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These chicken drumsticks in oven are a healthy alternative for fried chicken lovers! They are seasoned and baked to perfection and loved by all!
These baked beauties taste delicious paired with Buttermilk Biscuits, Cheesy Hasselback Potatoes, and Roasted Green Beans.
Delicious and more healthy
When I’m feeling motivated to eat healthier, it seems like chicken is all I eat. Even though there are so many wonderful ways to make chicken, it can still get a little old sometimes. So, we’re always on the look out for new ways to switch up our chicken dishes, like these drumsticks made in the oven.
The batter coating the chicken is light, tasty, and just perfect enough to make you lick your fingers. The best part is that it tastes just like Kentucky Fried Chicken but they’re not fried at all – they’re BAKED!!
I was surprised that they tasted so good for being baked, but they were, which means I’ll feel less guilty when I have a few. 😉 When a recipe tastes this good and is this easy, it’s a winner in my book.
How to Bake Drumsticks in Oven
- BREAD. Coat each drumstick in the breading mixture (only 4 ingredients!), and then place in a 9×13 pan with a little bit of melted butter. Once they’re all breaded and in the pan, spray lightly with the spray butter and then place in the oven.
- BAKE. Bake at 450° for 30 minutes, then remove from the oven, flip each chicken leg, spray with butter once more, and then bake for an additional 15-25 minutes, until they’re as crispy as you want them to be.
- Tip: For easy clean up line the cooking pan with aluminum foil.
Can I use other cuts of chicken besides drumsticks? You can easily substitute other cuts. You will just have to adjust the bake times. Bake until juices run clear.
- Thighs: 375 degree oven for about 30 minutes
- Breasts: 375 degree oven for 20 minutes
- Boneless Wings: 350 degree oven for 30 minutes
- Bone-In Wings: 400 degree oven for 45 minutes
Storing leftovers
Throw away leftover chicken if it has been at room temperature for more than two hours. STORE leftovers in the fridge for 3-4 days. You can also FREEZE leftovers. Use an airtight container, freezer bags, or wrap in aluminum foil. Freeze for 4-6 months.
To REHEAT chicken in the micrwave, place chicken on a microwave safe dish, cover with a damp paper towel, heat for 45 seconds flip and heat for 45 seconds more.
To heat in the oven place chicken in an oven safe dish. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly coat the chicken with olive oil, heat uncovered for 25 minutes.
These chicken legs are sooooo crispy and DELICIOUS! We just had this recipe again for the second time this month which means it’s definitely a KEEPER. 😉
what to serve with drumsticks:
For more great chicken recipes, check out:
- Chicken Parmesan Bundles
- Chicken Stroganoff
- Bruschetta Chicken
- Chick-Fil-A Chicken Nuggets
- Baked Chicken Fingers
- Boneless Honey BBQ Chicken Wings
Chicken Drumsticks in Oven
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- While butter is melting, stir ¾ cup Bisquick, 1½ teaspoons paprika, 1¼ teaspoons salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper in a bowl. Coat each chicken drumstick and place in the baking dish with melted butter.
- Coat with butter before baking and once during baking.
- Bake for 30 minutes, flip, and bake an additional 15-25 minutes. ENJOY!!
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Adapted from bettycrocker.com.
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Fantastic recipe! I bake these in a roaster-type pan, covered in foil at 350 for 2 hours, rotating the legs after an hour. At the end of baking time, I uncover them and turn the temp up to 400 for 10 minutes or until brown and crispy! Soooo delicious! Thank you for this recipe 🙂
You are so welcome! Thanks so much for sharing what you do! I’m so happy they turned out so well!
This is soooooo stinkin’ GOOD!!!! I alWays Make extra bc the leftovers are even better!!! This is a regular at my house now. Easy & delicious!!!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing that! I am happy you like them!
Bake at 425 or 450? The written INSTRUCTIONS are different from the recipe instructions at the bottom.
425 degrees
total hit with the entire family! Paired this with some Mac n’ cheese and green beans. Even my oldest son who’s my picky eater enjoyed it and even asked for seconds. Recipe is super easy to prepare and clean up is a snap as well. I didn’t have bisquick so i substituted krusteaz pancake mix. my family requested i add this to my recipe rotation.
That sounds like a yummy meal! Thank you so much for sharing that!
Great thanks
You are so welcome! Thank you for stopping by!
unless I’m missing this info, is the skin left on or removed? many thanks!
It is on, but whatever you prefer 🙂
I dont have butter spray i have canola spray. Can i use that in ?
Yes, you sure could 🙂 Enjoy!!
It was deliciOUs! Made tHis with chicken wings. Seasoned wings with creole SEASONing first aNd LIGHTLY dipped with one egg. I only put sea salt Into the bIsquicK flour. I made sure there was enough bisquick cOating on all wings. I didnt have Spray butter. I basted the butter from bottom of pan to chicken halfway. Mmmm, love it. So crispy. My HUSBAND was raving about it. Thank you foR the recipe. Its a keeper aNd will make again and again. Yum.
Sounds delish!! Thanks!!
I have a question before I make these. Instead of baking in a buttered 9×13 pan could i bake these on a cooling rack on a cookie sheet instead or does the melted butter help with the crisping?
You could try, but, yes, the butter helps with the crisping 🙂
Delicious
Glad you think so 🙂 Thank you!