grilled chicken drumsticks
Made grilled chicken following this recipe. The best chicken drumstick grilling advice I’ve seen.
I forgot to take a picture, but they had lots of color, and were slightly burned.
Big take away points for me:
WASH AND PAT DRY FOR CRISPY SKIN
cook at medium (medium low for me), make sure SURFACE TEMP is at 450 F.
Turn/rotate frequently. You must man the grill.
Cook until internal temp is 180-190 F. Much higher than the 165 F I was doing previously. I thought it was great — I’ve always thought that the chicken in the past was underdone.
Grilling Chicken Drumsticks- The Art of Drummies
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Super easy, never fails, grilled drumsticks for the whole family. Just wash, dry, spice and cook over medium high heat. Then you will have crispy goodness for all.
Author: Dan Mikesell
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 6 Chicken drumsticks
Season – makes more than you need – keep for next time
- 1 T kosher salt
- 1 t black pepper
- 1 t garlic powder
- ½ t cayenne pepper
Instructions
- You must wash the drummies under running water and pat dry if you want crispy skin. Trim of excess skin and any loose bones/tissue especially in the joint area.
- Now preheat grill to get a surface temp of about 450. That is medium high on a standard gas grill and medium on a hot gas grill. Clean and oil.
- Mix spices. 1 T kosher salt, 1 t pepper and garlic powder and ½ t cayenne pepper.This is more than you need. Keep it for next time. You can also use my 7:2:2 spice mix. You may want to skip the cayenne if cooking for little ones. Or use seasoning of your choice.
- Lightly sprinkle chicken on all side to taste. Let rest at room temperature until grill is ready.
- Check grill temp if possible and place chicken on grill.
- Flip every 5-7 minutes until internal temp of 185-190 degrees. About 30-35 minutes.
- Let rest for 10 minutes before serving. They are way too hot anyways.
grilled chicken drumsticks