We enjoy lots of chicken dishes, but one thing I grew up eating that I haven't had in YEARS is chicken legs. I don't know why, but we just don't make them very often. With my family in town this past week, I wanted to try something new for them, so we made honey mustard lime chicken legs in the crock pot and they were excellent!
Honey Mustard Lime Chicken Legs (Crockpot Style) - Modified from Kindra at Meal Planning 101
8-10 chicken legs
1/3 C spicy brown mustard*
3 T honey*
2-3 large garlic cloves, minced
1 T soy sauce
4 T lime juice (and some lime zest, if you have some)
In a medium bowl, mix together the honey/mustard, garlic, lime and soy sauce.
Place the chicken breasts in the crockpot (I was lazy and left the skin on, which was easy to remove after cooking!).
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Pour some of the sauce over the bottom chicken legs, then top with the remaining chicken legs and the remaining sauce.
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Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
The chicken gets super tender this way. I like it like this, but, if you don't want your chicken falling off the bone, then I might suggest cooking it for a little shorter amount of time, until the chicken reaches 180 degrees.
Serve with rice and green veggies!
*You can also use 1/2 C honey mustard (either mustard or salad dressing varieties should be just fine)
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