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Roasted Greek Chicken Drumsticks are delicious, tender, and full of flavor right out of the oven.
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Roasted Greek Chicken Drumsticks
The combination of oregano, lemon, olive oil, and tons of garlic – it just goes so well with delicious, crunchy chicken.
We’ve been eating a lot of chicken thighs and drumsticks lately (they are so economical and easy!), and I wanted to make a good riff off a Whole Roasted Grecian Chicken – but with drumsticks!
These drumsticks are incredibly delicious, super easy, and a great dinner party meal since they aren’t fussy and are inexpensive for a group!
More Delicious Chicken Dinners
If you love these drumsticks, be sure to check out our crunchy baked bbq chicken drumsticks – they are amazingly delicious and so easy, a great smoky flavor with no grill required!
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Roasted Greek Chicken Drumsticks Recipe
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Roasted Greek Chicken Drumsticks
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 lb chicken drumsticks
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp sea salt
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp greek oregano
- 1 tbsp sage
- 1 tbsp basil
- 2 tbsp garlic powder
- 2 tbsp onion powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Thoroughly pat chicken dry with a paper towel.
- In a small bowl, mix together spices, salt, and chicken.
- Coat chicken in oil and spice mix then add lemon juice and toss to coat.
- Let chicken marinate 30 minutes to overnight in the fridge.
- Add chicken to oven on a cooling rack sitting atop a baking sheet.
- Cook chicken for 20 minutes, then flip and turn the temperature up to 400 degrees. Cook an additional 20-25 minutes rotating every 10 minutes.
- When chicken is ready, fat will be rendered, and skin will be crispy. If it needs a bit more crunch, turn on broiler and broil for two minutes on each side to give a little extra crunch to chicken skin.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Lot of sodium it seems like …. Will be reducing that to about Half recipe looks Great maybe Double the lemon juice It’s Greek to me. Thanks asking it today
Definitely adjust for your taste!
If defrosting from the freezer should the marinade be used before or after it’s thawed? Also, is there a substitute for the cooling rack? I don’t have one Thank you!
You can start marinating it while it is still frozen but the marinade wont soak in until it is softened.