Baked tomatoes with piri-piri chicken legs

AUTHOR
Lenora Decker
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
5 2
COOK TIME
105 mins
TOTAL TIME
105 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 4 Organic chicken legs (approx. 250 g each)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 10 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 3 Onions
  • 4 Garlic cloves
  • 800 g new potatoes
  • 3 Branches of rosemary
  • 5 Stem(s) Thyme
  • 5 Meat tomatoes (approx. 200 g each; e.g. Cœur de bœuf)
  • 100 g black olives (e.g. Kalamata olives)
  • 2 large red chilli peppers
  • 2 TABLESPOONS demerara sugar

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 175 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Divide chicken legs in the joint into upper and lower legs, wash and pat dry. Mix 1/2 tsp salt and 2 tbsp oil. Rub the chicken parts all around with it and place in a roasting pan.

  2. 2

    Bake in the oven for about 1 1/4 hours.

  3. 3

    Peel onions and garlic. Cut the onions into thin slices, cut the garlic into slices except for 1 clove. If necessary, peel and wash the potatoes and cut them into halves or quarters depending on their size. Wash herbs, dab dry and chop.

  4. 4

    Mix the potatoes, herbs, onions, garlic slices and 4 tablespoons of oil. After about 15 minutes frying time, spread around the legs.

  5. 5

    Wash and halve or quarter the tomatoes. Add the tomatoes and olives to the legs and potatoes after about 40 minutes frying time.

  6. 6

    For the piri-piri paste, clean the chilli, cut lengthwise, remove seeds, wash and finely chop. Dice 1 garlic clove. Mix both with 2 tbsp. brown sugar, 1 tsp. salt and 4 tbsp. olive oil. Approx. 15 minutes before the end of the frying time, brush the chicken legs 2-3 times with it.

  7. 7

    Season potato vegetables with salt and pepper and arrange everything. Green chili sauce tastes good with it.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
780 kcal
CARBS
41 g
FATS
44 g
PROTEINS
49 g