As soon as I teased you all with these Spicy Sticky Baked Glazed Chicken Drumsticks, I started getting emails for the recipe. Again very simple recipe, and you don’t have to spend too much time in the kitchen.

Generally speaking, everybody loves chicken, and they are always my most popular recipes. My family, of course, cannot get enough of eating sweet, spicy, bit tangy flavors of the glaze that goes so well on grilled or baked chicken.

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As I said in the notes, this can be easily made with chicken wings, chicken tenders, and so on. However, if I am making chicken tenders I like to kind of saute it in the pan and just pour the glaze over it, and cook until it gets all bubbly and sticky.

The reason why is simply because the chicken breast can be pretty dry if baked, but I will suggest grilling it or pan-frying before adding the glaze.

When grilled chicken gets done and is ready to be glazed in the saute pan, the sauce or a glaze gets that smoky kick in the taste, so it is that much better.

Last time when I posted chicken wings with sriracha sauce you loved it. So, I thought let us try something similar, but with drumsticks. They were slightly stickier than the wings but I liked it.

As for garlic, I have not used this time in the sauce because garlic can take over the flavor. While it was marinating, the chicken got the kick of garlic aroma. However, not as much to take the flavor away from the chicken. Just to let you know, my chicken drumsticks are not burned on the bottom.

The color on the bottom of the pan is dark, deep red, but it was hard to capture that. Once I half-baked marinated chicken, I pulled 6 of them out to glaze so that is how I got two recipes out of the marinated chicken.

I know you will love it. My two oldest kids were licking the fingers and asking for more. It was that good.

Now, let me know when you make Spicy Sticky Baked Glazed Chicken Drumsticks. And, please tag me on social media so I can see your creation. Thanks for your support! Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest; search @sandraseasycooking

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Yield: SERVES 6

Spicy Sticky Baked Glazed Chicken Drumsticks

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Marinade: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

A tasty recipe for Asian Inspired Spicy Sticky Baked Glazed Chicken Drumsticks

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Ingredients

• 8-10 chicken drumsticks
• Drizzle of Oil
• Sprinkle Seasonings for chicken to taste, such as Webers, or McCormick

Marinade:

• 1/2 cup light Soy sauce
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• Juice of 1 Orange plus zest, optional

For the glaze:

• 3 Tbsp Honey
• 4 Tbsp Asian Chili Sauce/paste use less for less heat. Read notes.
• 4 Tbsp Chicken stock/Beef or vegetable as a sub.
• Light soy sauce to taste approx. 1/2-1 tsp
• 2 Tbsp Lemon or Lime juice
• Drizzle sesame oil and garnish with sesame seeds

Instructions

1. In a large Ziploc bag place chicken drumsticks. You can take the skin off if you dislike it.
2. Pour in Soy sauce and drop crushed and peeled garlic, you can mince if you wish, for a little kick and sweetness balance it with the juice of 1 orange and zest of 1 orange(optional**). Close the bag, and massage the chicken drumsticks with all the marinade for a few seconds to code everything. Put on the side and let it marinade for at least 30 minutes.
3. Heat the oven to 400F. Lightly oil a large baking dish. Season the drumsticks seasoning for chicken and arrange in the dish in a single layer.
4. Drizzle over a little olive oil and bake in the hot oven for 45 minutes. The internal temp of the drumsticks needs to reach at least 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
5. In the meantime, prepare the glaze. Mix all the ingredients in a small bowl until evenly combined, and season it with soy sauce just to your taste preferences. A drizzle or two would be enough.

Notes

You can marinate it overnight, just place it in the fridge and make sure that the bag is sealed. The flavor will get even deeper from the soy sauce, garlic, juice, and zest.
My personal preference for the Chili Sauce is Korean red hot chili paste called gochujang or Sriracha.

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