Baked Chicken Legs with Apples and Onions

This smells absolutely wonderful while baking! It's a simple, fall-friendly dish of chicken, apples, and onions. If you nestle the apples and onions down into the liquid they get super tender and are delicious alongside the tender roasted chicken. You could probably use just about any cut of chicken for this-I just happened to have a package of chicken legs in the refrigerator when I made this. The pan drippings can be turned into a tasty gravy, or just drizzle them as-is over the meat and some rice or mashed potatoes, if desired.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 478 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup water
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon dried rosemary
• ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
• 12 each bone-in chicken drumsticks, with skin
• 4 small apples - peeled, cored, and cut into wedges
• 2 large onions, peeled and cut into wedges

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour.

Step 3

Lay chicken in a roasting pan and season generously on both sides with salt and pepper. Pour apple cider vinegar and water into the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle chicken with rosemary and thyme. Arrange apple and onion wedges in and around the chicken. Drizzle everything with olive oil.

Step 4

Increase the temperature to 395 degrees F (202 degrees C) and bake until the chicken is lightly browned, 5 to 15 more minutes. You can also brown the chicken under the broiler.