This Nigella Lawson recipe is very, very yum!
Buttermilk Chicken Drumsticks
Ingredients
12 chicken drumsticks (approximately 1.25kg/3lbs total weight)
500ml/17fl oz buttermilk
60ml/2fl oz vegetable oil, plus 2 tbsp extra for drizzling
2 garlic cloves, peeled and lightly crushed
1 tbsp crushed peppercorns
1 tbsp sea salt or 1½ tsp table salt
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tbsp maple syrup
Method
- Place the chicken drumsticks into a large plastic freezer bag and add the buttermilk and 60ml/2fl oz of vegetable oil.
- Add the lightly crushed garlic cloves to the bag along with the crushed peppercorns and salt.
- Sprinkle in the ground cumin and add the maple syrup, then gently squeeze the bag to mix the marinade ingredients together and coat the chicken.
- Seal the bag and leave the chicken to marinate in the fridge, ideally overnight, or out of the fridge for at least 30 minutes and up to two hours.
- Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.
- Take the chicken pieces out of the bag, shaking off the excess marinade, and arrange them in a roasting tin lined with foil.
- Drizzle over the remaining two tablespoons of oil, then transfer to the oven and roast for about 30 minutes, or until golden-brown and completely cooked through.
- To serve, place two drumsticks onto each of six serving plates.