Best Spicy Drumsticks Recipes

SPICY EASY BAKED CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Combine beer, mustard, garlic, pepper flakes, salt, and pepper in a 1-gallon resealable plastic bag. Add chicken drumsticks; turn to coat evenly. Seal bag, squeezing out all the air.
• Let chicken marinate in the refrigerator, at least 2 hours and preferably overnight.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Place drumsticks and sauce into a baking dish, discarding the plastic bag.
• Transfer drumsticks and marinade to a baking dish and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Check chicken and remove cover if desired. Continue to bake until chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 15 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

GRILLED SPICY CHIPOTLE BARBECUE TURKEY DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Heat gas or charcoal grill. In 1-quart saucepan, cook onion and water over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender. Stir in barbecue sauce, preserves, chile and salt. Cook 1 to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until heated through. Reserve 3 tablespoons sauce.
• Cover and grill drumsticks over medium-low heat 25 to 30 minutes, turning frequently and brushing with sauce during last 5 minutes, until juice of turkey is clear when thickest part is cut to bone (180°F).
• Serve drumsticks with reserved 3 tablespoons sauce.

SPICY CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°. Spray rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches, with cooking spray. Remove skin and fat from chicken.
• Mix flour, cornmeal, cumin, chili powder and salt in heavy-duty resealable plastic food-storage bag. Mix buttermilk and pepper sauce in medium bowl. Dip chicken into buttermilk mixture, then place in bag. Seal bag and shake until evenly coated. Place chicken in pan; spray chicken lightly with cooking spray.
• Bake uncovered 40 to 45 minutes or until juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut.

SWEET AND SPICY CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Bring Sriracha, rice vinegar, mirin, and jelly to a boil in a small heavy saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium; simmer, adjusting heat if necessary, until mixture is thick and reduced to 3/4 cup, about 10 minutes. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover; chill. Rewarm before using.
• Place drumsticks in a large bowl and season generously with salt. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 450°F. Whisk rice flour and cornstarch in a medium bowl. Place a wire rack on a rimmed baking sheet. Using a paper towel, pat drumsticks dry. Dredge in rice flour mixture, shaking off excess. Arrange on prepared rack.
• Roast drumsticks, turning frequently, until skin is browned and crisp, 50-60 minutes. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Let cool, cover, and chill. Rewarm in a 450°F oven for 10-15 minutes before continuing.
• Combine hot drumsticks and 1/4 cup sauce in a large bowl; toss to coat. Return drumsticks to rack and roast, turning once, until skin is crisp and sauce is beginning to brown, 8-9 minutes. Brush with additional sauce and serve remaining sauce alongside.

GRILLED SPICY TERIYAKI DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Heat greased grill to medium heat.
• Mix first 5 ingredients until well blended; pour 1/2 cup over chicken in shallow dish. Turn drumsticks to evenly coat both sides of each. Refrigerate 10 min. Meanwhile, stir barbecue sauce into remaining dressing mixture.
• Remove chicken from dressing mixture; discard dressing mixture.
• Place chicken on grill grate. Turn off burners directly below chicken; cover grill with lid. Grill chicken 25 min. or until done (165ºF), turning occasionally and brushing with barbecue sauce mixture for the last 10 min.

GRILLED SPICY DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in plastic bag, seal and shake well.
• Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
• Remove from bag, reserve the marinade.
• Cook over medium heat for 20 minutes, turning and basting with reserved marinade as needed.

SWEET AND SPICY GINGER CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS WITH SNOW PEAS AND MUS

Steps:

• With your potato peeler peel a portion of skin off of the ginger. Continue to peel strips of the cream flesh of the ginger until you have approximately 1/8 cup. If desired, you can take a knife and cut the ginger into smaller pieces at this point. My family happens to like ginger, so I leave it in long strips. Place remaining ginger in a freezer bag and place in freezer for later use.
• Add the sweet chili sauce, soy sauce, fresh ginger, sesame seeds, spring onions, and red pepper flakes to a gallon sized ziplock bag and give it a shake to combine.
• Place chicken drumsticks into bag and seal. Place bag in the refrigerator and allow chicken to marinade for a minimum of 4 hours.
• Once chicken has marinated, preheat oven to 400 degrees. Carefully remove chicken from bag and set marinade aside. Do Not discard.
• Place chicken on a greased baking sheet. Cook legs 15 minutes at 400 degrees then flip and cook an additional 15 minutes.
• While chicken is in the oven, cook rice if desired; according to package directions.
• During the last 15 minutes of cooking the chicken, pour oil into a wok or large skillet and heat over high heat. When oil is good and hot, add the sliced mushrooms, snow pea pods, and water chestnuts and quickly stir-fry until snow peas are crisp tender. Remove vegetables to a plate and set aside.
• Turn the heat down on on your wok or pan and add the marinade sauce. Bring the sauce to a boil and cook approximately 5 minutes. Add vegetables, and chicken drumsticks to the sauce and give a quick stir to coat all ingredients.
• Spoon vegetables and sauce over rice and top each serving with two drumsticks.

SPICY FRIED CHICKEN WING "DRUMSTICKS"

Steps:

• Cut off the wing tips, reserving them for another use such as stock if desired, and halve the wings at the joint. Separate the "drumstick," or first-joint, pieces (the thick ones) from the second-joint pieces. Beginning at the narrower end of each "drumstick," with a sharp knife cut the tendons and, holding the exposed end of the bone with a kitchen towel, scrape the skin and meat down the bone as far as possible toward the thicker end to make a plump drumstick shape. Cut through the cartilage at one end of each second-joint piece, separating the bones, scrape the skin and meat down the large bone to make a plump drumstick shape, and pull out and discard the smaller bone. Arrange all of the "drumsticks" in a shallow dish, sprinkle them with the lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste, and let them marinate, covered and chilled, for 1 hour.
• Make the batter while the chicken is marinating:
• In a bowl whisk together the flour, the salt, the paprika, the cumin, the pepper, the thyme, and the cayenne and make a well in the center. Add the beer and the oil in a stream, whisking, and whisk the batter until it is smooth. Let the batter stand at room temperature for 1 hour. Stir the batter before using it.
• In a large deep fryer or large deep kettle heat 2 inches of the oil to 375°F. on a deep-fat thermometer. Dip the chicken in the batter and fry it in the oil, 5 pieces at a time, turning it, for 3 minutes, or until it is cooked through and golden. Transfer the chicken with a slotted spoon as it is fried to paper towels to drain and make sure the oil returns to 375°F. before adding each new batch. Sprinkle the "drumsticks" with salt to taste, arrange them on a platter, and garnish the platter with the parsley sprigs.

STICKY GRILLED DRUMSTICKS WITH SPICY/SWEET PLUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Light a grill.
• Rub the chicken with the canola oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Grill over moderate heat, turning occasionally, until browned and cooked through, about 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, melt the butter.
• Add the onion and cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add the plums and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, until softened and nearly broken down, about 5 minutes.
• Add the red pepper jelly and mustard and bring to a boil, stirring until the jelly is melted.
• Carefully transfer the mixture to a food processor.
• Add the water and puree until smooth.
• Season the plum sauce with salt and pepper.
• Liberally brush the plum sauce all over the chicken and grill, turning the drumsticks occasionally, until they are lightly caramelized, about 5 minutes.
• Serve the drumsticks with any remaining plum sauce at the table.

SPICY FRIED CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Remove skin from chicken and place the chicken in a plastic bag.
• Pour hot sauce over chicken, seal bag and refrigerate to marinate for at least 1 hour, up to 24 hours.
• The longer the chicken marinates, the spicier it will be.
• In another plastic bag combine the flour, cornmeal and salt.
• Add chicken, seal bag and shake to coat.
• Heat oil in a large, deep skillet to medium high heat.
• Add chicken and fry, uncovered, for 25 to 30 minutes or until juices run clear.
• Turn occasionally to brown.

SWEET "N" SPICY DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Mix together hoisin, soy, honey, ginger and garlic and add the chicken drumsticks and toss well to coat.
• Put a sheet of baking paper/parchment onto 1 ot 2 baking trays and place drumsticks on top (in one layer).
• Spoon a little sauce over the top of each drumstick/leg and cook in oven for about 20 to 30 minutes until cooked through, turning once.
• Heat oil in a wok (or large non stick frying pan) and briefly toss snowpeas until tender.
• To serve, mound snowpeas on individual plates and top with chicken, cooking juices and spring onion.

SPICY HOISIN-GLAZED DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Whisk together all ingredients except chicken, (At this point, mixture can be placed in a pretty jar to be gifted to someone special - keep refrigerated at all times. Can be kept in the refrigerator for up to a week.).
• To make: In a heavy-duty ziploc bag large enough to hold chicken, add chicken and prepared sauce. Coat chicken all over with sauce and put in refrigerator to marinate for at least 1 hour. Remove from refrigerator and let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before proceeding with recipe.
• Preheat oven to 425F (220C).
• Arrange drumsticks in a pyrex baking pan that has been sprayed or brushed with cooking oil. Press all the marinade out of the ziploc bag over the chicken. Roast in middle rack of oven for 25 minutes, turn chicken over and roast a further 20 minutes, until drumsticks are cooked through. Remove drumsticks from baking pan and add a couple of tablespoonfuls of water or stock to thin the pan juices, scraping up browned bits. Serve over chicken (and rice, if serving).
• Note: These drumsticks are great as a bar-type snack, too. Just keep them 'dry' (don't add water or stock at the end to the pan to stir up a little sauce). The glaze is also excellent on wings, lending itself even better to the bar-food tradition.

NIGERIAN BAKED SPICY CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• 1. In a bowl, mix all the seasonings and work into the chicken pieces. Cover and put into fridge for 15-30 minutes or longer if possible.
• 2. Preheat oven to 325F (160c)
• 3. Spray baking dish with cooking oil. Arrange pieces, spaced apart.
• 4. Bake for 45mins-1 hour. Turning 3-4 times.
• 5. Serve with steamed vegetables or any side dishes you like.

SPICY DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Spray a 13x9 inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Put drumsticks in the baking dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
• In a bowl, mix together the remaining ingredients.
• Take drumsticks out of the oven and pour sauce mixture over them.
• Bake the drumsticks for 30 minutes or until juice run clear.

SMOKED SPICY TERIYAKI DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix together the dressing through oil. Wash and dry the drumsticks and add to a large bag. Pour prepared dressing mixture over chicken and gently coat .
• Remove chicken and arrange on large cookie sheet. Allow to stand while preparing smoker and bringing to temperature.
• Fill smoker water pan as directed by manufacturer, add pre-soaked wood chips. Bring smoker to a temperature of 250 degrees. Lightly grease or spray racks. Arrange chicken drumsticks on racks leaving enough space for chicken to cook.
• Cook chicken at 250 degrees for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until internal temperature is 185 degrees, turning every 30 minutes and basting with barbecue sauce.

SPICY DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except chicken stirring to make a paste.
• Place chicken in a large food storage bag, add the paste. Remove the air in the bag and massage chicken until well coated.
• Refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight.
• Bake in a moderate (180c) oven for 30 to 40 minutes until the juices run clear and chicken is cooked. Turn occasionally as they cook.

SWEET & SPICY CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• In a large reasealable plastic bag, combine the sugar, paprika, salt, pepper, garlic powder, chili powder and cayenne.
• Add drumsticks, a few at a time; and shake to coat.
• Place chicken in two greased baking pans.
• Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
• Bake, uncovered, at 325 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until chicken juices run clear.

SPICY ORANGE-GLAZED DRUMSTICKS WITH GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400º F. In a small bowl, mix the marmalade and chili-garlic sauce. Season the chicken with ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Roast on a foil-lined baking sheet until cooked through, 30 to 35 minutes, brushing with the marmalade mixture during the last 10 minutes of cooking. Meanwhile, bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the green beans until tender, 4 to 6 minutes. Drain and toss with the butter and 1⁄4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Serve with the chicken and muffins.

SPICY CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°; spray a 13x9 inch pan with cooking spray; remove skin and fat from chicken drumsticks.
• In a large heavy-duty zip-lock plastic bag, mix the flour, cornmeal, cumin, chili powder, and salt.
• In a bowl, mix the buttermilk and pepper sauce together.
• Dip chicken into buttermilk mixture, then place in bag; seal bag and shake until evenly coated.
• Place coated drumsticks in pan; spray chicken lightly with cooking spray.
• Bake uncovered for 40-45 minutes or until juice of chicken is no longer pink.

BETTY CROCKER'S SPICY MEXICALI DRUMSTICKS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400.
• Grease rectangular pan, 13x9x2.
• Mix buttermilk and pepper sauce in medium bowl.
• Mix cornmeal and seasoning mix in large plastic bag.
• Dip chicken into buttermilk mixture, then shake in bag to coat with cornbread mixture.
• Place in pan & drizzle with oil.
• Bake uncovered 40 to 45 minutes, turning once, until juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut.
• Serve with salsa.