Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Baked Chili Lime Chicken Drumsticks Recipe



INGREDIENTS:

  • 2 kg chicken drumsticks
  • 65g butter, softened
  • zest of 2 limes
  • 2 1/2 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 bird's eye chillies
  • 5 cloves garlic (30g)
  • 20g ginger
  • 10g coconut sugar
  • 3 tbsp fish sauce
  • 3 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
  • dash of pepper
  • half a punnet of cherry tomatoes
  • coriander leaves for garnishing

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Wash chicken drumsticks and pat dry with kitchen towels. Score underneath the skin by making two slits on the meat with a sharp knife.
  2. In a mortar and pestle pound ginger, garlic and chilli into paste. Add in all the ingredients and mix to combine.
  3. Place drumsticks in a large baking tray and pour marinade over the chicken. Coat well, cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  4. Scatter some cherry tomatoes together with the chicken and bake in a preheated oven at 220 deg C for about 40 minutes, basting halfway through with the juices.
  5. Sprinkle coriander leaves over the chicken and serve hot.


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