Pollo Asado is Latin style roasted chicken full of flavor. This is my simple Colombian version of roasted chicken legs. Easy and quick recipe for a weeknight meal.
Colombian-Style Roasted Chicken Legs (Piernas de Pollo Asadas a mi Estilo Colombiano)
Ingredients
- 12 chicken drumsticks skin on
- Cooking spray
- 5 scallions chopped
- 3 cloves garlic
- ½ cup chopped white onion
- ½ cup fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
Instructions
- In a food processor, place the scallions, garlic, onion, cilantro, thyme, vinegar, cumin, paprika, salt and pepper. Process to a paste.
- Place the chicken in a zip -bag and add the marinade. Move around to cover evenly. Refrigerate the chicken overnight.
- Cover a baking sheet with foil and coat with cooking spray. Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and heat the broiler to high.
- Place the chicken legs on the baking sheet. Broil for about 10 minutes and turn the legs one time and cook for 12 to 15 minutes more or until the chicken is cooked and the skin is browned. Let it rest for 5 minutes and transfer to a serving plate.
Nutrition
Asado or roasted, is one of my favorite ways to eat chicken. This is one of those dishes of which you’ll find many variations all over the world. In Colombia, we season the chicken with our traditional seasonings and let it sit in the fridge overnight which makes the meat moist and the skin very flavorful.
Colombian restaurants cook this style of chicken on horizontal rotisseries that you can see through the windows while walking on the streets. The smell of pollo asado is like heaven to me. Just writing this post makes me want to rush to the airport, travel to Medellín, and go to a restaurant called Kokoriko to eat a whole pollo asado with corn cakes(arepas) and salted potatoes(papa salada). I hope you enjoy this dish as much as I do.
Respondon
I finally got around to making this, and it was delicious. It really works!
WENDY
TRYN THIS TONITE. ALREADY HAVE IT MARINATING!!!!!!!!!!!! 😎
Erica
Hi, I will be trying this recipe this week, cant wait. You brought back memories of when I was little eating Kokoriko with my parents, we would buy it and take it to a park. They packed it in a carton like bag.
Take care,
Erica 🙂
Erica
Thank you everyone! Glad you liked it!
Muneeba
This is simple and perfect for a weeknight treat ... I think I'll pair these with your to-die-for saffron mashed potatoes!
Anna
Erica not only the chicken look amazing but I'm sure must taste delicious.
Felisha
How did I miss this post? lol. Looks delicious 🙂
Soma
What a beautiful color you have on the chicken there. Would be lovely with the potatoes.
nora@ffr
sure gonna make this for dinner!! m sure my husband would love it!!
cheers!!!
Erica
Thank you all for visiting!
Erica
Jhonny- You can find some of the stuff I use in my amazon store!
Ivy
Those drumsticks look full of flavour and so delicious.
Danielle
what a perfectly wonderful combo of seasonings! I'll have to give this a try
Barabara Bakes
I am so glad I stopped by your blog. This chicken looks fabulous! I can almost smell it too! I look forward to more wonderful recipes!
Tangled Noodle
If there's room, I'll join you in Medellin at Kokoriko! These are some of the most perfect looking roasted chicken drumsticks I've seen in a long time.
Respondon
I'll have to try that well after Thanksgiving 🙂 You don't have to go all the way to Colombia for Kokoriko, by the way...they have two metro Miami restaurants now, and they're trying to sell new franchises.