I'm super excited about the results of this experiment! A truly amazing, and diet friendly, way to prepare chicken drumsticks (or a whole chicken). Not a single drop of oil is used in the roasting process, but thanks to the the yogurt marinade chicken remains super juicy on the inside but crunchy on the outside AND full of flavour! Very comforting and it goes perfectly with the Polish cucumber salad called mizeria (not so diet friendly ;)).
You'll need:
3 chicken drumstics
juice from one lemon
5 spoons of natural yogurt
cumin
a bunch of fresh coriander leaves
1 garlic clove
salt&pepper
For Miseria:
cucumber(s)
sour cream
salt&pepper
tzatziki seasoning mix (optional)
1. Chop the coriander and the garlic and proceed to combine the ingredients of the marinade (i.e yogurt, lemon juice, cumin, coriander, garlic and salt&pepper).
2. Leave the skin on the drumsticks, but massage some marinade underneath. You can also make some cuts on the meat underneath the skin for the flavour to mix in even better. Cover the drumsticks completely in the marinade and leave for at least 4 hours.
3. Roast in an oven pre-set to 220 degrees on a grill tray, without a cover for around 40 minutes (depending on the size of the drumsticks). If you don't have a grill tray, or don't want to spend time cleaning one, no worries - I used wooden skewers which I put over an open oven dish (which you can also cover with foil, if you want to avoid cleaning ;)) Thanks to the relatively high temperature and the fact that the drumsticks are completely covered in the marinade they don't dry out.
4. To make the salad, peel and slice the cucumber(s), combine with cream and season with salt and pepper. You can also add tzatziki seasoning mix for an extra twist.
Bon appétit!
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