Ingredients
- 8 chicken drumsticks
- 2 tablespoons baking powder (not baking soda)
MARINADE:
- 2 stalks lemongrass, finely sliced
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 11/2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons turmeric powder
- 1 red chilli, thinly sliced (optional)
Instructions
Combine the marinade ingredients in a large glass or ceramic bowl, add the drumsticks and mix well to coat the chicken.
Place in the fridge to marinate for 15 minutes.
Pre heat oven to 120°C.
Once marinated, remove from fridge and pat chicken dry.
Place into a bag with baking powder and shake to coat each piece of chicken.
Spread out drumsticks on a greased wire rack over a tray covered in aluminium foil, this will allow any fat to drip away. You can still bake these without a wire rack, just drain off excess fat halfway through the cook time.
Bake for 30 minutes on the bottom rack of the oven.
Increase oven temperature to 220°C and move drumsticks to the top rack of the oven and bake a further 30 minutes or until golden and crispy.
Notes
In the final stage of cooking, rotate your chicken pieces around if some are cooking faster than others.