Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Honey-Ginger Chicken Drumsticks

I love a sweet and sticky glaze on chicken. There is just nothing more satisfying than eating a juicy piece of meat with a sweet sauce on it and licking your fingers clean. I saw this recipe for Honey-Ginger Chicken Wings on an episode of Dinner at Tiffani's (recipe is here). Looked like just what I was looking for! Some of those great Asian flavours I love, but still sweet and sticky. I don't really like wings though so I decided to try it on drumsticks and I just had to change how I cooked them. I made a 1/2 recipe since I was only cooking 6 drumsticks. I marinated them for 6 hours, but I used the whole sauce to marinate the chicken and then cooked the leftover marinade until it was reduced by about half so it was safe to eat. I baked these at 375 for 30 minutes and then flipped them to the other side to cook for 25 minutes. After 20 minutes on the first side, I brushed the reduced marinade on the chicken and then put on more marinade after 5 more minutes. I flipped the chicken over and let it go 15 minutes before brushing more marinade on. Again I put more sauce on after another 5 minutes. After another 5 minutes I put a generous amount of sauce on and then turned on the broiler and cooked these under the broiler for just a minute or two to crisp up the skin and get some of that grill-like char. This sauce was sooo good! It was sweet and thick and slightly bright/tangy from the lime and then there was the most pleasant ginger/garlic spice that came through. Greg and I both loved it! This will definitely be made again in our house


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