Baked chicken legs(drumsticks).
Baked chicken legs(drumsticks)are a tasty and effortless main dish you can combine with rice, pasta, and noodles to make a filling meal for family and friends.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 45 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- The ingredients mentioned below use standard measuring cups and spoons.
- Ingredients for baked chicken drumsticks.
- 8 chicken drumsticks(skin on)
- 1 teaspoon of black pepper
- 1/2 a teaspoon of red chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon of ginger powder(substitute with 1 tablespoon of grated ginger)
- 1 teaspoon of onion powder
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 2 tablespoons of hot sauce(I used Sriracha sauce)
- 2 tablespoons of oil
- Salt to season
Instructions
- 1
Wash and clean the chicken drumsticks and place them in a colander to drain excess water.
- 2
Once excess water is drained, use paper kitchen towels to pat dry the chicken legs.
- 3
Add black pepper, red chilli powder, ginger powder, onion powder, honey, hot sauce, salt to season, and oil into a large bowl(bowl should be able to hold the 8 drumsticks as well).
- 4
Mix until combined well.
- 5
Add the dry chicken drumsticks to the bowl. toss until they are well combined.
- 6
Use a disposable glove to avoid staining your nails, or use a bowl with a lid to shake and mix the seasoning with the legs.
- 7
Refrigerate for 30 to 60 minutes for the chicken drumsticks to marinate well.
- 8
How to bake the chicken legs(drumsticks).Remove the chicken legs from your refrigerator 15 minutes before baking time.
- 9
Preheat oven to 200C. Toss the chicken drumsticks well and place them in a foil-covered baking pan.
- 10
Leave space between the chicken legs on the baking sheet.
- 11
Once the oven preheats, set your oven time to 45 minutes. Place the chicken legs in the oven, bake for 20 minutes,
- 12
Flip them over, and bake for another 20 minutes.
- 13
The last 5 minutes, flip them over again, you can bake for the allotted time(5 minutes)or broil them.
- 14
Remove from the oven, let the chicken leg(drumsticks) rest, and brush or coat the flavoured dripping on the baked chicken legs for added flavour and moisture.
- 15
For best results, serve warm.