Honey Soy Chicken Drumsticks oven baked in an amazing honey, soy and garlic sauce. Tender, fall off the bone, absolutely delicious chicken!
Drumsticks?
These truly are the best drumsticks you could ever have. If you think chicken drumsticks are boring, think again! Full of fragrant sesame oil, sweet honey, and aromatic garlic, the sauce we cook this chicken down in is so good you’ll have dreams of it swimming in your head long after.
And that sauce, you cannot throw away that sauce that is left in your pan. That sauce is money! Serve this with a nice French baguette and make sure you pour some of that sauce over you chicken, and use your bread to soak in that yumminess.
Honey Soy Chicken Drumsticks
The great thing about this recipe is that it inspired me to try different combinations next time, like with beer and honey, or a spicy and sweet combination. I love dishes that are flexible, that offer some wiggle room to have fun with new and exciting flavor combinations. So feel free to have some fun, and let’s get cookin’.
Ingredients In Honey Soy Chicken Drumsticks
Detailed measurements and instructions can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Chicken – Drumsticks bone in with skin for lots of flavor. Feel free to substitute thighs if that’s what you have on hand.
- Oil – We’re using olive oil for cooking and sesame oil for flavor.
- Honey – We need something sticky sweet that will create a quasi glaze on our chicken as it cooks.
- Soy sauce – Low sodium please, we want to control the salt content of our dish.
- Aromatics – Ginger and garlic both fresh if you can swing it. If fresh ginger is too tough to find feel free to substitute 1/2 teaspoon of ground.
- Pepper – Freshly ground if possible, believe me it’ll make all the difference.
- Parsley – Chopped up fresh to be garnished on top at the end!
How To Make Honey Soy Chicken Drumsticks
Detailed measurements and instructions can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Prepare the chicken: In a 9×13-inch casserole dish, whisk all the ingredients together, excluding the chicken. Add chicken and toss making sure each piece is coated with the marinade. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate for a couple hours, I kept mine in the fridge overnight.
- Preheat the oven: To 375 F degrees.
- Bake the chicken: Remove plastic wrap and bake the drumsticks for 45 to 55 minutes or until a meat thermometer registers 180 degrees F (for dark meat), (170 degrees F for white meat). Make sure to turn them over half way through. This way they will get nice color all around.
- Garnish and serve: Garnish the chicken with parsley and serve with the additional sauce.
Can I Use Other Types Of Meat?
This sauce is nice and simple! You can use it on just about anything. Try it with:
- Porkloin or pork chops
- Salmon
- Shrimp
What To Serve With Honey Soy Chicken Drumsticks
I like to make this into a nice big spread, a satisfying big old meal if you will with some simple and flavorful side dishes.
- Mashed Potatoes
- No Knead Bread – for dipping in that delicious sauce.
- Fluffy white rice, fresh and steaming waiting to be topped with this crave-able sauce.
- Creamy Polenta
- Any super simple salad that happens to be your favorite, I like one like Kale And Quinoa Salad With Lemon Vinaigrette or Kale Salad With Blueberry Vinaigrette.
- Best of both worlds in regards for carbs and salad, Mediterranean Orzo Salad is a perfect accompaniment.
Slow Cooker And Pressure Cooker Drumsticks
Slow cooker
Combine the sauce ingredients plus the oil in a bag with the chicken drumsticks and shake to coat evenly. Add the chicken including the sauce to your slow cooker. Place the lid on your slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 2 – 4 hours.
Pressure cooker
Place the sauce ingredients and the drumsticks in a bag or bowl and shake well to ensure the chicken is fully coated, place the chicken in the pressure cooker including the sauce and close the lid according to manufacture guidelines. Cook on manual HIGH for 15 minutes before allowing the steam to release naturally and serve the chicken hot.
Storing Leftover Chicken Drumsticks
Fridge
Stored in an air tight container properly cooled, this chicken dish will keep for 3 – 4 days in the fridge. Just reheat in the microwave or the oven if you’d prefer when ready to eat.
Freezer
Place the drumsticks on a baking sheet and allow to freeze till frozen through, place the drumsticks in a freezer bag or an air tight container after wards and this method will allow them to keep for 4 – 6 months. Remove from the freezer and allow to thaw in the fridge over night when ready to eat. Just reheat in the oven at 350 F degrees till warmed through and enjoy!
More Delicious Chicken Recipes To Try:
- East African Braised chicken
- Crockpot Thai Chicken Thighs
- Sesame Garlic Chicken.
- One Pot Chicken Drumsticks with Beluga Lentils
- Baked Garlic and Ginger Chicken Drumsticks
- Lemon Pepper Chicken
- Korean BBQ Chicken
- Chicken Parmesan
- Cilantro Lime Chicken
- Honey Mustard Chicken
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Honey Soy Chicken Drumsticks
Ingredients
- 3 lbs chicken drumsticks bone in, with skin
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 5 tbsp honey
- 1/4 cup soy sauce low sodium
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tsp ginger freshly grated, ginger powder works as well, about 1/2 tsp
- 1/4 tsp pepper freshly ground
- 1 tbsp parsley chopped, for garnish
Instructions
- In a 9x13-inch casserole dish, whisk all the ingredients together, excluding the chicken. Add chicken and toss making sure each piece is coated with the marinade.
- Cover with plastic wrap and marinate for a couple hours. I kept mine in the fridge overnight.
- Preheat oven to 375 F degrees.
- Remove plastic wrap and bake the drumsticks for 45 to 55 minutes or until a meat thermometer registers 180 degrees F (for dark meat), (170 degrees F for white meat). Make sure to turn them over half way through. This way they will get nice color all around.
- Garnish with parsley and serve.
Ellen says
Oh my! This is definitely the best honey soy! Well, it’s my first time so there is nothing really to compare it to. I don’t know what can top this!!! The flavor is amazing! Marinated it for only 4 hours but it is good to the bone! Definitely one of my top favorites!!
Joanna Cismaru says
So happy you enjoyed this recipe, Ellen and thanks for letting me know. 🙂
Maureen says
Delicious!! My family loved this recipe, have put this in my favourites folder
Joanna Cismaru says
Glad to hear it, Maureen!
Karen says
Hi, just wondering if this could be frozen – either before or after being cooked?
Nicole Beaulieu says
It’ll be best to freeze after baking! You can reheat in the oven.
dat says
thank you
Karen says
So delicious that I’m making this recipe for a second time already – and I just made it last night!!
Hudson Jack says
I love this idea… chicken legs and thighs are ALWAYS on sale and I’m always looking for recipes that help with the weekly budget! We’re entertaining for a football party this weekend so I’m going to make these… winning… both reasonably priced and full, of yummy flavors! 🍗 🍗 🍗
Pearl says
I love this recipe! The chicken came out juicy and tender, and the flavor was amazing. I threw in some sliced onions and Korean squash I had lying around halfway through baking and it turned out well. My sister said it was one of the best chicken dishes she’s ever had.
Shirley Coutu says
Good stuff
Ajay Mistry says
These look amazin!!!!
Sarah Domster says
I made the Honey Soy chicken drumsticks and they were a bit with my family. My grandson has just started eating chicken again and he said that he is sure glad he does. I think next time I will use chicken thighs.
Nicole Beaulieu says
We’re glad to hear that! This recipe will be great with any type of chicken.
Doris says
I made this with what the store called chicken leg-thigh and leg attached-it was delicious! I loved the sauce-I marinated it overnight like you did. I slowly reheated the next day in the oven and it was even better. I served them with a green salad and brown rice. The sesame oil has such a great flavor and also the fresh grated ginger!
Nicole Beaulieu says
That sounds amazing! Isn’t it great how much flavor is packed into a tiny amount of sesame oil?
Ana says
What could I use in place of sesame oil? Thank you! 😊
Nicole Beaulieu says
You can just use some more olive oil. The sesame oil is there to add flavor so it can simply be omitted if you’d prefer.
Stephanie Eskridge says
Have you tried this marinade with fish, such as salmon?
Joanna Cismaru says
Not this one specifically, but I have lots of great salmon recipes you might want to give a try. Just search for salmon in the search bar. 🙂
Sashi says
Yes pls