Chicken legs in a slow cooker can be prepared for every taste. You can stew them with vegetables, cook a diet dish with rice, or you can marinate the meat and make a savory dish, like on a barbecue. In this article we will tell how with the help of such miracle technology you can deliciously feed your family and guests.

Baked chicken legs in a slow cooker

A crock-pot is a real helper to every housewife. In it you can cook dishes not only for a family dinner, but also for a festive table. We offer a recipe for one of them - chicken legs with honey, mustard and sour cream.

Prepare 0.7 kg of chicken drumsticks in advance:

  • 90 ml of honey and mustard;
  • half a glass of sour cream.

We will cook like this:

  1. We process the legs of the bird with salt and any ground pepper. However, for chicken it is better to take white.
  2. In the bowl we combine mustard, sour cream and honey.
  3. In the cooked marinade, leave the lower legs for a while.
  4. Cover the bottom of the bowl with foil, put the lower legs and close. We select the program “Baking” and humbly wait 45 minutes without disturbing the products in the cooking process.

How to stew with potatoes

You can stew with potatoes any part of the chicken, but it is better to take chicken legs. The breast is rather dry, it is better to use it for cooking dietary dishes, there is not enough meat in the wings, and the back is more suitable for rich soup. Therefore, making chicken legs with potatoes is a very good choice.

For five legs, you will need:

  • a pound of potatoes;
  • onion and carrots;
  • two bay leaves.

Cooking method:

  1. Sprinkle the drumsticks of the salt and pepper, put it in an oiled bowl, put the bay leaf and turn on the option “Fry”. Fry the legs on all sides.
  2. Then we put half the onion rings and thin quarters of carrots for the meat, select the “Stewing” mode and simmer the meat with vegetables for 15 minutes.
  3. After, add chopped potatoes, pour half a glass of water, add some spices and continue cooking in the “Stew” mode for another half hour.

Steaming Recipe

If your house has children or those who adhere to a diet, then steamed dishes must be present in the diet of the family.

And do not think that this option of cooking makes them tasteless - in fact, you can create fragrant and very tasty dishes for a couple. But most importantly, they will be useful. Try to cook chicken drumsticks this way. Be sure, the result will pleasantly surprise you.

Ingredients:

  • five chicken legs;
  • two garlic cloves;
  • a spoonful of refined oil;
  • selected seasonings for chicken.

Cooking method:

  1. Sprinkle the legs of the bird with salt and other spices for the chicken. Then we season them with oil and rub them with chopped garlic. Leave for 25 minutes.
  2. Pour three cups of warm water into the bowl, set the grate for steam and put the drumsticks in it.
  3. We select the option “Steamed” and fix the processing time of 40 minutes. After the signal, hold the finished meat in the bowl for another 10 minutes.

Chicken legs with rice in a slow cooker

Chicken meat is often served with rice. But there are recipes that exclude the need to separately cook chicken and boil cereals. If the house has a crock-pot, then you can quickly and tasty cook chicken legs with rice and vegetables.

Ingredients:

  • five legs of a bird;
  • a glass of rice grains;
  • carrots and onions;
  • 50 ml of refined oil.

Cooking method:

  1. We wash the rice grains and soak for an hour in warm water. Marinate the legs in seasonings.
  2. On the appliance, select the option "Frying", pour the oil into the bowl and overcook the chicken carcasses.
  3. Then we put chopped onions and carrots to them, fry the ingredients for another 15 minutes.
  4. Pour the cereal, add any seasonings for the rice, pour two glasses of water, set the regime to "Pilaf" and cook two thirds of the hour before the sound signal.

With buckwheat

Chicken legs can be cooked not only with rice, but also with buckwheat. And for diet food, this will be the best solution, because buckwheat is a low-calorie and very useful product.

Ingredients:

  • three chicken legs;
  • bulb;
  • a glass of buckwheat;
  • three tablespoons of refined oil;
  • spices: pepper, turmeric, paprika.

Cooking method:

  1. Add the drumsticks of the bird and rub it with the selected seasonings.
  2. Pour oil into the bowl and spread the chicken legs. We select the "Multi-cook" mode, set the temperature to 160 degrees and fry the workpieces until golden.
  3. Then we put chopped onions to them and fry the ingredients for another 10 minutes.
  4. We fill in the washed buckwheat and pour two glasses of water. We do not change the mode, only reduce the temperature to 100 degrees and cook for 40 minutes.

In sour cream sauce

Due to the features of the multicooker, the ingredients in it are very convenient not only to fry, but to simmer. That is how dishes were cooked in Russia in the oven.

 

Now we will tell you how to cook stewed chicken legs in sour cream sauce. The properties of the fermented milk product and, of course, the skills of the “smart” gadget will make the meat tender, tasty and healthy.

Ingredients:

  • a kilo of chicken legs;
  • a glass of sour cream (20%);
  • bulb;
  • parsley.

Cooking method:

  1. Pickle the bird for 15 minutes in any spices or herbs.
  2. Cut the onion in half rings, and finely chop the parsley.
  3. We turn on the “Frying” mode, pour a little oil into the bowl and fry the legs for three minutes on each side.
  4. Then we put sour cream, onions and pour a glass of water. Mix, go to the "Stew" option and simmer the meat for 40 minutes.
  5. After a beep, sprinkle with herbs.

Fried chicken legs in a slow cooker

However, in a slow cooker you can not only stew any meat, but also fry it. Chicken legs, for example, are crispy but juicy inside. And if you worry about a triple batter made from flour, eggs and corn flakes, then there certainly will not be a worthy competition for such a dish.

Ingredients:

  • a kilo of bird legs;
  • one egg;
  • a glass of flour;
  • two glasses of cornflakes;
  • cheese;
  • half a glass of milk;
  • slightly dry garlic;
  • and a little more dry onion.

Cooking method:

  1. We begin cooking with the preparation of batter. For the first, take the corn flakes and chop them with a blender. For the second, mix flour with dried onions and garlic. For the third, beat the egg, pour the milk into it, add a pinch of salt and half a glass of grated cheese.
  2. We turn on the "Frying" mode and pour in the oil.
  3. As soon as it warms up well, take the drumstick, first sprinkle it with spicy flour, then lower it into the egg mixture and then sprinkle the cornflakes with well.
  4. Fry the legs for five minutes on each side and spread on a napkin to remove excess fat.

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Braised drumsticks with vegetables

In a slow cooker, chicken legs are just wonderfully stewed with vegetables. There is no strictly defined set of products for such a dish.

Chicken meat is perfectly combined to taste with all the fresh gifts of the garden. You can take potatoes, bell peppers and zucchini. Or add a little green peas along with bean and broccoli pods.

Ingredients:

  • five chicken legs;
  • half a glass of sour cream;
  • 120 g of mushrooms;
  • zucchini;
  • two juicy sweet peppers;
  • two garlic cloves;
  • 250 g of potatoes.

Cooking method:

  1. Take any mushrooms and garlic, chop them with a blender. Then add sour cream and mix.
  2. In the resulting mushroom marinade we put the legs of the bird, coat well and leave for half an hour or an hour.
  3. We cut the hearths of sweet pepper in half rings, zucchini in cubes, and potatoes in arbitrary slices.
  4. Pour a little oil into the bowl, put the meat into it, distribute the potatoes, zucchini and pepper from above, pour the remaining marinade.
  5. In the “Baking” mode, we cook chicken legs with vegetables for 45 minutes.

There are many ways to deliciously cook chicken drumsticks, but if you decide to make them in a slow cooker without any other ingredients, then select the “Stewing” program - the meat will turn out to be juicy. At the end of the process, switch the device to the “Baking” mode for 10 minutes and get a delicious crust.

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