
canadian
Roast Chicken Legs with Root Vegetables & Gravy-Style Jus
Sunday-style roast dinner from one pan
⏱ 60 min· Easy· serves 2· gluten-free
$4.38/servingat the cheapest of your stores this week · 6 ingredients on sale
Ingredients
- chicken drumstick700 g
- potato3 ea
- carrot3 ea
- parsnip2 ea
- lemon1 ea
- garlic6 cloves
- olive oil3 tbsp
- rosemary leaves1 tsp dried
- chicken stock⅔ cup scant
Method

1Prep
- Heat the oven to 400F.
- Cut the potatoes, carrots and parsnips into 1 inch chunks.
- Pat the chicken very dry.
- Season the chicken generously with salt, pepper and the rosemary.

2Everything on the pan
- Toss the potatoes, carrots, parsnips and whole garlic cloves with the olive oil in a roasting pan.
- Season the vegetables with salt and pepper.
- Nestle the chicken on top, skin side up.
- Cut the lemon into quarters and tuck them between the chicken.

3Roast
- Roast 45 to 50 minutes until the chicken reads 165F at the bone and the skin crackles.
- Let it rest on a board for 5 minutes.

4Jus
- Set the roasting pan over a burner and add the stock.
- Scrape up every browned bit and let it bubble 2 minutes until slightly reduced.
- Squeeze in the roasted lemon quarters.
- Crush a roasted garlic clove or two into the jus.

5Plate
- Divide the vegetables between two plates.
- Set the chicken on top.
- Spoon the jus over everything.
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