Basic Baked Chicken Drum Sticks

At times baked chicken can be boring, but you also want to make it quick and taste delicious. Here I have Basic Baked Chicken Drum Sticks that are easy to put together and taste great.

The other day at the grocery store I found a great sale on organic free-range chicken drum sticks. I couldn’t pass up on the sale and I bought five 2 pound packages. With all of this chicken, I was not sure how I wanted to cook it.

The first thing that came to mind was to make fried chicken. I didn’t feel like spending the time on breading them. I didn’t want to fry them in all of that oil. What I did want, was for it to taste great and cook with as little oil as possible.

Here is this recipe came to mind; it requires a little oil, simple spices that leave a nice crispy coat without having to bread them.

In the above picture is how all spices look when mixed together.

Here in the above picture is how I coated the chicken with the spices after brushing them with a little oil.

Here are other chicken recipes you might like

Lemon and Pepper Chicken Tenders

Slow Cooker Chicken and Salsa

Basic Slow Cooker Whole Chicken

Slow Cooked Spicy Shredded Chicken

Let’s start making Basic Baked Chicken Drum Sticks

Ingredients

• Black pepper
• Garlic powder
• Salt
• Paprika
• Dried parsley- You can use fresh parsley if that’s what you have on hand.
• Chicken drum sticks
• Oil- You can use any oil of your choice.

Instructions

1. Pre-heat to 425 degrees, prepare a sheet pan with parchment paper, and set it aside.

2. In a small bowl, add black pepper, garlic powder, salt, paprika, and dried parsley.

3. Brush the chicken drum sticks with oil, then coat them with the spice mixture. This gives them a bit of a crisp coating without breading them. 

4. Place the coated chicken onto your prepared sheet pan and into the oven.

5. Bake for 25 minutes, then turn over and bake for another 20 minutes, until your thermometer reaches 165 degrees.

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