Easy And Quick Drumstick Recipes

Baked Chicken Drumsticks Recipe is easy, delicious, and full of flavor!  Perfect for an easy weeknight dinner! Tender and juicy, this recipe is an absolute no-brainer. Simply marinate and bake for a recipe your family will be begging for time and time again!

I love these Baked Chicken Drumsticks because the skin gets crispy in the oven and the homemade marinade makes them so juicy. Plus, drumsticks are an inexpensive cut of meat that doesn’t skimp on taste! This recipe makes 10 drumsticks so your family no longer has to fight over who gets a leg. Similar to cooking chicken thighs, the secret here is all in the marinade. Just a few pantry staples like olive oil, seasonings, and lemon juice are whisked together to create a classic combination that gives you tons of side dish options. Letting the chicken soak in the homemade marinade for at least a couple of hours really seals in all of the flavor and guarantees the chicken comes out tender and juicy instead of dried out. Easy Baked Chicken Drumsticks aren’t in my weekly rotation for nothing!

The marinade for these Chicken Drumsticks pairs well with a myriad of side dishes! All sorts of veggies, potatoes, or even mac and cheese would be delicious. Try my Perfect Mashed Potatoes and Roasted Green Beans, or maybe extra cheesy Baked Mac and Cheese and some of my Perfect Baked Beans to complete your meal!

Simple Chicken Drumstick Recipes

Store leftover Baked Chicken Drumsticks in an airtight container in the fridge for about 3-4 days. Heat back up in the oven until warmed through, or eat cold! These are great right out of the fridge for a next day lunch or midnight snack. 

Easy, delicious, and full of flavor, these Baked Chicken Drumsticks are perfect for a weeknight dinner! Tender and juicy, this recipe is an absolute no-brainer. Simply marinate and bake for a recipe your family will be begging for time and time again!

Sodium: 870 mg | Calcium: 15 mg | Vitamin C: 0.1 mg | Vitamin A: 135 IU | Sugar: 5 g | Potassium: 204 mg | Cholesterol: 69 mg | Calories: 212 kcal | Saturated Fat: 2 g | Fat: 14 g | Protein: 14 g | Carbohydrates: 6 g | Iron: 0.8 mg

Lemon Garlic Baked Chicken Drumsticks

Nichole is the founder and CEO of The Salty Marshmallow. Her passion for cooking and baking began over a decade ago, and she specializes in easy recipes with big flavor that the whole family will love! Read more about Nichole here.These Quick Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks are crispy on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside, and can be made in under 30 minutes. Plus, they only require a few ingredients so they are perfect to make on a busy weeknight.

Drumsticks are amazing because they are not only delicious but ridiculously inexpensive, too! They can be used as a substitute in any chicken thigh or chicken leg recipe, and you can get away with spending just a few bucks on an entire meal for a large family. Note: a good rule of thumb is to serve 1 drumstick per kid, or 2 per adult.

The secret to getting that crispy oven-fried flavor is buttering up the skin, so be sure to keep the skin on for this delicious recipe. We season these with onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika but you can use this as a base and get creative.

Honey Garlic Chicken Drumsticks

Check out our video that will guide you through making this Simple Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks recipe step-by-step. Trust us - they are so good, and so easy!

Chicken drumsticks are the kind of dish that will go great with just about anything, especially since these are so simply seasoned. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

You want the oven temperature to be nice and hot, but not too hot!  We’ve settled at 400 degrees - this temperature gets the skin nice and crispy and bakes the chicken fast enough so that it never has a chance to dry out in the oven.  

Slow Cooker Chicken Drumsticks

If you try to bake them much lower, you risk dry chicken with no crispy skin.  Or, if you try much higher and you may torch the outside before the chicken cooks through completely.

The cooking time may vary, depending on how crowded your oven is, how often you open the oven door and simply the oven itself, so always be sure to use an instant-read thermometer to check the doneness.

A chicken leg includes both the drumstick and the thigh.  A drumstick is, well, just the drumstick!  You can absolutely substitute either chicken legs or chicken thighs in this recipe, you will just need to adjust the baking time depending on the size of each piece of chicken.

Baked Chicken Drumsticks Recipe {easy, Healthy & Super Crispy}

These Simple Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks are crispy on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside and can be made in under 30 minutes.  Plus, they only require a few ingredients so they are perfect to make on a busy weeknight.

Calories: 283 kcal | Carbohydrates: 7 g | Protein: 21 g | Fat: 18 g | Saturated Fat: 8 g | Cholesterol: 125 mg | Sodium: 478 mg | Potassium: 284 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 1 g | Vitamin A: 501 IU | Vitamin C: 1 mg | Calcium: 15 mg | Iron: 1 mg

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Chicken Drumstick Recipes

These Simple Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks are crispy on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside and can be made in under 30 minutes. Plus, they only require a few ingredients so they are perfect to make on a busy weeknight.These Easy Baked Chicken Drumsticks with dry rub is a perfect chicken recipe for entertaining, great finger food for children and it only requires 5 key ingredients.

It is quick, simple to make, and no marination is needed. Enjoy these easy oven-baked drumsticks with another side dish of choice, serve it with this creamy pasta salad, sauteed peas or watermelon feta salad.

All you need to make these easy-baked chicken drumsticks are a handful of pantry staple spices. This chicken drumstick doesn’t require marinating. All you need do is gather the 5 core ingredients together, mix and rub it on the chicken then bake in the oven.

Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks

You can either choose to bake (roast) or grill, whatever you choose to do with these chicken drumsticks, you can never go wrong.

I am not a lover of chicken skin, but I make an exception when I make these dry rub chicken drumsticks or chicken wings.

My family loved and happily ate these chicken legs. It is just beautiful. Juicy, tender, and flavor-packed. Let me show you how to make it in simple steps.

Baked Curried Chicken Drumsticks

Trust the ingredients below with your chicken drumsticks and thank me later. This dry spice rub would work for other chicken parts as well, you might need to adjust the recipe to accommodate the size of chicken you will be using

To a small mixing bowl, combine smoked paprika, mixed herbs, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper, then mix together. Coat chicken drumsticks with the dry rub when you are to bake.

Arrange the drumsticks on a baking rack in a single layer over a baking sheet, spray with cooking spray/ olive oil. Alternatively, arrange on a lined baking tray with an aluminium foil or parchment paper.

Easy Baked Chicken Legs

Typically, drumsticks bake in the oven quicker than any other parts of the chicken. More importantly, the size of the chicken determines how long you bake the chicken. Also, the type of oven used would also play a factor in how long your chicken would bake for.

Bake these chicken drumsticks at a high temperature of 375F/190C between 35 to 45 minutes. Bake the chicken for 20 minutes then flip sides and continue baking for another 15 to 25 minutes (this step is optional as you can cook chicken drumstick in the oven without the need to flip it).

Alternatively, cook chicken legs according to the instruction on the packet. No matter how long you decide to bake your chicken for, ensure that it is cooked through and no longer pink.

Sweet 'n Sticky Baked Chicken Drumsticks

Check for the doneness of the chicken by opening one up and if it no longer pink and clear water runs through it, then it is cooked. You can also use a meat thermometer and the internal chicken temperature should read 165F/74C

These are my favorite ways of serving these delicious, juicy, and flavorful chicken legs. I pair them with this simple spicy couscous (Recipe coming soon)

In the fridge: make sure the chicken is completely cooled before transferring it to an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Crispy Baked Chicken Drumsticks Recipe

To reheat: simply warm