Drumstick Chicken Lollipop
These Drumstick Chicken Lollipop is one of the famous recipe in my channel, A sticky glazed drumstick chicken that is hard to resist. Obtaining the lollipop shapes takes a little practice but once you've done it a few times it becomes a second nature.. This is hundred percent kid friendly recipe, surely your kids love these! The best way to achieved the flavor is to marinate the chicken.
The sticky honey garlic glazed is so addictive, a perfect meal to have when you feel like eating something sweet with a hint of savoury.
How Do You Turn Chicken Drumstick Into Lollipops?
Chicken legs as lollipops – sounds weird, right? It’s actually achieved with a cooking technique called frenching, where you trim part of the leg, remove the meat and gristle from the tip of the bone, and leave it exposed. You can use frenching with many different kinds of meat to make it easier to eat and more aesthetically pleasing.
- start trim the top joint off at the hinge
- carefully cut around the thin bony end of each chicken drumstick
- cutting through the skin, meat and tendons until you reach the bone
- Push the meat and skin down towards the thick end of the drumstick to form a lollipop, the chicken drumstick should be look like these.
The sticky glazed sauce not only tastes amazing, it’s incredible satisfying watching it bubble and morph into a perfectly balanced savoury, sweet and garlicky syrup. But your mouth really begins to water watching the sauce simmer all around your chicken and coat it so effortlessly. The bonus of this recipe? It makes up so much sauce that you have enough to drizzle to over some rice or steamed veggies.
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Sticky and Easy Honey Garlic Chicken made fast and simple, with the most amazing honey garlic sauce that is so good you’ll want to use it on everything!
- 12 pcs. chicken drumstick
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg white
- 3/4 cups flour
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons paprika powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoon milk
- 1/4 cup butter (( add more if you want saucy))
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 2 teaspoons dried chili flakes ((optonal))
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
In a bowl, Combine soy sauce, vinegar, chopped garlic, paprika, salt and egg white. whisk to combine.
Add the chicken drumstick lollipop. Make sure to coat all the chicken with the sauce. Cover and marinate at least 30 minutes to 3 hrs. for better flavor.
Combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, paprika, salt and black pepper then add milk and vinegar. mix well to combine all the ingredients.
Using a deep sauce pan, add enough oil to deep fry the chicken. Place over medium high heat.
Dip each marinated drumstick one at a time to the batter mixture.
Carefully drop the chicken, one at a time and make sure not to over crowd the pan.
fry chicken until golden brown. Remove and drain in a paper towel.
In a medium high heat, melt butter in a pan.
add in minced garlic saute until fragrant, then add chili flakes, honey and soy sauce.
Keep stirring until the sauce starts to thicken, add chicken. toss to coat the sauce.
Serve and enjoy!
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Left overs can be stored in an air tight container in the refrigerator for up to 3-5 days.
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For a healthier version, you can use air fryer or you can bake the chicken.
