Baked chicken leg quarters with cream of mushroom soup

Chicken quarters baked in a creamy, healthy gravy. Very little prep involved. You can substitute chicken legs, thighs or breasts as well. Really good!

Yields

4-6


Ingredients

4-6 chicken quarters, fat trimmed 1 small onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 can veggie stock 1 can cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup 1 small can sliced mushrooms 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon dried basil Dash of red pepper flakes Salt Black pepper


Nutritional information

No nutrition information available

Instructions

Rinse and trim excess fat from chicken. Preheat oven for 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl add veggie stock, olive oil and soup. Whisk until uniform. Add chopped onion, garlic, mushrooms, basil, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes to stock mixture. Mix well. Pour mixture into glass baking dish and carefully add chicken quarters to the mixture. Spoon a bit of the stock mixture over each piece of chicken. Cover dish with foil and bake for 45 minutes. To thicken gravy, remove foil and allow to bake uncovered for the last 10 minutes of cooking. Let cool for 5 minutes and enjoy! Serve with fluffy rice.

Baked chicken leg quarters with cream of mushroom soup


Ingredients

  • 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

Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat.

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.

Remove browned chicken legs and set them aside. Also, remove those parts of olive oil that got too dark from browning the chicken with flour mixture.

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.

Place chicken legs back in the pan.

Bring the chicken stock to boil, cover, and reduce heat to simmer on low-medium.

Simmer chicken legs for 25-30 minutes, until the chicken is completely cooked through and the juices run clear when chicken is cut in the middle.

Remove the cooked chicken legs to a plate and keep warm.

Turn the heat under the skillet to medium-high, and simmer the mushroom sauce for about 4 minutes until it is reduced by about a third.

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.

Baked chicken leg quarters with cream of mushroom soup

Supreme in more ways than one. The creamy, mushroom-topped chicken bake is supremely delicious, but also supremely easy thanks to the simple addition of onion soup mix to cut down on ingredients.

Baked chicken leg quarters with cream of mushroom soup


Baked chicken leg quarters with cream of mushroom soup
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ingredients

1/2 cup rice raw
1 package dry onion soup mix
4 pounds chicken, cut-up (skin removed if desired)
1 can (6 ounce size) sliced mushrooms
1 can (10.75 ounce size) cream of chicken soup
10 ounces milk

directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Place the uncooked rice in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish. Evenly sprinkle half of the onion soup mix over the rice.

Place the chicken pieces on top of the rice. Evenly distribute the mushrooms around the chicken.

In a bowl or large measuring cup, whisk together the cream of chicken soup and milk until blended. Pour evenly over the chicken. Sprinkle the remaining onion soup mix over everything.

Cover the pan with aluminum foil. Place in the oven and bake at 350 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours or until the chicken is cooked through.


nutrition data for easy oven baked chicken supreme

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How long does it take to cook quarter legs in the oven?

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Bake the chicken leg quarters or thigh-drumstick pieces uncovered for 35 to 40 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 175°F on your meat thermometer.

How long should you cook chicken legs in the oven at 350 degrees?

425°F or 400°F for 20-25 minutes. 350°F or 375°F for 25-30 minutes. 300°F or 325°F for 30-40 minutes.

What temperature should chicken leg quarters be cooked to?

Chicken Leg Quarters and Half Chickens: They cook in about 30 to 35 minutes. Turn them often to prevent burning. They are done at an internal temperature of 170 degrees F.

How long should you bake chicken legs at 400?

Usually it takes about 40 to 45 minutes to cook average size bone-in chicken legs in a pre-heated 400º F oven although the time may vary depending on the size of the drumsticks and how hot your oven runs. I always recommend you take a quick peek after 35 minutes of baking to make sure the legs aren't browning too fast.