Best oven baked chicken drumsticks recipe that's quick, simple, and straightforward. These easy baked chicken legs are packed full of flavor, crispy, and tasty to the bone. Let me show you how to bake chicken drumsticks in the oven with this step by step guide.
Best Baked Chicken Drumsticks Recipe
This oven baked chicken drumsticks recipe is so good. Easy, quick, simple, and delicious what's not to love?
I know I say this with my chicken recipes but it honestly makes use of few pantry ingredients. Dried herbs and spices are what you need to season these chicken legs so no stressing to get fresh.
With this healthy chicken drumsticks recipe, you only just need to clean the chicken, season, bake and get tasty oven baked chicken legs.
Baked chicken legs make a good side dish, are inexpensive, and can be made quickly when time is of the essence.
For more baked chicken drumsticks recipes, check out my spicy chicken drumsticks, and air fryer frozen chicken legs.
Chicken Drumsticks Rub
The chicken drumsticks rub used for this recipe is simple but packed full of flavor. The spice rub makes use of few pantry ingredients you'll have at home. The ingredients for the drumsticks rub are:
Paprika
Thyme
Parsley
Garlic powder
Onion Powder
Pepper
Salt
Other herbs you can add to the ones listed above include coriander and oregano. They go well with chicken legs. You can also use other seasonings like cajun seasoning, Peri Peri seasoning, Italian seasoning, and many more.
The detailed ingredient list is in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Ingredients
Chicken drumsticks
Paprika
Dried Thyme
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Parsley
Pepper
Salt
Oil
How To Bake Chicken Drumsticks in the Oven
Prepare the chicken - Pat the chicken drumsticks dry with a kitchen towel.
Make the chicken drumsticks spice rub - In a small bowl, add the paprika, thyme, onion powder, garlic powder, parsley, pepper, and salt. Mix well till combined.
Add the drumsticks and the rub into a bowl and mix till the drumsticks are covered in the seasoning.
Arrange the seasoned chicken legs on a baking tray making sure the tray is not overcrowded.
Bake the drumsticks - Put the tray in the oven and bake drumsticks at a temperature of 190C/375F for 20 minutes, flip the drumsticks and bake the other side for another 15-20 minutes then increase the temperature to 200C/400F and bake for additional 5 minutes for crispy skin.
Bring the tray out, leave the chicken to rest for 3-5 minutes.
Serve and enjoy.
How Long To Bake Chicken Legs in The Oven
So, how long to bake chicken legs in the oven depends on the size of the chicken, the type of the oven, and also the temperature at which you are baking. The below is a simple guide to follow:
How long to bake chicken drumsticks at 180C is between 40 - 50 minutes.
For how long to bake chicken drumsticks at 200C/400F is 35 - 45 minutes.
How long to bake chicken drumsticks at 375F - for medium size chicken legs, it takes between 40 - 45 minutes.
How long to bake chicken leg quarters is between 40 - 50 minutes.
Make sure the chicken drumsticks are cooked through and safe to eat, by checking that there's no pinkiness in the middle and the temperature when checked with an instant-read thermometer, is at least 165F/75C.
What to Serve with Chicken drumsticks
Potatoes
Vegetables
Gravy
Rice
How To Store
To store cooked baked chicken drumsticks, allow to completely cool, pack in an air-tight container, label, and store
In the fridge - It will store well in the fridge for 5 days.
In the freezer - It will store well in the freezer for up to 6 months. Reheat in the oven, microwave, or air fryer.
To reheat in the oven, arrange drumsticks on an oven tray and bake in the oven at a temperature of 180C for 5 minutes or till warmed through.
Tips
- Season and refrigerate for an hour or more to infuse the seasoning in the chicken.
- The pepper quantity stated in this recipe is a guide only. Adjust according to your state. If it's not spicy enough to your taste, add more.
- It's not necessary but lining the baking tray with a parchment paper will make cleaning the tray easier.
- Other substitutions for black pepper are cayenne pepper, and crushed pepper flakes.
- For extra crispy skin , increase the oven temperature in the last 5 minutes as stated in recipe.
- You can use the pan juice to make gravy.
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Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks Recipe
Equipment
- Oven
- Baking tray
Ingredients
- 1 kg (2lb) Chicken drumsticks
- ½ tablespoon Paprika
- 1 teaspoon Parsley
- ½ teaspoon Dried Thyme
- ¼ teaspoon Garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon Onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon Black pepper
- 1 tablespoon Oil vegetable, olive or sunflower oil.
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the chicken - Pat the chicken drumsticks dry with a kitchen towel.
- Make the chicken drumsticks spice rub - In a small bowl, add the paprika, thyme, onion powder, garlic powder, parsley, pepper, and salt. Mix well till combined.
- Add the drumsticks and the rub into a bowl and mix till the drumsticks are covered in the seasoning.
- Arrange the seasoned chicken legs on a baking tray making sure the tray is not overcrowded.
- Bake the drumsticks - Put the tray in the oven and bake drumsticks at a temperature of 190C/375F for 20 minutes, flip the drumsticks and bake the other side for another 15-20 minutes then increase the temperature to 200C/400F and bake for additional 5 minutes for crispy skin.
- Bring the tray out, leave the chicken to rest for 3-5 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
- Season and refrigerate for an hour or more to infuse the seasoning in the chicken.
- The pepper quantity stated in this recipe is a guide only. Adjust according to your state. If it's not spicy enough to your taste, add more.
- It's not necessary but lining the baking tray with parchment paper will make cleaning the tray easier.
- Other substitutions for black pepper are cayenne pepper and crushed pepper flakes.
- For extra crispy skin, increase the oven temperature in the last 5 minutes as stated in the recipe.
- You can use the pan juice to make gravy.
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