Baked Frog Legs
Sounds interesting and is on my to cook list. First recipe I have seen for cheese to be used with frog legs. I buy local caught frogs and use the legs only, but the rest of the body is used by some family members so there is very little waste.
Equipment
- Oven
- Baking Pan
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- 12 frog legs, skinned, cleaned, (6 pair)
- 3 slices bread, torn into fine crumbs
- ½ cup butter, softened, (½ block / 1 stick)
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- ¼ onion, finely diced
- 1 teaspoon garlic, smashed and minced
- pinch ground cumin
- pinch dried rosemary
- pinch dried tarragon
- salt, as desired
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180° C (350° F). Fit some foil or parchment paper in the bottom of a 7x11 inch baking dish. (I will verify the size of the dish needed.)
- Add the ingredients from butter down to salt into a bowl and mix well. Place the bread crumbs in a shallow bowl.
- Dip a frog leg into the cheese and egg mixture coating it well, let excess drip off. Roll the leg in the bread crumbs, then place in the baking dish.
- Repeat for remaining legs, keeping the legs evenly spaced in a single layer in the dish. Spoon any remaining cheese egg mixture evenly over the legs.
- Bake until golden brown, 30-50 minutes. (I will verify the time when I make these.)
- Serve.
Notes
I bought 3 whole (skinned, cleaned) frogs at the village market for 60 Baht ($1.81) and just the legs, with feet removed, came out to 190 grams (6.7 oz). I will say 6 legs is a serving, so this is fair priced. (The rest of the frogs, those went to a brother in law for him to cook, nothing wasted, as I would not have bought them to just remove the legs and discard the rest.)
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