Chicken Legs In Butter
Chicken Legs in Butter are soo yummy very pleasant in flavor and aroma. Chicken legs are slow cooked in a mixture of marjoram, parsley, thyme, lemon, pepper corns and enough water. Cooked chicken is removed from the liquid and let it cool. These chicken legs are marinated in a buttery mixture preferably over night or at least for six hours. Marinated chicken legs are deep fried to a golden brown color. You can explore a step wise illustrated Chicken Legs in Butter.
Ingredients
- 12 nos Chicken legs
- 1 no Onion halved
- ½ tsp Marjoram
- 2 sprigs Parsley
- 1 sprig Thyme
- 1 no Lemon halved
- 6 nos Peppercorns
- 125 gm Butter
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom ground
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds crushed
- 1/2 tsp Ginger powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/4 tsp Chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 tsp Mustard powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala
- 2 tsp Worestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp Lime juice
- Pepper powder As reqd
- Salt As reqd
Instructions
- For preparing Chicken Legs in Butter, take a saucepan and add chicken legs, onion, marjoram, parsley, thyme, lemon and peppercorns.
- Pour 1 litre of water and bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat for 25 min.
- Remove the chicken legs without any liquid and transfer them to a plate. Let them cool.
- Cream the butter in a bowl.
- Add the remaining ingredients: cardamom, cumin seeds, ginger, turmeric, chilli powder, coriander, mustard powder, garam masala, sauce, lime juice, pepper powder, required salt and thoroughly beat them into the butter.
- Using a knife, spread the curried butter on each leg.
- Refrigerate them preferably overnight but for a minimum time of 6 hrs.
- Remove the chicken legs from the fridge.
- Place it in a pan and fry till golden brown.
- :- Serve Chicken Legs in Butter hot.
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