This is such a fabulous recipe! When you have five minutes in the morning, mix the ingredients together in a Ziplock bag, add the chicken and let it marinate in the refrigerator during the day. Don’t worry, I have made it many times without letting it marinate and it is still delish! Because the recipe calls for drumsticks and they cook quickly, it’s an easy last-minute meal that your family is sure to love! I like to serve them over couscous, which makes for a beautiful presentation of the red drumsticks. Enjoy!
Oh-So Delicious Mediterranean Drumsticks
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Author: Momma Chef
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 12 chicken drumsticks (about 4¼ pounds)
- ½ cup red cooking wine
- ¼ cup bbq sauce (any variety)
- ¼ cup mustard
- 5 cloves of garlic chopped
Instructions
- Mix wine, bbq sauce, mustard and garlic in a large Ziplock bag.
- Add drumsticks to bag and, if possible, let it marinate several hours in the refrigerator.
- Pour all contents from the bag into a large baking pan making sure drumsticks are spread out in one layer.
- Bake uncovered for 40 minutes at 400 degrees, turning occasionally to brown both sides.
Tips:
- You can also make this in the slow cooker/crock pot. After marinating the chicken, pour everything in the pot and cook on low for 6 hours.
- If you are not able to marinate these drumsticks, just mix it all together in a pan and bake, it will still turn out delish!
- I like to use the large aluminum baking pans from Costco.
- This dish goes great with couscous and sautéed green beans.
I’ve made these and they are delicious!
Thanks for letting me know KenyaRae! Glad you enjoyed this recipe!
can you remove the skin first from the drumsticks?
Abby,
I personally like cooking all of my chicken with the skin-on and removing after it has cooked; keeps the chicken tender and adds flavor. With that said, you absolutely can remove the skin before cooking if you prefer cooking it that way.
I’m always looking for quick and easy meals! This will definitely be a family favorite 🙂 my boys can’t get enough of chicken!
Same here Amy! My boys love this dish and so easy to eat!
This recipe looks so easy and delicious! Love the idea of serving the drumsticks with couscous. I’ll have to try it!
Thanks Alyssa..hope you like the combo of the drumsticks and couscous. We love it!
This looks and sounds absolutely delicious (and easy!)
Thanks Rachel! It’s a great dish..hope you like it!
We just got some drumsticks at the store this week, I am so going to try this. I think my whole family will love it!
Great Disco…let me know how it turns out!
That marinade sounds sooooo good. This photo is #goals
Thanks Bonvoyageluv! Wish I could take credit, had a fabulous food photographer take photos of my dishes! Hope you enjoy..this is a great dish!
These sound so good. I love that they are so easy to make!!
can I use any red wine?
Yes, red wine is perfect for this recipe.
what kind of red wine? dry? sweet? any particular name you can recommend?
I like sweet cooking wine but any sweet red wine will work!
This sounds really good. I’m definitely going to try it. No one in my family eats drumsticks though so I’ll have to use boneless breasts. Thank you!
Emily-
You can absolutely make this with boneless breast, you just need to add 1/4 cup olive oil since you will not be getting any fat from the skin or dark meat. Enjoy!
Karen
Sounds easy. I will have to give it a try. Thanks.
Lily
How do you make the cous cous?
I follow the directions on an box or bag of cous cous but instead of cooking it in water, I cook it in chicken or veggie broth.
Hi Karen,
Do you use dry mustard or regular mustard? Making these this Friday
I use regular yellow mustard or you can use dijon.
I was wondering can I use white wine? I never purchase red wine.
Hi Diane,
I suggest using red wine for this recipe, but you can use an inexpensive bottle of red cooking wine.
Hey Karen! Thank you for this fantastic recipe. I tried it out and I must say these were the most delicious drumsticks I’ve ever tasted!
Hi Ann! Thank you so much for the feedback, I love getting messages like this! Happy Cooking! Karen