Inspiration: Whilst wandering through my local grocer, I discovered a $5 tray of chicken drumsticks in the meat section. After checking with the meat counter worker to ensure I wasn’t misreading something (as I couldn’t believe my eyes, 14 drumsticks for such a low price seemed too good to be true), I snapped up a pack. Knowing I’d need to peruse my cookbook arsenal to figure out what to do with them.
Then we ran into a traffic jam. (Thankfully, not literally.)
As I wasn’t driving, I started poking around the interwebs for chicken drumstick based recipes….and found this one on the Food Network site. Like most crockpot recipes, Hoison & Honey Drumsticks is dead easy to make.
And tasty!
Even better, it gave me a method (which, frankly, I should’ve cottoned on to sooner) of making sure the spices flavor the meat — by rubbing them directly on the meat’s surface and then cooking it. Simple, but effective!
Advise From Me to You: This recipe calls for Chinese Five Spice, which not everyone might have on their spice rack. However, you might have all the components — star anise, fennel seeds, Sichuan pepper (corns), Chinese cinnamon, and cloves. I found this recipe for it, as well as a substitution guide (should you need it), on the Red House Spice blog.
Christie: I’d like to think Miss Marple might use a crockpot (or its vintage equivalent) from time to time. However, outside a village picnic or fete, I can’t see her picking up a drumstick (of any variety) and chowing down. Though I think this could’ve been a family fave with the Beresford children — as the drumsticks are sticky, kinda messy, and fun to gnaw on!
My 52 Weeks With Christie: A.Miner©2023
My 52 Weeks With Christie 