Buffalo Leg Quarters

Name: Buffalo Leg Quarters
Cook time: 45 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 chicken leg quarters, about 3 pounds total; Kosher salt, for seasoning; 2 tablespoons potato starch; 1 tablespoon baking soda; 1 stick (4 ounces) butter; 1 cup Buffalo Hot sauce, such as Frank's Red Hot; Green onions, thinly sliced, optional for garnish; 1 cup sour cream; 1 cup mayo; 8 ounces blue cheese crumbs; 1/4 cup buttermilk; Kosher salt, for seasoning; Black pepper, for seasoning

With Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

4.5

Recipe By

Fey&Mark

PublishedJul 20, 2022

#Blue cheese#Butter#Green onion#Hot sauce#Mayo#Potato#Sour cream

What You Need

Ingredients

Serving Multiplier

014 chicken leg quarters, about 3 pounds total
02Kosher salt, for seasoning
032 tablespoons potato starch
041 tablespoon baking soda
051 stick (4 ounces) butter
061 cup Buffalo Hot sauce, such as Frank's Red Hot
07Green onions, thinly sliced, optional for garnish

Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

011 cup sour cream
021 cup mayo
038 ounces blue cheese crumbs
04¼ cup buttermilk
05Kosher salt, for seasoning
06Black pepper, for seasoning

Step by Step

Instructions

01
Season the chicken leg quarters generously with kosher salt. Combine the potato starch and baking soda in a fine mesh strainer and dust the leg quarters on each side with this mixture. Set aside for 30 minutes to crisp the skin.
02
Heat a grill for medium heat. Melt the butter in a medium saute pan over direct heat. Add the hot sauce and stir to combine well. Let this mixture hang out off heat while you grill chicken.
03
Make the blue cheese sauce by mixing together the sour cream, mayo, blue cheese, kosher salt and pepper. Chill while the chicken cooks.
04
Cook the chicken leg quarters over direct medium heat for 35 to 40 minutes, turning often, or until they reach 165 degrees F. When they reach this temp, use tongs to swath them through the buffalo sauce on both sides, even spooning over some of the sauce. Then return to the grill until they are caramelized and reach 170 degrees, and additional 10 to 15 minutes. Serve the leg quarters with a sprinkling of green onion and the blue cheese sauce.

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