Portuguese Style chicken drumsticks
Chicken drumsticks are our staple roast because they are cheap and tasty, but I’m always looking for new ways to prepare them. This recipe was inspired by an old magazine. For us, this is just a pantry staple meal, I like to use herbs and spices so keep quite a few in the pantry. We found the marinade to be a little ‘chalky’ and lacks that great fresh coriander flavour that I expected so I’ve substituted some of the ground coriander for fresh. You can leave it (and the chilli) out if you prefer. We served this with homemade chips and salad.
Ingredients
(serves 4, marinate 1 day ahead)
8 chicken drumsticks
1/2 cup of fresh lime juice (about 3 limes or substitute lemon juice)
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 fresh chilli finely chopped (or to taste)
2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp sweet paprika
1 tsp dried oregano
1 – 2 Tbsp fresh coriander, chopped
Method
- Mix marinade ingredients together and pour over chicken. Marinade overnight in a non-reactive container (glass, ceramic etc). I usually just throw the lot in a Tupperware container, put the lid on and give it all a good toss to coat the chicken in the marinade.
- Preheat oven to 200°C (390°F). Roast chicken, basting with the marinade, for 1 hour or until golden and cooked through.
Have you read these posts?
- asian style chicken drumsticks
- spicy yoghurt marinated chicken drumsticks
- lemon and thyme marinated chicken drumsticks
- Easy Chinese Style Lemon Chicken
- leftover chicken and bean slow cooker ‘chilli’
SAVE MONEY AND TIME ON THE GROCERIES
We eat such a lot of chicken in our house and sometimes it seems a little bland and boring, so this recipe is definitely one I will try.
Hope that it turns out well.