Learn how to boil chicken legs to get perfectly tender, moist, and flavorful chicken every time. Grab our tips on how to quickly add flavor bone-in chicken legs while boiling to serve as is or brush with your favorite sauce and broil to crisp the skin.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: how long to boil chicken legs, how to boil chicken legs
Combine the ingredients. Place the chicken, peppercorns, salt, and fresh herbs if using into the large stockpot. Add enough water to cover the chicken legs by about an inch.
2.5 pounds chicken legs, 1 tablespoon peppercorns, 2 teaspoons salt, fresh sprigs thyme and sage, water
⭐️Cook. Bring to a boil and cook for about 20 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165°F. Preheat broiler.
⭐️Broil. To crisp skin place chicken legs onto a wire rack set into a baking sheet. Broil as is or brush with BBQ sauce or your favorite sauce. Broil for 2-3 minutes or until chicken starts to brown. Serve hot.
2 tablespoons BBQ sauce
Notes
Serving Serve chicken legs with Gluten Free Cheesy Potatoes, Low Sodium Mac and Cheese, Green Beans For Kidsor Sauteed Butternut Squash.StorageLet cooked chicken legs cool completely then store in an air tight container in the fridge for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. When ready to eat, reheat in the oven or microwave in increments until hot.CCK Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you're new to eating gluten-free we understand it's overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don't. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.The ⭐️ symbol in the recipe below denotes the steps in which kid cooks may need a helper (depending on age). If there is no ⭐️ symbol, that step (or recipe) doesn't require a helper.