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ngredients
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 needed1 cup chicken stock
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup heavy cream
How To Make BAKED LEGS WITH CREAM OF MUSHROOM
In a small bowl, combine the flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper. On a large plate, dredge chicken legs in this seasoned flour mixture
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.
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.
Bring the chicken stock to boil, cover, and reduce heat to simmer on low-medium.
Remove the cooked chicken legs to a plate and keep warm.
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.
Add chicken legs back to the skillet to warm them up.
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