Caesar Dressing Marinated Baked Chicken Legs Recipe
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Who knew that Caesar dressing makes amazing chicken marinade? These chicken legs are marinated in Caesar dressing, baked to perfection and served with extra Caesar dressing on the side for dipping!
I can never get enough chicken leg recipes! Chicken drumsticks is such a fun easy food to cook, everyone loves them, they are delicious and also great for your budget! Buy a huge family pack of chicken legs, a bottle of Caesar dressing and feed a crowd for under $10!
If you never marinated your chicken in Caesar dressing, you have to try it ASAP! Caesar dressing makes a perfect marinade, it keeps the chicken moist and extra-juicy and infuses it with a garlicky Caesar flavor. For extra garlic taste, this recipe uses an extra 4 garlic cloves mixed with the Caesar dressing!
When these chicken legs bake, they don’t dry out and stay very succulent and juicy. Their skin turns beautiful golden brown and tastes delicious! People will wonder what’s the secret ingredient for these super yummy chicken legs… little do they know that the secret ingredient is the plain old bottled Caesar dressing!
If you are looking to make Caesar dressing from scratch, you certainly can! Check out my Caesar dressing recipe without raw eggs in it – so delicious!
The longer you marinate the chicken legs, the more rich and deep their taste will be. It’s best to marinate them in refrigerator overnight. However, if you don’t have time for overnight marinating, just marinate for 30 minutes on the counter – it will work just fine. And if you don’t even have 30 minutes, you can skip the marinating altogether – just slather the chicken legs with the Caesar dressing, stick in the oven and bake right away!
I also love to use bottled Italian dressing as a chicken marinade, especially in the summer for the grill! My guess is that most bottled dressings make good marinades, each with its own unique flavor! Check out my recipe for Italian dressing marinated grilled chicken.
If you are looking for more chicken drumsticks recipes, you will love these:
Lemon Garlic Chicken Drumsticks
Baked Chicken Legs And Potatoes
Caesar Marinated Baked Chicken Legs Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken legs
- 1/2 cup bottled Caesar dressing
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F. Line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Put the Caesar dressing, minced garlic, salt and pepper in a cup and mix until combined.
- Put the chicken legs in a large bowl, pour Caesar mixture over them and toss to the chicken legs are evenly coated with Caesar marinade. Marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes or in the refrigerator overnight.
- Put the Caesar chicken legs on a baking sheet in a single layer and bake for 40 minutes, or until cooked through.
Notes
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Cooked these tonight. Delicious! Must try on the grill!
I marinate this overnight to let the flavors fully develop.
As a chicken lover, this is new to my taste buds, but I like it. 👌