Smoked Honey Sriracha Hen Drumsticks: Simple, Sticky & Crispy

The marginally spicy, barely candy Asian flavors in these Smoked Honey Sriracha Hen Drumsticks make these sticky, crispy rooster legs an actual crowd pleaser! Should you want new and thrilling, straightforward and scrumptious tenting dinner recipes, you’ll need to do this meal.

Smoked Honey Sriracha Chicken Drumsticks by CampingForFoodies features a blue camping plate filled with sticky, golden brown, chicken legs coated in brownish, red BBQ sauce that is glistening from the caramelized sugars, bright green pieces of cilantro are scattered across the glazed meat. — Smoked Honey Sriracha Hen Drumsticks by CampingForFoodies

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Recipe Prep

The one prep work you need to do right here is soften butter and chop a little bit of garlic.

Put together In Advance

If you wish to use a selfmade Sriracha BBQ Sauce, it is likely to be best to make it at house, then:

At house: Put together the Sriracha BBQ Sauce Recipe, retailer in hermetic container and maintain refrigerated till prepared to make use of.
At camp: Let sauce come to room temperature simply earlier than you’re prepared to make use of it.

Should you don’t have a favourite recipe, attempt my straightforward Sriracha BBQ Sauce Recipe. The flavors are wonderful as a result of it combines sriracha sauce with some honey, soy sauce, cilantro, lime juice and rice vinegar.

Cooking Strategies & Gear

When you’ve got a campfire going with good hardwood for cooking, like mesquite or oak, you can also make this as certainly one of your straightforward campfire recipes.

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You possibly can even bake the rooster in a camp or RV oven. Simply toss the drumsticks with just a little olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Bake in 400 F diploma oven for about 40 minutes.

Recipe Steps

Step 1. Put together rooster. Enable the rooster legs to achieve room temperature earlier than smoking, about 1 hour.

Step 2. Put together your substances, warmth supply and gear as directed. Pre-heat pellet grill smoker to 250 F levels.

Step 3. Toss rooster in garlic butter. Place drumsticks in a big bowl, drizzle with butter and sprinkle garlic and salt over the meat, tossing to coat the entire rooster.

Step 4. Smoke the meat. In an even layer, place drumsticks on smoker grill grate, shut the lid and smoke for about 2 hours. The legs ought to have a crispy texture.

Step 5. Take away rooster and improve smoker temperature. Place the drumsticks in a big dish or on baking sheet. Enhance the smoker temperature to 450 F levels.

Step 6. Sauce the meat. Whereas the smoker is coming as much as temperature, toss the rooster in about 1/4 cup Sriracha BBQ Sauce.

Step 7. Return rooster to smoker. Place the sauced rooster legs again on grill grates. Proceed cooking for about 20 minutes. You need the sauce to caramelize and to have a sticky consistency .

Step 8. Add extra sauce and serve. Take away the drumsticks from smoker and toss with remaining 1/4 cup Sriracha BBQ Sauce. Serve scorching.

Substitutions

You should utilize completely different cuts of rooster to make this meal. It’s best to make use of bone-in smaller cuts like wings and thighs.

Should you use rooster breasts, you’ll must improve the cooking time by 2-3 instances. Be certain the inner half of the breast is 165 F levels.

Related Recipes

Smoked meats make for actually straightforward tenting meals since you do minimal prep and nearly “set it and neglect it” in a pellet grill smoker.

If drumsticks are your favourite piece of rooster, attempt these yummy Smoked Pellet Grill Hen Legs, they begin with a easy dry rub and could be served with or with out sauce.

We’ve so many chili recipes (I feel it’s 7 in the intervening time, you possibly can inform my household actually loves chili), that is the one we make in a foil pan in our pellet grill smoker. Do that Smoked Floor Beef Chili the subsequent time you’ve got an opportunity!

We like burnt ends however don’t like smoking a complete brisket so we simply make these Chuck Roast Fast Burnt Ends after we’re within the temper for meat sweet.

These Beef Brief Ribs On Pellet Grill are so good! Some individuals name them Beef Dino Ribs. We name them scrumptious!

We regularly make these Smoked Inexperienced Beans when we now have sufficient room on the smoker. They’re a good aspect for beef cuts.

What To Serve With This Recipe

Tossing crispy rooster in honey sriracha sauce is a good possibility while you want gluten free tenting meals. Maintain the gluten out of the meal by including a chilly salad on the aspect.

I like making a easy Asian coleslaw to serve with these sriracha drumsticks. I toss shredded inexperienced cabbage with a ginger-flavored dressing and garnish with a couple of sesame seeds and inexperienced onions.

Leftovers

That is one meal the place I don’t “reinvent” the leftovers. I simply refrigerate the drumsticks in an hermetic container, then, wrap in foil and re-heat with medium warmth utilizing scorching campfire coals or an oven.

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