Recipe Chicken Quarters Oven
Sprinkle generously with seasoning of choice.
Recipe chicken quarters oven. After an hour increase oven temp to 400 and bake 15 minutes. Pat leg quarters dry with a paper towel. Place the chicken leg quarters in the bottom of a rimmed baking sheet or a baking dish.
Then raise the temperature of the oven to 425f and remove the foil. 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. Bake 40 45 minutes until chicken reaches 175 180.
Spread the mixture across chicken leg quarters and sprinkle with additional seasoning. Combine butter oil fresh herbs if using and seasoning in a small bowl. Add the salt pepper and spices in my case sweet hungarian paprika powder with a touch of hot paprika powder.
Depending on how much juice the chicken produces you may want to add a splash of water. Sprinkle the skin with garlic powder seasoned salt and dill weed to taste. Preheat the oven to 400 f.
Place on middle rack in over and bake uncovered for an hour. Increase the baking time to 45 to 50 minutes. Evenly sprinkle the seasonings on both sides of each quarter and gently pat to make the seasonings stick.
Pour 1 2 cup of chicken broth into the bottom of the baking dish. Place the sheet with chicken in the middle rack of a preheated oven and bake for 1 hour and 30 40 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400 and prepare a rimmed pan with rack.