Here’s an Easy Baked Chicken Drumsticks recipe that everyone will love (even your kids).
I’m lucky enough to have my Mom living about 30 minutes away from me now. I see her fairly often, and she comes and spends the night at my house occasionally. On one such occasion, she made us dinner. She whipped up these Easy Baked Chicken Drumsticks in nothing flat. Simple crumbs with salt and pepper, a quick dunk in butter, a roll in the crumbs and into the oven they went. They came out so crisp and buttery and perfect.
What are the best crumbs to use for baked chicken drumsticks?
I like to use cornflake crumbs. You can either smash them yourself (if you have a box of cornflakes), or if you think you’re going to use them a lot then you can buy a box of Cornflake Crumbs! The box of crumbs will be located in your market near other similar seasonings. If you prefer, you can use pretzel crumbs. Again, just put them in a zip baggie and smash the heck out of them until they turn into crumbs. Both of these options will allow you to make these baked chicken drumsticks gluten-free, if you need to.
Another great thing about buying chicken drumsticks to make for dinner is that they’re usually very inexpensive compared to other cuts of chicken. And everyone loves finger food like chicken drumsticks (especially kids!)
Should we leave the skin on or off?
That’s completely your choice! Leave the skin off if you enjoy eating it. Take the skin off before dunking and rolling in crumbs if you want to make the chicken a little bit lighter (chicken skin is kind of fattening).
Sometimes the simplest of recipes turn out the best of dinners. We enjoy these very much.
Here are a few more chicken drumstick recipes you might enjoy:
- Glazed Chicken Drumsticks
- Hoisin Chicken Drumsticks
- Baked Sticky Orange Chicken Drumsticks
- Sweet Lemon Glazed Drumsticks
- Oven Baked BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
- Honey Molasses Chicken Drumsticks
Easy Baked Chicken Drumsticks
Ingredients
- 2 cups fine cornflake crumbs (alternately, you can use pretzel crumbs)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 8 chicken drumsticks (skin removed)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with nonstick spray (or just spray the baking sheet directly).
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the crumbs, salt and pepper.
- In a separate bowl, melt the butter.
- Dip drumsticks in butter and roll in crumbs. Place on prepared baking sheet.
- Bake 50 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and golden.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Have made these many times and they r loved by all! A variation on the cornflakes which I use for summer eve party potlucks is herbed stuffing mix ( I use the “farms” brand) mixed with bottled or grated fresh parm cheese, yummy but dont look at nutritional values!!! (Everything else can remain as discussed above when using this variation)
Thanks for the tips!
I made this recipe exactly as instructed. I used corn flakes. It came out delicious! I will make this again!
Would this work on bone in thighs too?
I would imagine so!
Same question someone else asked – remove the skin or leave it on?
either way!
Wondering if I could sub panko bread crumbs for the cornflakes?
I think that would be fine!
What a crispy crust on the outside! Yum!
Can you use crushed Cheerios
That’s an interesting idea! I’ve never used Cheerios, but you can certainly try!
Pretzel crumbs! Such a fantastic idea! Love the ease of this recipe – pinned!
This sounds so simple! I love when it doesn’t take a massive amount of ingredients to make a delicious dish!
Do you leave the skin on?
Love the idea of using pretzels! Paired with honey mustard maybe? Yes please!