Braised chicken drumsticks recipe

Braised Chicken Drumsticks Recipe

For the longest time, if you weren’t eating white meat chicken, there was something wrong with you. I remember thinking people were crazy because drumsticks were so insanely delicious and very versatile. As long as you fully cook the chicken, the key is a good sauce or recipe to truly make it into a meal. I absolutely love making recipes using thighs, breasts and wings along with these drumsticks. You could say that I am an equal opportunity chicken lover. We hope that you love this Braised Chicken Drumsticks Recipe as much as we do.

Braised Chicken Drumsticks Recipe

Ingredients

• Braised drumsticks
• 2 pounds quality chicken drumsticks
• 1 teaspoon salt
• pepper to taste
• 1 large winter radish (or if not using, add in more pepper)
• zest from half a lemon
• dash of paprika
• ¼ cup smoky barbeque sauce
• 1.5 cups chicken stock (we used homemade that was still a little bit frozen, that is what looks a pinch
• slushy in the third image-but store bought definitely works)

Directions

1. Coat the drumsticks with the salt, pepper, zest and paprika then place in the Dutch oven and chill for a few hours. Allow the Dutch oven to come back to room temp before heating it up-or chill the chicken in a separate dish/bag.
2. Wash the winter radish and slice into ¼ inch thick rounds, set into the dish around the chicken.
3. Add the liquid to the Dutch oven and give a quick mix.
4. Cook on low for about 1.5 hours or until the chicken is cooked through and tender.
5. At this point, carefully remove the chicken and place on a tin foil lined tray.
6. Leave the liquid in the Dutch oven and turn the heat up to high, reduce the liquid by at least half then pour over the drumsticks. Broil for just a couple minutes to crisp up the outsides.

NOTE: This was a great dinner but could also be a fantastic appetizer.

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