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Crispy Oven-Fried Pastured Chicken Drumsticks
Pastured drumsticks with a seasoned, crunchy coating baked crisp — all the crunch, none of the frying.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 40 min
- Total
- 55 min
- Serves
- 4
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.
Get our easy chicken brineIngredients
- 8 Queen City Farm pastured chicken drumsticks
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1.5 cups breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
Directions
- 1
Soak the drumsticks in buttermilk for 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 425F.
- 2
Mix the breadcrumbs, flour, paprika, garlic powder, and salt.
- 3
Dredge each drumstick in the crumb mixture and set on a greased rack over a sheet pan.
- 4
Drizzle with the melted butter and bake 35-40 minutes, until crisp and 165F.
Notes
Farm tip: A wire rack lets the heat circulate so the coating crisps all the way around.
Serving suggestion: Serve with mashed potatoes and green beans.
Shop the cut for this recipe
Pasture-raised on our Falmouth, KY farm — order online for farm or market pickup.
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