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Ranch Chicken Drumsticks
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By Claire Beaumont, the Technique desk · Italy · 2 min ·

Ranch Chicken Drumsticks

Discover how to prepare ranch chicken drumsticks: oven-seasoned chicken drumsticks served with carrots, sautéed spring onions and a fresh ranch dressing.

Ingredients · Servings 3
  • Chicken legs 6
  • Carrots 1 ¾ cup
  • Fresh scallion 4.5 oz
  • Sweet Paprika 2 tsp
  • Smoked paprika 2 tsp
  • Extra virgin olive oil 3 tbsp
  • Fine salt to taste
  • Black pepper to taste
  • Sour cream Approximately 3/4 cup. 0.8 cup
  • Mayonnaise ½ cup
  • Parsley 2 sprigs
  • Chives 10 fili
  • Fine salt to taste
  • Onion powder to taste
  • Garlic powder to taste
Method · 1 h 10 min
  1. To prepare the ranch chicken drumsticks, start by making the marinade: pour the extra virgin olive oil into a small bowl, add a pinch of salt 1 , the sweet paprika 2 and the smoked paprika 3 .
  2. Add black pepper 4 and mix to season 5 , then brush the mixture onto the chicken drumsticks arranged on a baking sheet 6 .
  3. Bake the seasoned drumsticks in a conventional (static) oven at 3746F for 45 minutes 7 . Chop the chives 8 and the parsley 9 .
  4. Meanwhile, make the sauce: in a bowl place the mayonnaise and the sour cream 10 , then add the finely chopped herbs 11 and the dehydrated onion 12 .
  5. Also add the dehydrated garlic 13 and the salt 14 , then combine everything. Next, move on to the vegetables: peel the carrots 15 .
  6. Remove the ends 16 and cut them into sticks 17 . Clean the scallions as well, removing the root end and the darkest green part 18 .
  7. In a pan heat a drizzle of oil, then add the carrots 19 and the scallions 20 and sauté everything for about 5 minutes, until the vegetables are nicely golden and slightly caramelized 21 .
  8. Meanwhile, take the chicken drumsticks out of the oven; they should be well roasted and golden 22 . Transfer them to a serving plate together with the sauce 24 , then arrange the sautéed vegetables alongside. Serve the ranch chicken drumsticks immediately.

Add black pepper 4 and mix to season 5 , then brush the mixture onto the chicken drumsticks arranged on a baking sheet 6 . Bake the seasoned drumsticks in a conventional (static) oven at 3746F for 45 minutes 7 .

Meanwhile, make the sauce: in a bowl place the mayonnaise and the sour cream 10 , then add the finely chopped herbs 11 and the dehydrated onion 12 . In addition add the dehydrated garlic 13 and the salt 14 , then combine everything.

Next, move on to the vegetables: peel the carrots 15 . Remove the ends 16 and cut them into sticks 17 . Clean the scallions as well, removing the root end and the darkest green part 18 .

In a pan heat a drizzle of oil, then add the carrots 19 and the scallions 20 and sauté everything for about 5 minutes, until the vegetables are nicely golden and slightly caramelized 21 . Meanwhile, take the chicken drumsticks out of the oven; they should be well roasted and golden 22 . Transfer them to a serving plate together with the sauce 24 , then arrange the sautéed vegetables alongside.

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