Paprika chicken drumsticks

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Recipe from Family flavours

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45 minutes (plus 60 minutes marinade time)
Serves 4
1 of 5 A DAY

Nutrition per serving

Calories611
Fat16.8g
Sugar6.3g
Salt0.9g

A wooden chopping board with roast chicken drumsticks, baked potato wedges, and two ears of sweetcorn on the cob—one wrapped in foil—on a light-coloured tabletop.

3 ratings

Recipe by: Aliya Porter | Registered Nutritionist

All the taste of a takeaway at a fraction of the cost and with no added salt.

This recipe is from our Eat Move Learn programme helping kids to eat healthily and stay active.

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Ingredients

For the drumsticks

2 teaspoons smoked paprika
2 teaspoons oregano
4 teaspoons lemon juice (juice of half a lemon)
3 teaspoons vegetable oil
4 cloves garlic, finely diced
2 teaspoons ground cumin
½ teaspoon chilli powder
800g chicken drumsticks

For the wedges

800g potatoes, washed and cut into wedges (leave the skins on)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 teaspoons smoked paprika

For the side

4 corn on the cob, washed
Black pepper (to taste)

Method

Mix all the ingredients for the chicken marinade in a bowl large enough to fit the drumsticks in.
Remove the skins of the drumsticks by pulling the skin down from the top and use scissors to cut it off around the narrowest part of the drumstick.
Add the chicken to the marinade, using your hands to combine them. Wash your hands thoroughly, then cover the bowl and place in the fridge for at least 1 hour (or up to 24 hours).
Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan.
To make the wedges, put the cut potatoes into a bowl, add the oil and mix with your hands so that it covers the potatoes.
Turn the potatoes out onto a non-stick baking tray and spread them out. Sprinkle with the smoked paprika and set aside.
Place each corn cob onto a piece of tin foil, season with black pepper and wrap up, sealing into a parcel by twisting the ends.
Once the chicken is marinated, place the drumsticks on an oven tray lined with baking paper leaving space to put your corn parcels onto the tray later.
Put the chicken and potatoes in the oven. Cook for 10 minutes and then add the corn parcels to the baking tray. Cook for a further 30 minutes until the wedges are soft in the middle and browned, and the chicken is cooked through.

If you can’t get hold of sweetcorn, serve with coleslaw.

Children can help weigh out ingredients, mix the marinade and cover the chicken in it, wrap the sweetcorn in foil, and sprinkle the paprika on the wedges.