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Grilled BBQ Pastured Chicken Drumsticks

Pastured chicken drumsticks grilled and brushed with barbecue sauce until sticky and charred.

Prep
10 min
Cook
30 min
Total
40 min
Serves
4
Grilled BBQ Pastured Chicken Drumsticks

Always brine your bird!

A quick salt-water soak seasons pastured chicken all the way through and helps the meat hold onto moisture as it cooks — so lean pastured birds roast up juicy and tender instead of drying out.

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Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1

    Toss the drumsticks with oil, salt, paprika, and garlic powder.

  2. 2

    Grill over indirect medium heat, turning, about 25 minutes, until nearly 165F.

  3. 3

    Brush with barbecue sauce and move over direct heat to caramelize, turning, 3-5 minutes.

  4. 4

    Rest a few minutes before serving.

Notes

Farm tip: Sauce only at the end — barbecue sauce has sugar that burns if you add it too early.

Serving suggestion: Serve with corn on the cob and slaw.

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Pasture-raised on our Falmouth, KY farm — order online for farm or market pickup.

Chicken Drumsticks

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