{"id":15942,"date":"2013-01-23T21:58:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T02:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/?p=15942"},"modified":"2019-08-22T23:24:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T03:24:39","slug":"roast-chicken-legs-with-mushroom-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/roast-chicken-legs-with-mushroom-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Roast Chicken Legs with Mushroom Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"

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These photographs of Roast Chicken Legs with Mushroom Sauce<\/em>\u00a0were part of the series from my last post featuring Roasted Carrot Soup<\/a>. I photographed this series \u00a0for a client and none of the recipes are my own. I cannot share the recipes here, but I thought you might enjoy the photos and a few tidbits I learned during the project. I don’t think I’ve ever bought chicken legs (meaning thigh and drumstick all in one piece), and I was pleasantly surprised by them. First, chicken legs are cheap – even cheaper per pound than buying a whole bird. Second, there’s a lot of meat on those bones. Third, the meat is quite tasty.<\/p>\n

For this recipe, the chicken legs were simply roasted in a pan with onion wedges, a drizzle of oil, and a sprinkling of salt and pepper. \u00a0Once cooked through and golden brown, I set the chicken and onions aside and made a quick pan sauce. Saut\u00e9ed onions and mushrooms simmered in a mixture of pan juices, red wine, milk, and flour until the sauce thickened. While the sauce simmered my husband and I nibbled at the roast onion wedges, which were the best part of the dish! Following the recipe, I served the roast chicken on a platter with a generous handful of fresh parsley and mushroom sauce on the side. After cooking this recipe, I think I’ll be using chicken legs more often, especially in braised or stewed dishes that call for a whole bird broken down into 8 pieces.<\/p>\n

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Several of you commented favorably about the lighting in my Roasted Carrot Soup photos<\/a> a few days ago. Aside from new cooking techniques, I’ve been experimenting with artificial lighting since my north-facing apartment seems to be in perpetual darkness this time of year. The sun doesn’t rise high enough in the horizon to shine through my window, so I have to make my own light. Ever since I picked up a camera two years ago I’ve been in love with natural light. There’s something about it that really seems to bring photos alive. I often see good-looking photos that are technically correct but seem to lack something special, that spark. For these shoots I tried to create that energy using shadows to add drama. This was the first time I felt excited about the possibilities of artificial light, and I’m looking forward to learning more.<\/p>\n

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These photographs of Roast Chicken Legs with Mushroom Sauce\u00a0were part of the series from my last post featuring Roasted Carrot Soup. I photographed this series \u00a0for a client and none of the recipes are my own. I cannot share the recipes here, but I thought you might enjoy the photos and a few tidbits I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[157,233,93,211,241],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15942"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15942"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19211,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15942\/revisions\/19211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}