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Basil-Ricotta Stuffed Chicken Legs With Bacon Recipe
Serves: 4
Keywords: Chicken, recipe, recipes, Basil-Ricotta Stuffed Chicken Legs With Bacon Recipe
Ingredients
1
sm
Garlic clove, minced
1
c
Ricotta cheese (8 oz)
1
tb
Grated Parmesan cheese
1
Egg yolk
2
tb
Minced fresh basil
¼
ts
Minced fresh thyme (OR 1/8 tsp dried)
¼
ts
Salt
¼
ts
Ground black pepper
4
Whole chicken legs (2 pounds)
2
tb
Fresh lemon juice
4
oz.
Bacon (4 slices)
Directions
- Mix the cheeses, egg yolk, basil, thyme, garlic and half the salt and pepper in a small bowl.
- Loosen skin at thigh and stuff about 1/4 cup of the filling under the skin of each leg.
- Tuck skin under leg to secure filling.
- Sprinkle with lemon juice and the remaining salt and pepper.
- Cut bacon strips in half and crisscross 2 halves over each thigh.
- Transfer legs to a large baking pan.
- Preheat oven to 450F.
- Adjust oven rack te the middle positon.
- Bake the chicken legs until their juices run clear when pierced with a fork, about 25 minutes.
- Transfer to warmed dinner plates and serve immediately.