This Honey Mustard Baked Chicken Drumsticks recipe is a perfect, effortless way to make baked chicken legs in the oven. With a magical 4 chicken drumsticks in oven sauce, no marinating required, these chicken drumsticks are golden, sticky and everyone loves them! Plus an optional side of buttery, crispy smashed potatoes for a drumsticks dinner made on one tray!
Sticky Baked Chicken Drumsticks recipe This baked Chicken Drumsticks recipe is one of those gems that you’re going to want to keep in your back pocket. It’s not too sweet, not too salty, it’s finger lickin’ good! Difference between chicken legs and drumsticks? Chicken legs and drumsticks are the same thing. Everybody’s favourite part of Roast Chicken!
There are very few sauces in this world that taste so great with so few ingredients. And it coats the chicken legs so well, making them beautifully sticky! Without cornflour, the sauce is super watery because of all the chicken juices. How to make baked chicken legs Pop the chicken legs on a tray, spoon over sauce and bake! In this recipe, I’ve completed the meal with a side of crispy smashed potatoes made on the same tray. This makes for easier cleaning up and stops the chicken juices leaking over to the potatoes which makes them soggy instead of crispy!
To prepare the potatoes quickly, I just microwave them. Then place on the tray, squish, drizzle with butter or oil. How long does it take to cook drumsticks in the oven? This makes them caramelised on the outside with tender flesh. While they will cook through in this time, I find that the flesh is a bit too chewy for my taste. One tray winner winner chicken dinner!
Throw on a side of steamed veggies of choice and dinner is done. Active effort time: just over 10 minutes. Deliciousness rating: Well, let’s put it this way. Honestly, I have the self control of a child. Subscribe to my newsletter and follow along on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram for all of the latest updates. A terrifically easy baked chicken drumsticks with a magical 4 ingredient Honey Mustard sauce.
Plus, option to add crispy smashed potatoes for an effortless dinner on one tray! Place on one side of tray. Drizzle with oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix Sauce ingredients together with a good pinch of salt and pepper. Line tray with foil, then top with parchment paper.
Bake for a further 20 minutes, turn, spoon over juices. Bake for 10 – 15 minutes until sauce reduces and the drumsticks are golden and sticky. Squidge the drumsticks around in what should now be a syrupy sauce. Serve drumsticks with sauce, with crispy smashed potatoes and steamed broccolini on the side.