Spicy Hot Chicken Legs

Not just like Buffalo Wings, but still quite tasty. My crockpot book suggests sauteeing chicken with the skin on in a few T's oil before putting into the crock-pot. Do this if you think you may eat the skin. If not, don't bother, its just extra work.

I actually joined this site JUST to review this recipe. :) It's getting five stars for one reason: it is the FIRST meal I have ever cooked that got such enthusiastic thumbs up from not one (that's easy!) but both kids. And my husband loves everything I cook, so his opinion doesn't even go toward this rating, although that would just cement the five. :)

This is good recipe! I'm not a big fan of dark meat but a friend bought a huge package of chicken legs and I needed a good recipe so I made these for Christmas dinner to accompany the main dish. I must admit I changed it a little only because I wanted crispier texture but juicy so I rubbed the legs in olive oil, seasoned, and let them marinate in refridgerator overnite. I used a package of 13 legs so I had to adjust seasoning to the amount of chicken. I baked them on 350 for almost an hour without foil. Placing butter pieces on each leg during this hour. I took them out the oven and covered well with the hot sauce. I baked them at least another half hour. I served them with Bob's blue cheese dressing also from this site with fresh cut celery. My family loved it! Thank you. Note: I used seasoning salt instead of iodized, or kosher and fresh black pepper. Did not measure, just covered well. None of the other ingrediants were changed. Be careful with your seasoning salt because the hot sauce with provide additional salt. Thanks again, it was definitely a hit!

I was hesitant about making this in the crockpot since my family doesn't like meat done this way. I liked the idea of baking it the last 30 mins. so I gave it a try. We were all pleasantly surprised. I had 16 chicken legs and two crockpots so I put half in each. I did one recipe exactly as listed. Very very very yummy!!! The other I used one of the variations from the reviews and instead of the hot sauce, I used some chicken broth. I also added sliced onions and two cans of mushrooms because my kids don't like spicy foods. This also turned out wonderful! I served both varieties with cooked rice. I poured the juices over the rice. We loved it. This is my favorite recipe from this site. I'll use it again and again. Thanks!!

Good recipe! I Highly recommend putting it in the oven to make it crispier. It looks awfully pale without browning. It might also work to brown before placing in the crockpot.

This is SO Yummy! This was an immediate and enthusiastic winner with my 3 teens and husband!! I followed the recipe except I used a combination of legs and thighs, added a couple of dashes of Liquid Smoke, and used less butter - only 1 T. I removed all the skin from the chicken - it was very moist and the flavor was awesome. I did place in 400 oven for 30 minutes after the Crockpot. I served it with hot cooked buckwheat and we spooned the excess sauce over the chicken and the grain -- rice or any other grain would work just as well. I will definitely make this again as it was a real family pleaser.

This chicken was very good and easy. I think it needs a little more seasoning is not that spicy. Also the browning in the oven really makes it turn out nicer. I will fix this again.

This just tasted like chicken with hot sauce. I'll do it again, but not in the crockpot. The crockpot made it accumalate too much juice and I just had to reseason the chicken and put it in the oven.

Everyone loved this... even the kids. I added more sauce at the end before baking to make them extra spicy. Will def make again.

Yumy yumy yumy--I got love in my tummy. Made exactly as is. I like the idea of NOT browining prior to putting in the crock pot. I thought the idea of this recipe was to have "hot wings" with out all the calories----and it delivers. I used only 7 chicken legs and Smart Balance butter. This would be great to take to a potluck. Thanks for the recipe.