This time of year is a great one to stock up on great sales offered at grocery stores. Between Memorial Day, 4th of July and grilling season, it’s a great time to buy up some chicken. I love to get the picnic packs that have a combination of drumsticks and thighs, and right now they’re always available at a great price.
However, I don’t always want to grill. We have a great barbecue grill, but it’s a charcoal grill which means it takes some planning to get started. We also live in an are where the average summer temperature is over 100 degrees, and well.. I like to stay cool.
With all of this in mind, I created a delicious and simple recipe for those great priced chicken drumsticks without having to go in the heat to grill or turn on the oven. All you need is a good cast iron skillet, preferably one that’s been broken in and is seasoned because the sauce is a bit sticky. if you need one, look here
Sweet & Savory Drumsticks Ingredients:
- 8 drumsticks, skin peeled off
- salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 3 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
- 2 tablespoons sherry cooking wine
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dry ground mustard
- 1 teaspoon dry ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 green onions, sliced thinly
Directions:
If needed, peel the skin off of fresh drumsticks. I find that using a paper towel to better grasp the skin helps make the process much faster. Season all sides of the chicken lightly with salt and pepper.
Using a cast iron skillet over medium heat, add the soy sauce, brown sugar, honey, mustard, sherry, lemon juice, vinegar, dry mustard and ginger, red pepper flakes and minced garlic.
Whisk ingredients together and bring the mixture to a low boil.
Add the seasoned drumsticks and let them simmer in the sauce. Cover the pan and flip the chicken to the other side after about 15 minutes.
Once both sides have browned, turn the heat up and remove the cover. Flip the chicken every few minutes until the sauce has thicken.
Remove from heat and sprinkle with the chopped green onions.
Serve with some white rice and a seasonal salad for an easy and delicious meal. Enjoy!
Sweet and savory drumsticks made easy in a cast iron skillet on the stove top! Perfect for warm weather cooking and great with rice and a quick salad.
Ingredients
- 8 drumsticks, skin peeled off
- salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 3 tablespoons spicy brown mustard
- 2 tablespoons sherry cooking wine
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dry ground mustard
- 1 teaspoon dry ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 green onions, sliced thinly
Instructions
- If needed, peel the skin off of fresh drumsticks. I find that using a paper towel to better grasp the skin helps make the process much faster. Season all sides of the chicken lightly with salt and pepper.
- Using a cast iron skillet over medium heat, add the soy sauce, brown sugar, honey, mustard, sherry, lemon juice, vinegar, dry mustard and ginger, red pepper flakes and minced garlic.
- Whisk ingredients together and bring the mixture to a low boil.
- Add the seasoned drumsticks and let them simmer in the sauce. Cover the pan and flip the chicken to the other side after about 15 minutes.
- Once both sides have browned, turn the heat up and remove the cover. Flip the chicken every few minutes until the sauce has thicken.
- Remove from heat and sprinkle with the chopped green onions.
- Serve with some white rice and a seasonal salad for an easy and delicious meal. Enjoy!
These look seriously amazing! I haven’t made drumsticks ever – whole chicken, yes, chicken breast, yes, but never drumsticks. I think I am going to have to look for some at the market for the weekend!
I love that it’s so easy to make. I’m definitely going to be having this for dinner soon, it looks so good.
Wow, these sound incredible. I love the flavour you get from drumsticks and thighs, much better than breasts.
OMG, these look soooo Delicious!!! I’ve all the mentioned ingredients and will try them soon.
OH YES, PLEASE!! We just thew some drumsticks on the barbie – wish I’d seen this before. MOUTHWATERING!!
These look sooooo good. I am seriously craving this right now, I’ve pinned it for later 🙂
Such a savory, sticky sauce! Mmmm… That looks delicious. I love all the spice!
Yum!!! These look delicious and are so pretty too!
These looks perfect!!! You can see the flavour!
We are almost out of winter here in Australia so I am pinning this ready for summer. Bet they would be great for days at the beach!
This looks very simple to make, yet ridiculously yummy!!!
Wow these look so good!! We don’t have a grill since we live in a London flat, so these are perfect for me to make on the stovetop!
These look set delicious. I love the sweet and sour flavor
I have this strange adversion to chicken on the bone, but this sauce sounds amazing and would still be delicious on some boneless chicken chunks i bet 🙂
Wow, they look amazing. I’m gonna have to try this.
These sound incredible! I love the addition of ginger. Great idea. I can’t wait to try this recipe. Thanks!
I made this last night and it was incredible! I didn’t even have all of the ingredients and it was still so good. This will be a weeknight staple in our house for sure.
So glad you loved these!