This is my simple Colombian Style Roasted Chicken Legs. Easy and quick recipe for a weeknight meal.
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.
Pollo Asado is a Latin style roasted chicken full of flavor. 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.
Ingredients You'll Need
The printable recipe card with exact amounts and cooking directions is below.
Chicken: I like to use chicken legs to make this recipe, but feel free to use your favorite chicken part.
Vinegar: White vinegar helps the chicken to be tender.
Oil: I like to use olive oil, but you can use canola or corn oil if you prefer.
Vegetables: Scallions, onions and garlic to make the marinade.
Spices: Cumin, paprika, thyme, oregano, salt and black pepper.
Herbs: I love using fresh cilantro for this recipe, but you can replace it with parsley if you prefer.
How to Make Colombian Style Roasted Chicken
- In a food processor, place the scallions, garlic, onion, cilantro, thyme, oregano, vinegar, olive oil, 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 bottom of the oven and heat the broiler to high.
- Place the chicken legs on the baking sheet. Broil for about 15 minutes and turn the legs one time and cook for about 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.
More Chicken Recipes to Try
Roasted Chicken Breast with Honey and Lime
Roasted Chicken Legs with Lime
Chicken and Rice (Arroz con Pollo)
Colombian-Style Roasted Chicken Legs Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 chicken drumsticks skin on
- Cooking spray To prepared the baking sheet
- 5 scallions chopped
- 3 cloves garlic
- ½ cup chopped white onion
- ½ cup fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon thyme
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- Salt and pepper to your taste
- ¼ cup olive oil
Instructions
- In a food processor, place the scallions, garlic, onion, cilantro, thyme, oregano, vinegar, olive oil, 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 bottom of the oven and heat the broiler to high.
- Place the chicken legs on the baking sheet. Broil for about 15 minutes and turn the legs one time and cook for about 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.
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.