Bacon Wrapped Chicken Legs by Kooking w/Kim

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Kooking w/Kim

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Six chicken legs are each paired with one piece of bacon in this oven recipe. The seasoning can be McCormick Sweet and Smoky Rub or another seasoning of your choice.

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Watch How to Make It

The chicken is seasoned both beneath and over the skin before the bacon is wrapped around each leg. Baking is followed by broiling on both sides, with the chicken cooked to an internal temperature of 165°F.

A woman holds up a bottle of McCormick Grill Mates Sweet & Smoky Rub over a baking sheet of raw chicken drumsticks seasoned with the same spice.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

Each chicken leg is prepared individually, so every portion gets its own seasoning and bacon wrap. The recipe also leaves room to use McCormick Sweet and Smoky Rub or a different seasoning you want to use.

The oven temperature stays the same for the baking stage, and the final broiling step is handled after the chicken reaches the required internal temperature. This creates a clear sequence from seasoning and wrapping through the final cook.

A woman with long red hair pouring oil from a glass dispenser onto raw chicken drumsticks arranged on a foil-lined baking sheet.

Ingredients You'll Need

The edible ingredients are chicken legs, bacon, oil, and seasoning. Use six chicken legs and six pieces of bacon, with one piece wrapped around each leg.

McCormick Sweet and Smoky Rub is named in the recipe, though another seasoning may be used instead. Oil is used to coat the chicken legs before the seasoning is added.

How To Make It

Start by heating the oven, then prepare the chicken legs with oil and seasoning before wrapping them. The chicken bakes first, then goes under the broiler on each side after it reaches the specified internal temperature.

Preheat the oven to 425°F. Pat the six chicken legs dry, then coat them with oil.

Sprinkle seasoning generously under the skin and over the top of the skin on each chicken leg. Use McCormick Sweet and Smoky Rub or the seasoning of your choice.

A woman wraps a strip of bacon around a seasoned chicken drumstick on a foil-lined baking sheet.

Wrap one piece of bacon around each chicken leg. With six chicken legs and six pieces of bacon, each leg receives one bacon wrap before baking.

Bake the bacon-wrapped chicken legs at 425°F for 30 to 40 minutes. Continue cooking until the internal temperature reaches 165°F.

After the chicken reaches 165°F internally, broil the legs for 4 to 5 minutes on each side. Keep the broiling step after the baking stage and turn the chicken so both sides are broiled for the stated time.

Serving & Variations

Serve the chicken legs after the baking and broiling steps are complete. The recipe allows the seasoning to be changed, so the same chicken-and-bacon preparation can be made with McCormick Sweet and Smoky Rub or another seasoning you choose.

A useful planning point is that the bacon is portioned one piece per chicken leg from the beginning. Season both under and over the skin before wrapping each leg, then use the internal temperature of 165°F as the required cooking target.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What temperature should I bake bacon wrapped chicken legs at?

Preheat the oven to 425F and bake the chicken legs at 425F.

How long do bacon wrapped chicken legs cook?

Bake them for 30 to 40 minutes, then broil for 4 to 5 minutes on each side.

What internal temperature should the chicken legs reach?

Bake the chicken legs until their internal temperature reaches 165F.

How much bacon do I need for this recipe?

Use 6 pieces of bacon, wrapping 1 piece around each of the 6 chicken legs.

How should I season the chicken legs?

Pat the chicken legs dry, coat them with oil, and sprinkle seasoning generously under and on top of the skin.

Wrapping Up

These chicken legs follow a direct oven method with seasoning beneath and over the skin, a bacon wrap for each portion, and a final broil on both sides. Use the stated internal temperature as the finish point for the baked chicken.

Recipe created by Kooking w/Kim for Trust Me Try It.

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