Sweet and Spicy Baked Chicken Legs

Juicy and tender and baked right in the oven. You control the spice... add more chili powder. Want more heat... add more hot sauce 🔥

Ingredients:

4 chicken legs, split

2 tbsps vegetable oil

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp smoked paprika

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1 cup fresh pineapple chunks

Sauce:

1 tbsp honey

1-2 tsps buffalo sauce (or your fave like sriracha or Frank's)

juice and zest of 1/2 lemon

salt and pepper to taste

(And more hot sauce if you like it hot, these were mild. I'm a wimp!)

Separate the thighs and drums and pat the chicken dry. Mix the vegetable oil, chili powder, garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper together in a bag. Toss the chicken in and shake and massage to get the pieces well coated.

Place the chicken on a parchment lined baking sheet, preferably with high sides. I used a regular sheet and almost had a greasy, juicy tsunami in the oven!

Put the pineapple chunks in the same bag the chicken had been in and give it a shake. Then put the pineapple in between the chicken pieces.

Bake at 375°F for 50 minutes.

Mix the sauce ingredients together and spoon onto the chicken. Return to the oven for 15 minutes basting a couple of times.

That's it!