Roasted Chicken Legs with Fennel and Celery Salad

This elevated version of buffalo wings is simply delicious. I love to cook these in the smoker, but an oven works just as well.

Ingredients

• 1 pound chicken drumsticks

• 1 tablespoon paprika

• 1 teaspoon salt

• ½ teaspoon pepper

• 1 bulb fennel, thinly sliced

• 2 ribs celery, thinly sliced

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

• 2 tablespoon olive oil

• ¼ cup sambal oelek (or hot sauce of choice)

• 3 tablespoons butter

Instructions

1. Toss chicken with paprika, salt, and pepper. If you have time marinate for 1-2 hours.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

3. Roast chicken for 40-50 minutes until cooked through

4. In the meantime make fennel/celery salad and hot sauce.

5. For the salad add thinly sliced fennel and celery to a bowl, mix with 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 2 tablespoons olive oil

6. To make the hot sauce, melt butter, then mix in hot sauce.

7. Serve chicken with hot sauce, salad and dipping sauces of choice

Takes 30 minutes

Serves 4