, and coriander. But the most important spice here is the paprika. It gives a golden brown colour to the chicken legs and provides a smoky and spicy taste to this dish. So, don’t skip this ingredient. If you don’t have paprika in your spice cabinet (which is hard to believe!), buy it at Amazon, which is very convenient and arrives at your door in one or two days with Amazon Prime. Or, buy it at your local grocery store. It’s not difficult to find.
Do you want to try more chicken recipes? Try these:
- Mediterranean Chicken Skillet Recipe
- Sun-Dried Tomato, Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Chicken
- Asparagus Stuffed Chicken Breast
- Spinach and Feta Stuffed Chicken Breasts
See below for how to make this Roasted Lemon Chicken Leg recipe:
Roasted Lemon Chicken Legs
Ingredients
- 12 free-range organic chicken legs - also called drumsticks
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Salt and black pepper
- 3 cloves garlic - minced
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 4 lemon slices - for garnishing
- 1 teaspoon fresh parsley - chopped, for garnishing
Instructions
- In a large container/bowl, season the chicken legs with dried oregano, dried thyme, coriander, smoked paprika, salt, pepper, and garlic.
- Pour the olive oil and lemon juice over the chicken legs. Toss everything very well. Marinate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 425ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the chicken pieces on the prepared baking sheet.
- Roast for 30 minutes or so until they begin to brown.
- Flip the pieces, and bake another 10-15 minutes or until the chicken legs reach an internal temperature of 165ºF.
- Garnish with chopped parsley and lemon slices.
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Now this is my kind of dinner! This chicken looks fantastic, Olivia! I love the lemon flavor and the fact that it’s roasted. Sounds so good!
Hi, Olivia!
if I had to survive on one type of food for the rest of my life I think I’d go for easy chicken recipes.
This one looks and sounds wonderful – I love the combination of flavours you’ve marinated them in! Mmmm!
SO YUM! I like the healthy dose of seasoning on them! Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you!
Thanks a lot, Kelsey!
I was just noticing how much cheaper chicken legs and wings are compared to chicken breasts when I was at the store this past weekend! I am going to pin this to make later!
That is true! Chicken legs are cheaper and they are easy to make 😉
I love roasted chicken and your choice of seasoning…YUM!
Thanks a lot!
Omg these chicken legs look so delicious and I love how marinating makes everything taste much much tastier!
Thanks a lot, Ami!
This chicken looks perfect, Olivia! Love that it’s roasted and the lemon and combination of the other flavors sounds terrific!
Thanks for stopping by, Kelly 😉
WOW, these look mouth watering! I love chicken legs, and these look like they have a ton of flavor!
Yes, they have a ton of flavour! Glad you like it 😉
Heck yes to roasted chicken! I love bone-in skin-on chicken and eat it pretty much every week. I must try this super fresh and delicious recipe! I’m envisioning myself gnawing on drumsticks and thighs and now my mouth is watering even though it’s only 8am. Lovely, m’dear!
I also love bone-in-skin-on chicken, Ju! It is my favourite 😉 Please, try it. I am sure you will love it!
This chicken looks delicious! Love all the lemon!
Thanks 😉
What a perfect recipe! I love chicken legs, especially when they’re grilled and the skin is nice and crispy.
Wowww
Its sound deliciou
I will tried this out !!
Boy, that oven is going to be on for a very long time! Looks good though, despite the gas bill!
It was a typo. I just fixed it. Thanks for pointing it out!
Why is step 1 preheat the oven when step 3 is “marinate overnight”? Seems like it should be steps to make marinade, then marinate overnight, then preheat the oven… unless the oven is supposed to be on all night? 😛
It was a typo. I just fixed it. Thanks for pointing it out!
I was wondering if you have to marinate the chicken? On a time crunch, and decided to make this last minute with family coming over unannounced. Looks delish.
I was looking for an easy and an oven cooked chicken leg recipe . And I and my husband loved this recipe. It came out crispy from the outside and the meat is not dry. I didn’t change anything from her recipe. Thank you for sharing.
Oh my gosh – DELICIOUS!!! My new favorite recipe! Thank you! good, inexpensive, delicious protein! Love it!!!
Thank you 😉
Amazing!
Awesome 😉
Love it! Needed something different and my entire family ate it up! And being healthy is an extra bonus!
So awesome!!! Thanks for stopping by 😉
I am pretty excited! I came across this recepie yesterday and I’m cooking it now as we speak 😊. I can’t wait to try this!
Let me know how it turned out for you 😉
My whole family loves this recipe 👍👍 we serve it with herb roasted potatoes. Always turns out great☺
Mm… This recipe goes really well with roasted potatoes! Thanks for stopping by 😉
This recipe made the BEST chicken legs ever! I did not have cardamom (I would have loved it if I had!) so I used curry powder. I also didn’t have lemons, but I used limes. It was so delicious! I highly recommend this recipe!
That’s absolutely awesome! Happy you enjoyed it 😉
This is a go to recipe for our family whenever we buy drumsticks. Tonight. I’m going to use this recipe on chicken breasts along with roasted herb potatoes ☺
So happy to hear that. You’re comment made my day 😉