J – Hot, spicy, meaty chicken drumsticks.
Very satisfying football game food! Luke and I seem to be expressing our inner cave person … again. No fru-fru here. Last week we had Monster Duck Wings. This week, St. Louis-Style Smoked Ribs, Homemade Chili from Scratch and, now, these killer chicken drumsticks.
We’re seriously ready for the game!
These guys are quite easy to make. Don’t let the corn starch coating throw you.
Just handle the drumsticks gently and the coating will stay on and get nice and crispy when you fry them.
The Sriracha sauce needs to stay slightly warm until you coat the drumsticks, or it will break. If it does, just warm the bowl and whisk it up again.
| Super Bowl Week: Sriracha Chicken Drumsticks |
- 3 Tbsp Sriracha sauce
- 1 Tbsp Vietnamese Chile Garlic Sauce
- 1 Tbsp white vinegar
- 1 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 Tbsp butter, melted
- 4 fresh chicken drumsticks
- Corn starch as needed, about 1½ cups
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Canola oil for deep frying
- In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients except butter.
- Very slowly whisk in butter to emulsify while drumsticks are cooking..
- Pay drumsticks dry.
- In a large bowl, place drumsticks and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.
- Coat drumsticks generously with corn starch. Toss well and let sit 30 minutes
- In a wok or large pot, heat enough oil to cover drumsticks in batches of four. Heat to 400 degrees to start. Use a candy thermometer.
- Add more corn starch to drumsticks and mix gently.
- When oil is hot, gently add drumsticks one at a time. Do not move them.
- After 10 minutes, reduce heat for oil to 250 degrees. Move drumsticks gently. Cook until meat reaches 150 degrees. Use an instant read thermometer.
- Place hot drumsticks on a rack to cool slightly. Sprinkle lightly with salt.
- Add drumsticks into a bowl and coat with Sriracha sauce, turning gently. Reserve extra sauce for dipping.
- Serve immediately on a platter with dipping sauce.
- Enjoy!
These are best served hot. Cook in batches of four to six … and keep them coming!
Super tasty. They will go fast.