Paleo Chicken Legs and Finger Potatoes with Bacon

No this isn't a trick, you can definitely tell the family they'll be having fingers and legs for dinner. by Marla Sarris, updated February 9, 2015 Posted on January 31, 2012

Paleo Recipe Paleo Chicken Legs and Finger Potatoes with Bacon

Marla Sarris is the founder of Paleo Porn, co-author of Pigskin Paleo (along with her husband Jeff), and project manager at SPYR. After tirelessly dedicating six years to teaching Mathematics at one of the top High Schools in the nation, she left her all-consuming career in pursuit of a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. She continues to indulge her passion for teaching through Paleo Porn.

Fingers and Legs, it’s what’s for dinner!

I’m not one to make chicken legs often but this one-dish meal will help you have dinner ready and on the table within the hour.

After making a garlic chicken leg recipe for Christmas dinner, I was inspired to create another Paleo chicken legs recipe. Plus, the pack of legs looked good so I couldn’t pass them up and they were also on sale, bazinga! :)

Paleo Chicken Legs and Finger Potatoes with Bacon

Yield: 3-4 Servings

Ingredients

2lbs organic fingerling potatoes
2lbs pasture-raised chicken legs
coarse ground sea salt, to taste
4 cloves garlic, sliced
2 heaping tablespoons bacon fat, melted (or your choice of fat: coconut oil, tallow, lard, etc.)
6 slices of bacon

Directions

Preheat oven to 400°F.
Wash and slice the potatoes into equivalent pieces.
Pat chicken legs with a paper towel and transfer to an 11x7-inch glass baking dish. Season legs on both sides with sea salt.
Add sliced potatoes around and on top of legs. Season with sea salt.
Scatter sliced garlic around potatoes.
Drizzle fat over potatoes and chicken.
Lay bacon slices on top.
Transfer dish to the preheated oven. Bake for 20 minutes, toss the potatoes and rotate the try, bake for 30 more minutes.
Remove dish from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Enjoy! :)

About the Author Marla Sarris

Marla Sarris is the founder of Paleo Porn, co-author of Pigskin Paleo (along with her husband Jeff), and project manager at SPYR. After tirelessly dedicating six years to teaching Mathematics at one of the top High Schools in the nation, she left her all-consuming career in pursuit of a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. She continues to indulge her passion for teaching through Paleo Porn.