Chicken Drumsticks or Chicken Legs are probably one of the cheapest cuts of meat you can purchase at your local Supermarket.
You can often pick them up at the deli section for as little as $3 per kilogram. And seeing times are tough right now – families have to save money wherever they can! As a Mum, I love the fact I can make a huge batch of chicken drumsticks and then pop them in the fridge for my hungry teenage boys to be able to graze whenever they like. They are also nifty for school lunches too.
Here are 15 Delicious Chicken Drumstick Recipes that are both cheap and easy!
1. Honey Soy Drumsticks
If you are looking for a cheap and FAST dinner – you can’t go past this recipe for Honey Soy Drumsticks. This is my Mum’s recipe and I have been eating this for over 30 years. The secret? The orange juice!
2. Easy Greek Yogurt Marinated Chicken Legs
Another great chicken drumstick recipe with just a few ingredients. This one is super simple, and Greek Yogurt tenderises the meat and gives it a wonderful flavour!
3. Honey Baked Chicken Pieces
This recipe only has four ingredients! This is a firm family favourite at our place – we have it at least once we week.
4. Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Legs
This is a great family-friendly recipe that only has a few ingredients and is delicious, especially if served with some mashed potato and steamed greens.
5. Slow Cooker Apricot Chicken
Remember eating Apricot Chicken as a kid? Well, we still have it quite regularly at our house. I tend not to use the Apricot Nectar as it can be really tricky to find it at the Supermarket, instead I grab the really large tins of halved apricots and pour the whole lot in – and it tastes exactly the same. Add a bit of curry powder if you want to turn it into Apricot Chicken Curry.
6. Sesame and Hoisin Sticky Chicken Drumsticks
This recipe has some BITE to it – but if you don’t like spicy food, just cut out the chilli. This is a great one to cook in bulk and have it in the fridge for kids to graze on.
7. Oven Roasted Orange Chicken Drumsticks
Citrus and Chicken are a match made in heaven. This recipe is nice and easy, just throw all the ingredients in together and bake. If you want your chicken drumsticks to be a bit sweeter and stickier, substitute the honey for golden syrup.
8. Easy Yogurt Baked Chicken Pieces
With only a few simple ingredients you probably already have on hand, this recipe makes the chicken drumsticks super moist and delicious. The Greek Yogurt acts as a meat tenderiser and gives the drumsticks a bit of a flavour kick! Although this recipe calls for chicken pieces on the bone, you can just use chicken drumsticks on their own.
9. Sticky Chicken Drumsticks with Asian Slaw
With lots of garlic, honey, mustard powder and sweet chilli sauce, it’s an ‘Asian Fusion’ that is super cheap to make and the kids will just love it!
10. Just Like KFC Fried Chicken
This is my knock-off version of KFC – and I reckon I’ve got it pretty damn close…..
11. Creamy Mustard Chicken Casserole in the Slow Cooker
This delicious recipe can be whacked in the slow cooker where it will bubble and cook ready for you to eat at dinner time. It just must be served with mashed sweet potato!
12. Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken
This recipe specifies chicken breast – but as you can see from the photo below, I use chicken drumsticks. Chicken on the bone always has so much more flavour than chicken breasts – which can really be dry when you cook them in the slow cooker.
13. Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
If you have never had good Chicken Cacciatore – you haven’t lived. Cacciatore is a melding of garlic, tomato, bacon, black olives and mushrooms.
So these are 13 Chicken Drumstick Recipes that are super easy to make and only have a few ingredients. Give them a go today!
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