Easy Oven-Roast Chicken Drumstick.

You could use this recipe for chicken thighs or chicken quarter legs as well. It's an easy and low maintenance recipe with the minimum care. (Yeah, just like the stewed chicken drumsticks dish.)

Ingredients:

• Three chicken drumsticks or thighs, or two quarter leg.

Dry rub mix:

• salt, pepper to season
• 2 teaspoon brown sugar, optional
• 1 teaspoon onion powder, optional
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper or paprika, optional
• 1/2 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder, optional

Sauce option 1:

• Your favorite barbecue sauce or Asian Char Siu Sauce. 

Sauce option 2 (Fusion BBQ sauce):

• 3 tablespoons honey or maltose (or brown sugar)
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar or Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons sambal chili sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder

Sauce option 3 (Asian BBQ sauce):

• 1/3 cup hoisin sauce
• 1/4 cup honey, cane syrup, maltose or brown sugar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 4 tablespoons of dry sherry or Chinese ShaoHsin cooking wine 
• 2 teaspoons  Red chili pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
• 1 tablespoon minced ginger, optional

Sauce option 4: Try my barbecue sauce recipe!

Directions:

1. You could cut into the drumsticks (or thighs, legs) at the thickest part so the flavor can get inside the chicken.
2. Rinse the chicken. Line a rimed baking sheet with foil so you don't have to clean up the greasy sticky mess afterwards.
3. Mix together all the ingredients in dry rub.
4. Rub the salt and pepper, or dry rub mix all over the chickens.
5. Bake in a 375F degree pre-heated oven for 20 minutes.
6. Remove the pan from the oven and brush the chicken with the sauce of your choice. Turn each chicken over and return to the oven to bake for 10 more minutes. 
7. Test the chicken with a fork. The fork should go through to the bone with a little resistance. Or cut through the thickest part close to the bone to check if the fluid/juices run clear. 
8. Serve with chopped green onions and/or sesame seeds on steamed rice. 

Notes:

• This can be served with baked potatoes. However since you're baking the chicken, I suppose it is more efficient if you cook your carbs some other way, such as boiling (pilaf, pasta, rice or noodles) or steaming (rice). You certainly could serve it with fried rice.
• You can grill the chicken outdoors.
• You can use the sauce for pork or shrimps.