5 minutes to prep this super easy oven baked chicken drumsticks recipe. Tossed in garlic mayonnaise sauce, this truly crispy drumstick is bursting with boldly sweet, spicy, and salty flavors.
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Chicken drumsticks and wings are definitely one of my childhood favorites. Whether it’s deep fried, grilled, baked, or soy poached, they’re a regular on our dining table.
There were days where my brother and I would beg and beg our parents to bring us to KFCs on the weekends. For once when they do decide to bring us there, we would celebrate with this most embarrassing ever chicken dance. Haha~ Then, we’d race each other in stuffing our faces with chicken and lick off our fingers off satisfied. Good times ๐
There’s just something about drumsticks and wings. They’re such simple food, yet sooo satisfying to eat!
If you love saucy fried chicken but not a fan of the deep fried oil? This oven baked chicken drumsticks recipe is perfect for you:
5 mins prep.
6 Ingredients.
Super easy.
Crispy but NOT oily.
Boldly sweet, spicy, and salty.
This recipe is so simple that anyone can make this, really. Anyone. All you need to do:
Mix drumsticks with baking powder and kosher salt.
Rest in fridge (overnight for extra crispiness).
Bake in the oven.
Toss with garlic mayonnaise sauce.
EAT!
Yep! Thatโs it. Easy right?
Come grab yours before they’re all gone…
Make these for weeknight meal if you’re looking for something super quick and nearly effortless to put together.
You can also easily adapt this oven baked method and garlic mayonnaise sauce to make crispy skin chicken wings too! That would make such an awesome party food. Please invite me to your wings party! I’ll volunteer myself to eat help ๐
Watch How To Make This Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks with Garlic Mayonnaise:
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- 8 chicken drumsticks
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ยฝ tablespoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons ketchup
- 3 tablespoons Japanese mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- Put the chicken drumsticks in a large mixing bowl and mix well with baking powder and kosher salt.
- Rest the drumsticks in fridge for at least 1 hour (recommend 8 hours). The longer you rest, the crispier the skin will become as the baking powder will have more time to do the magic.
- Preheat oven to 450F.
- Put the chicken drumsticks onto a rack and into oven for 55 minutes to 1 hour. Flip the drumsticks once every 20 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix all the garlic mayo sauce ingredients together.
- Remove the drumsticks from oven and ensure the internal temperature is 165F.
- Toss the drumsticks with the garlic mayo sauce in a large mixing bowl while the drumsticks are still piping hot.
- Serve Immediately.
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I tried these tonight and I really wanted them to come out like yours, but they didn’t. I left them overnight in the fridge, followed the recipe just as you wrote it and they didn’t come out good at all. I’m an experienced food blogger, so I know what I’m doing but my chicken never really crisped up. I had to put them under the broiler because they were too goopy. I don’t know what happened??
Hi Lisa,
thank you for your feedback and question ๐
These two could have been the possibility explanations:
The baking powder was too old and not reactive anymore. To test this, add 1/4 tsp of baking powder into tap water. If It bubbles up, it is still good.
Used baking soda instead of baking powder. It happened to one of our readers and the result was very similar to your goopy description.
Have fun cooking!
Jacky
Made this tonight and it was so delicious! This dish is amazing, thanks for sharing!
Thank you Pamela ๐
So happy to hear that!
Jacky
How was it with the regular mayo? I don’t know where I would find the mayo in this recipe.
Hi Dani, thank you for your question.
You can add 2 Tbsp rice vinegar and 1 Tbsp sugar to 1 cup of regular mayo to substitute with Japanese mayo.
When you put the baking powder on the chicken pans let it rest in the fridge, do you leave it covered or uncovered? Could I coat them and leave me in a ziplock bag?
Hi Amy. Great question! Thank you for pointing that out. It is best to leave them uncovered in the fridge.
I just made this tonight and it was excellent. I was sceptical about the baking powder, but it truly made the chicken skin bubble up and crisp it to perfection. I added additional seasoning to the powder mix like: pepper, smoked paprika, onion powder, cayenne and a pinch of Lawrys.
I did not toss chicken in the mayo afterwards because I was craving fried chicken. Iinstead served yummy mayo sauce on the side. I will try coating it next time. This recipe is a keeper!
Do you know of you can use this recipe on other meats or fish?
Hi Violet,
We’re so glad you enjoyed it!!! This is one of our fav quick go-to recipes. Oh and those additional seasonings you’ve added sound really delicious! ๐
This works because the baking powder draws moisture out of the chicken skin to make it crispy. You should try coating baking powder with chicken wings too. I think you’re gonna love it. So for other meat such as pork chops or fish filet, a better way to make it crispy is to use flour with egg wash and Panko bread crumbs.
By the way, we have recently moved our site over to Pressure Cook Recipes. We’ll continue to have both pressure cooker recipes & simple recipes like this one there.
Hope to see you there! ๐
Thanks, Amy for your reply and heads up on the move to the new site! I will try your suggestions for pork & fish. Keep posting awesome recipes!
Thank you Violet! ๐
Can regular mayonnaise be used I can’t find the Japanese mayonnaise
Hi Toni,
Yep! You can use regular mayonnaise, just add additional honey to the mix.
Use 3 tablespoons of regular mayo + 1 teaspoon honey to replace the 3 tablespoons of Japanese mayonnaise.
Try it and let us know what you think! ๐
Just bought the mayo. I can’t wait to try it.
Ughhhh this sounds so amazing!! Frying things is such a pain and these look delicious. I need to try this!
Hi Caroline, try it and let us know what you think! ๐
Baking powder alone? It doesn’t leave a bitter taste?
Hi Amber, thx for the message ๐
No bitter aftertaste if you use one tablespoon of baking powder.
Make sure to use baking powder not baking soda. I am pretty sure baking soda will give you a bitter aftertaste!!
Have fun trying this quick and easy recipe <3
These look so, so good – restaurant quality! I can’t believe they’re made in the oven ๐
Hi Allie, thanks for the compliment! They are really easy to make too!!!