Roasted Chicken Legs With Cranberry Butter Recipe

Recipe By Real Simple

The sweet, slightly tart butter in this recipe crisps up the chicken skin and moistens the meat at the same time. You start by making a compound butter: mashing cranberries, honey, and orange zest into room temperature butter. You can make the butter up to a week ahead of time. Shape it into a log on a piece of wax paper, roll it up, and twist the ends to store it. The butter will solidify, so you can cut off neat, round slices that are easy to tuck under the chicken skin. After you roast the chicken, the pan drippings make a tasty sauce; serve it with bread, rice or couscous, for sopping up all those delicious juices.

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Ingredients for Roasted Chicken Legs With Cranberry Butter Recipe

  • 1/4 cup Fresh or frozen cranberries
  • 1/2 tablespoon Honey
  • 0.13 teaspoon Orange zest
  • 0.13 cup Salted Butter, Softened
  • 1 Chicken leg quarters
  • 0.38 teaspoon Kosher salt
Nutrition
value
53
calories per serving
< 1 g Fat2 g Protein10 g Carbs4 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    < 1g
  • Protein
    2g
  • Carbs
    10g
  • Fiber
    4g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    10g
  • Protein
    2g
  • Fiber
    4g

Fats

  • Fat
    < 1g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    103mg
  • Iron
    5mg
  • Vitamin A
    7mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    3mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    10mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    0mcg
  • Vitamin C
    10mg
  • Vitamin E
    < 1mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    25mg
  • Manganese
    < 1mg
  • Phosphorus
    76mg
  • Selenium
    5mcg
  • Zinc
    < 1mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By Real Simple