Sweet & Spicy Chicken Drummies Recipe

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We were on a camping trip, and a young bachelor brought these chicken legs for dinner. They were fabulous! I was so impressed, I asked him for the recipe.

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Sweet & Spicy Chicken Drummies Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + marinating Bake: 50 min.

Yield: 20 Servings

15 50 65

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1/4 cup paprika
2 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
20 chicken drumsticks (5 ounces each)

Directions

In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the sugar, paprika, salt, pepper, garlic powder, chili powder and cayenne. Add drumsticks, a few at a time; seal and shake to coat.
Place chicken in two greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pans. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. (A small amount of meat juices will form in the pan.)
Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 50-60 minutes or until chicken juices run clear and a meat thermometer reads 180°. Yield: 20 drumsticks.

Nutritional Facts 1 drumstick equals 157 calories, 6 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 47 mg cholesterol, 398 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 15 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Sweet & Spicy Chicken Drummies in Country February/March 2009, p51

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Reviewed on Apr. 28, 2011 by vewebber58

I may try these again sometime to see if we like them any better, but we weren't that excited about them the first time. They were all right....just not what I was expecting. Maybe grilling them would make a difference.