Honey Soy Chicken Drumsticks! Sticky, sweet, espresso infused honey with soy sauce to pimp these chicken drumsticks from your average honey soy chicken legs! You are going to want to make these STAT! They are a-mazing!

This flavour combination is satisfying and delicious. You will want to make honey soy chicken everything! We use the same type of flavour thinking for our Honey Soy Chicken Wings and you can grab that recipe right here.

Pimped Chicken Drumsticks are on Sweet Caramel Sunday!

Sticky, sweet, espresso infused honey teams with soy sauce to pimp these chicken drumsticks from your average honey soy chicken legs

My, my, these are SO GOOD!! I tell you, I was driving when I had the idea for the recipe development and I had to hold myself back from speeding home to make them.

Remember my friends over at The Bircher Bar, well, they sent me some of their Espresso Infused Honey  and I am here to tell you all about it. It packs a punch alright with real coffee beans in the raw honey!

Long I sat daydreaming of uses for this caffeinated liquid gold before a spark hit. THIS IS PIMPED HONEY. I thought.

THIS IS SERIOUSLY PIMPED HONEY. I further thought. It is not your run of the mill, wham, bam thank, you mam, honey, this is THE REAL DEAL. What better way to enjoy the sticky sweet goodness that is honey than to load with espresso beans and PIMP IT UP!

The dark roast espresso coffee holds the honeys hand to provide a richer more intense honey than ever before

If you have a dinner party coming up and you are stuck for ideas on how to create a fancy main dish, then let me tell you friends, THIS IS IT!

Pimp in the pudding

I am the last food blogger who will tell you that home made marinades are always better than store bought marinades. But I am the 1st food blogger to tell you that I ain't ever bought a marinade that was pimped before!

A little bit here, a little bit there, a little bit everywhere.

We begin with the basics of the flavour combination with honey and soy. But we use our espresso infused honey, to start the steam train puffing.

Then we add some fresh chilli, minced garlic and onion flakes. These bad boys help to ensure that we are wearing our Sunday best for when we sit at our table to devour this meal.

To ensure we have thoroughly pimped chicken drumsticks, I recommend investing in a large jar to seal and shake our marinade

What's in a name

Chicken drumsticks and chicken legs are essentially the same thing. Some experts indicate that the leg has a higher cut up the thigh and some don't.

Either way, you can buy them in bulk in the fridge section of the supermarket or deli section.

Basking in the flavours

It is as easy as adding the ingredients, putting the lid on the jar and shaking it all about to get the marinade off on the right foot.

I have a few little tricks I use for some kitchen tasks, most of them are to reduce time and effort. The one I am about to teach you now is to reduce washing up.

 This marinade is sticky, it is sweet, it is thick and has the potential to have us standing over the kitchen sink for hrs trying to clean it off the pan if we don't prepare well.

Alas not though for I have the solution. Whenever I use a sticky sauce in my baking dishes, I initially line them with alfoil. I then spray that with cooking oil and line that with baking paper.

This ensures when the cooking is done, the juices can be removed and the alfoil/baking paper swiftly pulled, trashed and the pan set aside leaving a clean slate (It works a treat!). 

One foot after the other

We pimp our chicken drumsticks by firstly marinating them with precision to save time and effort.

Using zip lock bags will keep all of our juices in the one spot and save sticky fingers and benches.

We add a little salt and pepper to season, then pour the marinade in to cover (using a sieve to separate out the espresso beans).

Once the marinade is in the bag and the top is sealed, we massage the drumsticks to ensure a consistent coating. Then we pop them in the fridge for about 20 minutes (you can use this time to ensure the oven is on and your baking dish prepped).

About the recipe:

• The drumsticks are best served hot
• I know many people who would eat one cold
• The chicken legs take 40 mins to cook in the oven
• I recommend serving these with rice and greens
• Onion flakes are different to onion powder (spice section)

To answer your questions:

1. The chicken legs can be made ahead of time and reheated
2. These can be frozen either with the marinade on or after cooking 
3. You can reduce the number of chicken legs and store marinade in fridge  
4. The drumsticks are sticky but not crispy
5. This is a MODERATELY EASY recipe to make

Serving suggestions

The good thing about these pimped chicken drumsticks is that they taste so good, you can serve them with quick and easy sides.

A bowl of steaming white rice and some greens are the perfect compliment to this chicken recipe

• Honey Soy Ribs
• Crispy Smashed Potatoes

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