This Chicken Leg Toast might look like a joke, or some gimmicky attempt at clickbait, but believe it or not, this was carefully conceptualized, and thoughtfully executed, and I was beyond thrilled with the result. If you liked our Million Dollar Chicken, you will love this. Enjoy!

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Makes 2 portions of Chicken Leg Toast:

2 chicken drumsticks
1/4 cup diced carrot
1/4 cup diced celery
1/4 cup diced onion
2 cups chicken broth
freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
1 teaspoon lemon zest
cayenne to taste
1/3 cup crème fraiche or heavy cream 2 large eggs
2 very thick slices day old French bread (1 to 1 1/2 inch thick)
1 tablespoon butter for browning bread, plus a teaspoon for greasing pan
2 tablespoons grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

For optional ?dragon syrup?:
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 tablespoon sriracha hot sauce
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Basic steps:

Add the chicken, carrots, onions, celery, and broth to saucepan. Bring to simmer over high heat, and reduce heat to medium low. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, turn drumsticks over, cover and cook 20 minutes more.

Removed chicken to plate, allowed to cool, wrap and transfer into refrigerator until needed.

Turn heat to medium-high and reduce cooking liquids in saucepan down to abo...