Smoky Sweet Chili Drumsticks

There is enough salty-sweet sauce for both brushing and dipping smoky grilled drumsticks. If you’ve got a crowd, add some bone-in chicken thighs to the grill and use all the sauce as a barbecue glaze.

Prep Time 
Cook Time 
Total Time 
Servings 
4

Ingredients 

1/3 cup Thai chili sauce
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
5 to 8 (24 ounces) Gold’n Plump® Chicken Drumsticks
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
4 green onions, sliced

Instructions 

Heat grill to medium-high heat. Mix chili sauce, soy, honey, and sesame oil in small bowl; reserve half of sauce to serve with cooked chicken. Season chicken with salt and pepper.

Place chicken on grill; cover. Cook about 25 minutes, turning once or twice, until no longer pink near bone. Begin brushing remaining sauce on chicken during last 15 minutes of grilling.

Serve chicken sprinkled with onions and reserved sauce.

Variations 

Gold’n Plump® Bone-in Chicken Thighs may be substituted for Gold’n Plump® Chicken Drumsticks.

Nutritional information may change when substituting your chicken product. If you choose to substitute frozen chicken for this recipe, it's best to thaw before cooking.

Cuisine 
  • Serving Size
    • Servings 
      4
  • PER SERVING
    • Calories 
      265
    • Calories from Fat 
      35%
    • Total Fat 
      10g
    • Saturated Fat 
      3g
    • Total Carbohydrate 
      17g
    • Protein 
      26g
    • Sugars 
      15g
    • Cholesterol 
      74mg
    • Dietary Fiber 
      1g
    • Sodium 
      690mg
  • DAILY VALUE
    • Vitamin A 
      6%
    • Vitamin C 
      13%
    • Calcium 
      5%
    • Iron 
      14%
  • DIETARY EXCHANGES
    • Other Carbohydrates 
      1
    • Lean Meat 
      4
    • Recipes calling out meat in the Dietary Exchanges category were analyzed with information prior to 2014 updates. Recipes calling out protein were analyzed with the new information after 2014.
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