You need just a few ingredients to turn the sticky chicken drumsticks into a multiflavored yummy dish. These drumsticks are sticky, spicy, and sweet at the same time. This recipe is equally perfect for chicken thighs and wings or drumettes.
Firstly, we prepare the marinade for the drumsticks. Secondly, we cook the marinated drumsticks on low heat until golden brown with a perfectly crispy outer and juicy interior. Finally, we glaze the drumsticks with the sticky sauce.
In this recipe, you will learn the easy & simple process of making a delicious dish. You can easily make it at home. For step-by-step instructions, watch the video.
How to Make Sticky Chicken Drumsticks
We can prepare this yummy delight in just three simple and easy steps. Marinating the chicken drumsticks, preparing the sticky sauce, and finally cooking the drumsticks.
Marination
Take chicken drumsticks and give cuts to them and then prepare the marinade for these drumsticks.
In a mixing bowl combine salt, black pepper powder, paprika powder, garlic powder or paste, and white vinegar or lemon juice. Mix all the ingredients well.
Now apply this mixture thoroughly to the outer as well as to the inner of the cuts. Apply the marinade evenly and refrigerate the drumsticks for 30 minutes.
Sticky Sauce for Chicken Drumsticks
The sticky sauce is a part and parcel of this dish. This course gets its name after the sticky sauce.
Homemade sticky sauce ingredients are so simple; red chili sauce or barbecue sauce, soy sauce, tomato ketchup, white vinegar, and honey or sugar.
Take a mixing bowl and combine all these ingredients. Mix all the ingredients well and set aside this mixture.
Cooking the Drumsticks
After 30 minutes of marination, cook the marinated drumsticks. Pour 2 tbsp butter into a frying pan and melt it over low flame. Don’t keep the flame high. Spread the melted butter inside the frying pan.
Now place the drumsticks in the pan and cover it. Cook the drumsticks for 6 to 7 minutes. Make sure that the flame is low. After 7 minutes flip the sides of drumsticks, cover the pan again and cook for 6 to 7 minutes more.
After 7 minutes, change the sides of the drumsticks. By this time the drumsticks have excreted their water. Keep the heat low and cover the frying pan for another 7 to 8 minutes to produce the steam. Covering the pan is necessary to cook through the drumsticks till their interior.
After 7 minutes uncover the pan. Till that time the water will have been evaporated. If water is still there, continue cooking on low flame. This time keep the pan uncovered. Completely dry the water. Keep changing the sides of drumsticks till golden brown color. These drumsticks will take a total of 20 to 25 minutes to be cooked through.
Now pour prepared sticky sauce over the drumsticks. Keep stirring constantly along with changing the sides of drumsticks and coat the drumsticks well with the sauce. Keep stirring often on low flame till the sauce gets dense. Now turn off the flame.
Shift the sweety, salty, yummy, and sticky chicken drumsticks to the serving dish. This dish is versatile and can be served with any side dish of your choice.
You can garnish them with white sesame and chopped green part of green onion.
Sticky Chicken Drumsticks
Ingredients
- 5 pieces Chicken drumsticks (½ kg)
- 2 tbsp Butter
Marinade Ingredients
- ¾ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Black pepper powder
- 1 tsp Paprika powder
- ½ tsp Garlic powder or 1 tsp garlic paste
- 1 tbsp White vinegar or lemon juice
Sticky Sauce Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Red chilli sauce
- 2 tbsp Soy sauce
- 2 tbsp Tomato ketchup
- 1 tbsp Sugar or 1 & ½ tbsp Honey
- 1 tbsp White vinegar
Instructions
Marination For Chicken Drumsticks
- Take a chicken drumstick and apply cut to it as shown in the image.
- Repeat this process on all the chicken drumsticks.
- Now prepare the marinade for drumsticks. In a mixing bowl combine, salt, black pepper powder, paprika powder, garlic powder or paste, and white vinegar. Mix all the ingredients well.
- Now apply this mixture thoroughly to the outer side as well as to the inner of the cuts. Apply the marinade evenly. Next, refrigerate the drumsticks for 30 minutes.
Preparing the Sticky Sauce
- Take another mixing bowl. Prepare the mixture of soy sauce, red chili sauce, tomato ketchup, sugar or honey, and white vinegar. Mix all the ingredients well and set aside this mixture.
Cooking the Chicken Drumsticks
- After 30 minutes of marination, now cook the marinated drumsticks. Pour 2 tbsp butter into the frying pan and melt it over low flame. Spread the melted butter inside the frying pan.
- Now place the drumsticks in the pan and cover it. Cook the drumsticks for 6 to 7 minutes keeping the flame low.
- After 7 minutes, flip the sides of the drumsticks, cover the pan again and cook for 6 to 7 minutes more.
- After 7 minutes, change the sides of the drumsticks. By this time the drumsticks have excreted their water. Keep the heat low and cover the frying pan for another 7 to 8 minutes to produce the steam.Covering the pan is necessary to cook through the drumsticks till their interior.
- After 7 minutes, uncover the pan. Till that time the water will have been evaporated. If water is still there, continue cooking on low flame. This time keep the pan uncovered.Completely dry the water. Keep changing the sides of drumsticks until golden brown color. The drumsticks will be cooked through in 20 to 25 minutes.Now pour prepared sticky sauce over the drumsticks.
- Fry the drumsticks in the sauce. Make sure each drumstick is evenly coated and cooked through.Keep stirring often on low flame till the sauce gets dense. Now turn off the flame.
- Shift the sweet, spicy, yummy, and sticky chicken drumsticks to the serving dish. This dish is versatile and can be served with any side dish of your choice. It can be paired well with the green salad and steamed rice.You can also garnish it with white sesame and chopped green part of green onion.
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