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Roasted garlic, lemon & rosemary chicken drumsticks recipe

August 08, 2012
by Chelsea Winter
cheap chicken recipes, chicken drumsticks, chicken recipes, easy chicken recipes
25 Comments

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Roasted Chicken Drumsticks

Roasted chicken drumsticks

This recipe is from Homemade Happiness. Chicken drumsticks are underrated. They’re good value and packed with lots of chicken flavour; they also stay tender and moist while cooking. This is a quick drumstick recipe to prepare – just cram everything on to an oven tray and let the oven do the work.  One of my husband’s favourites! The lemon slices cook and blacken slightly, and add a lovely subtle flavour (you can eat them if you want). But possibly the best thing about this dish is the garlic…the cloves turn into crunchy, sweet little caramelised bites of pure delight. If I can be bothered, at the end I sometimes make a quick gravy in the baking tray, and pour it over the drums on the serving dish.

Ingredients

1-2kg chicken drumsticks
1-2 whole heads of garlic, broken into cloves but left in their skins
1-2 peeled & quartered onions
2-3 stalk fresh rosemary, leaves pulled off and chopped
1 medium lemon, sliced very thinly
1/4 cup olive oil
Salt and pepper

Method

Preheat the oven to 160c fan bake.

On a baking tray, arrange drumsticks, garlic, onions, rosemary leaves, and lemon.

Drizzle everything with the olive oil, and give it all a good toss to coat. Season generously with salt and freshly cracked black pepper.

Bake in the oven for about 1 hour 15 minutes, or until the chicken is golden and crispy and everything else is caramelised. Baste the drums every 20 minutes or for max flavour and tenderness. Turn the oven up to 200c for 10 minutes or so at the end to caramelise everything if you need to.

Then you can make a gravy if you like, with 1 tbsp cornflour in a cup or so of water, heat on the element. Scrape up all those yummy bits from the bottom. Serve everything on a nice plate and tuck in!

This is lovely served with a fresh green salad, and maybe some new potatoes or creamy mash, or just crusty bread and butter; whatever you like. And the drumsticks (if there are any left) are FABULOUS cold for lunch the next day.

25 Comments
  1. Louise July 1, 2014 at 9:09 am Reply
    Made this last night and we demolished them! They did require quite alot of extra cooking time as after 1hr 15 min things weren't caramelised. So I increased the heat and changed to fan bake. Thanks for your great recipes. Really enjoying your website.
  2. Kath July 25, 2015 at 7:50 am Reply
    These are scrumptious!!! In fact it should be illegal for food to taste so good. Best part is all the pan scrapings ;) thanks Chelsea
    • Chelsea Winter August 15, 2015 at 5:14 am Reply
      Haha awesome - I agree!
  3. vanessa white March 24, 2016 at 8:51 am Reply
    Lemony deliciousness! Love!
  4. Bec March 27, 2016 at 2:49 am Reply
    Will be trying this one tonight Chelsea nice to meet you the other day at fritter fest , just remember if you ever come over to Baylys beach and want to cruise on the beach on our horses you have our card cheers Bec durrant
    • Chelsea Winter April 19, 2016 at 5:11 am Reply
      Thanks, Bec!
  5. Carole August 29, 2016 at 9:27 am Reply
    Great recipe.I made this and yum and so easy. Tastes classy.gone are boring plain drumsticks !
  6. Angela September 20, 2016 at 4:19 am Reply
    Sound delicious. Making these tonight but don't have rosemary so am going to substitute with thyme. Hope they are just as good
  7. Natasha November 16, 2016 at 4:30 am Reply
    Making them right now I love how easy it is and I am sure will taste fantastic.
  8. Val patch January 19, 2017 at 9:13 am Reply
    Made it tonight, so very easy and so very tasty. Thanks Chelsea
  9. Holley February 19, 2017 at 12:31 am Reply
    Hi Chelsea, I only have 700 grams of chicken drumsticks will this alter the cooking time ?
    • Chelsea Winter February 26, 2017 at 7:57 pm Reply
      No the same time :)
  10. Jenifer February 23, 2017 at 4:59 pm Reply
    I made this to go with my children's school lunches on Monday .They are 10,8 and 5 years old. It was such a hit I am making it again for today's lunch . Thank you .
  11. Trish March 6, 2017 at 2:16 am Reply
    Hi, thanks for this recipe. Having a special dinner for my partners' birthday on Friday and I have drumsticks for the main! Think I might serve with homemade bread rolls and a salad...any other suggestions if the weather is cooler, ie hot vegies? Thanks again.
    • Chelsea Winter March 7, 2017 at 1:22 am Reply
      Cool weather, just serve with potatoes and steamed brocc or green beans!
      • Trish March 8, 2017 at 2:18 am Reply
        Cool, thank you!! Can't wait to try these on Friday!!
  12. summah May 18, 2017 at 6:48 am Reply
    Pulled chicken drums out of the freezer/Google/always Chelsea winter recipes. This sounds amazing can't wait to make this tomorrow night thank you
  13. Tonia July 4, 2017 at 5:26 am Reply
    Just popped these in the oven now can't wait for them to be ready!
  14. Rebecca August 28, 2017 at 8:04 am Reply
    I made this today, huge hit. It made the house smell amazing and tasted even better. Served with wilted spinach and southern style cornbread. Kids went back for second helpings.
  15. Bighurt October 11, 2017 at 6:37 pm Reply
    These look so good - almost like cheating on my low carb diet!
  16. Elyzae-Rose Matangaro April 30, 2018 at 5:51 am Reply
    Tried this recipe. Was absolutely delicious. Maybe not sooo much lemon next time. Kids thought it was yummy aswell.
  17. Bex May 21, 2018 at 11:17 pm Reply
    Could these be cooked in the slow cooker?
    • Chelsea Winter July 8, 2018 at 11:42 pm Reply
      No sorry!
  18. TJ June 25, 2019 at 4:55 am Reply
    This is my new go-to for chicken drums. The blackened lemony bits are sooooo good and house smells amazing while it’s cooking.
  19. Amber C September 7, 2020 at 7:03 am Reply
    Made this recipe tonight for our family of 4 (2 adults, 2 kids - 15yrs and 5yrs) and everyone loved it. So easy and tasty!

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