These honey BBQ chicken drumsticks are bursting with flavors and perfect as appetizers for gameday, parties, or gatherings, or serve as a main dish. They are tender, and juicy inside, with crispy skin and glazed with sticky honey barbecue sauce.
Honey BBQ Chicken Drumsticks Recipe
This honey barbecue chicken drumsticks recipe is:
- Easy - It requires a few simple steps and minimal preparation, and you have delicious chicken legs everyone will love.
- Flavorful - The flavors are amazing. The inside of the chicken is juicy, the skin is crispy, and the honey BBQ glaze is sticky, sweet, and delicious.
- Quick - It's a quick chicken drumsticks recipe. If the chicken is cooked in the air fryer, the total cooking time is 30 minutes.
Ingredients You'll Need
Chicken drumsticks
Paprika
Mixed herbs
Garlic powder
Onion granules
Black pepper
Salt to taste
Olive oil
FOR HONEY BBQ SAUCE
Butter
BBQ sauce
Honey
Water
How To Make Honey BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
Clean and Season Chicken - Clean chicken drumsticks and pat them dry with paper towels.
Season with paprika, mixed herbs, onion granules, garlic powder, black pepper, stock cube, oil and salt.
Cook Seasoned Drumsticks- Arrange the seasoned chicken legs in the air fryer and air fry chicken drumsticks for 25-30 minutes at 200C/400F (flip the drumsticks after the first 15 minutes) or bake them in the oven at 200C/400F for 45 minutes.
Make the honey BBQ Sauce- While the drumsticks are cooking, make the sauce.
Add butter to a pan on low heat, when it's melted, add BBQ sauce, honey, and water. Stir till they are all combined and thickened. Take off the heat.
Toss Chicken drumsticks in Honey BBQ Sauce- Bring them out of the air fryer, or oven, and toss them in the honey BBQ sauce until they are well coated.
Serve and enjoy.
What To Serve With
They can be served as appetizers, at BBQs, gamedays, or serve as a main protein. Rice, potatoes, and pasta are side dishes that pair with chicken. Find below some recommendations:
Onion mashed potatoes, air fryer diced potatoes
Helpful Tips
- Adjust salt and pepper to your taste.
- If the honey barbeque sauce is thicker than you'd like, loosen it up with water while on the stove.
- If you want the chicken more saucy, double the honey barbeque sauce ingredients measurements.
- Cook the chicken drumsticks until the internal temperature at the thickest part is at least 175F/65C.
- Rest the chicken for 4 minutes before serving them.
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Recipe
Honey BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
Ingredients
- 1 kg Chicken drumsticks
- 1 teaspoon Smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon Mixed herbs
- ¼ teaspoon Onion granules
- ¼ teaspoon Garlic powder
- 1 5g Stock cube crushed
- ¼ Black pepper or to taste
- Salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
FOR HONEY BBQ SAUCE
- 1 tablespoon Butter
- 3 tablespoons Honey
- ½ cup BBQ Sauce
- ⅛-1/4 cup Water
Instructions
- Clean chicken drumsticks and pat them dry with paper towels.
- Season with paprika, mixed herbs, onion granules, garlic powder, black pepper, stock cube, oil and salt.
- Arrange the seasoned chicken legs in the air fryer and air fry chicken drumsticks for 25-30 minutes at 200C/400F (flip the drumsticks after the first 15 minutes) or bake them in the oven at 200C/400F for 45 minutes.
- While the drumsticks are cooking, make the sauce.Add butter to a pan on low heat, when it's melted, add BBQ sauce, honey, and water. Stir till they are all combined and thickened. Take off the heat.
- Bring drumsticks out of the air fryer, or oven, and toss them in the honey barbecue sauce until they are well coated.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
- Adjust salt and pepper to your taste.
- If the honey barbeque sauce is thicker than you'd like, loosen it up with water while on the stove.
- Cook the chicken drumsticks until the internal temperature at the thickest part is at least 175F/65C.
- Rest the chicken for 4 minutes before serving them.
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