I showed Fuzz this article, and he was like "WTF is so special about baked chicken legs?" And it's true; the ingredients are pretty simple -- just salt and pepper, a soupçon of olive oil, and the legs. You basically pop them in the oven, and Bob's your uncle, baked chicken legs! The commenters seemed to be singing the praises of these simple leggies to high heaven. They were so fanatical about the glory and wonderousness that is baked chicken legs, that I had to try it and figure out what the deal was. We made a half-batch for dinner soon afterward.
Well, I must say, dinner was rather unimpressive that night. "Um, yeah, it's just chicken," Fuzz said, picking at his legs. I wasn't quite as snobby about it as he was, and enjoyed it for what it was -- just some simple chicken, salt and pepper, a tiny bit of Frank's, no big whoop. We packed up the excess legs, and within a day or two, I was requesting some of the leftovers for lunch and/or dinner. Much to Fuzz's surprise, I enjoyed the hell outta those leftovers!
For the record, I don't consider these baked chicken legs to be quite as orgasmic as the enthusiastic commenters in each blog. However, these sure were easy. And the leftovers were just what a mobility-challenged gal like me needs on a high-pain-score day: plentiful, great without heating, and highly "grabbable." What's more, a medium-sized chicken leg, sans frying or crazy sauces and condiments, is approximately about 70 calories or so (80-something if you absolutely have to eat the chicken skin). So, even though I wouldn't call them God's gift to chicken legs, I would absolutely say that they're very tasty in their own right, convenient, and quite healthy too. I'll be experimenting with some more seasoning techniques in the future, and will let you know how it goes!
P.S. Apologies for the lame-ass clip art -- it was either clip art or nothing, and I didn't want to break my own anti-perfection rule! Turns out that my Motorola Cliq has officially bitten the dust! Fortunately, my replacement phone has been ordered, and should be arriving any day now. So I'll be going back to some more regular posting in the near future, I'm sure. :)
