Ingredients:
1/4 cup flour (you can use gluten-free flour)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 lb chicken legs (about 3-4 large chicken legs)
2 tablespoons olive oil
10 oz mushrooms, sliced in half
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup chicken stock
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup heavy cream
Instructions:
In a small bowl, combine the flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper. Dredge the chicken legs in this seasoned flour mixture, coating them evenly.
Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Add the chicken legs, skin side down, and brown them for about 4 minutes until the skin turns a nice golden color. Flip the chicken legs over to the other side and brown for about 3 minutes. Remove the browned chicken legs from the skillet and set aside. Also, remove any parts of olive oil that got too dark from browning the chicken with the flour mixture.
To the same skillet, add the mushrooms (sliced in half) and minced garlic. Add an extra tablespoon of olive oil if needed. Sauté them together on medium heat for 2 minutes.
Add the chicken stock to the skillet, scraping up the browned bits at the bottom of the pan. Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt and stir.
Place the chicken legs back in the pan. Bring the chicken stock to a boil, then cover and reduce the heat to simmer on low-medium.
Simmer the chicken legs for 25-30 minutes, until the chicken is completely cooked through and the juices run clear when the chicken is cut in the middle.
Remove the cooked chicken legs to a plate and keep them warm.
Turn the heat under the skillet to medium-high, and simmer the mushroom sauce for about 4 minutes until it is reduced by about a third.
Stir in the 1/2 cup heavy cream into the mushroom sauce and simmer for another 2 minutes on low-medium heat, constantly stirring and scraping from the bottom of the skillet, until the sauce gets thicker.
Add the chicken legs back to the skillet to warm them up.
Serve the Baked Legs with Cream of Mushroom hot and enjoy!