Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Honey Mustard Baked Chicken Drumsticks
Honey Mustard Baked Chicken Drumsticks brings together potatoes, chicken drumsticks, and dijon mustard. Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 11 min
- Cook
- 60 min
- Total
- 71 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 12 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Chicken
- Cooking method
- Baked & roasted
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: over 60 minutes
- Budget (estimated)
- Low cost
A few quick notes
1. Get the oven ready first
Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. Then use the preparation steps that follow to get the food ready for the hot oven.
2. Fold in at the stated step
Have the ingredient for folding in ready before you need it. Follow that mixing step as written, rather than putting every ingredient into the bowl at the start.
3. Set out the finishing ingredient
Keep the finishing ingredient within reach while the main preparation is going on. Add it at the step in the method so the last job is easy to complete.
Get to know the ingredients
Potatoes
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Microwave potatoes for 10 minutes on high or until cooked. (Note 5)
Chicken drumsticks
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: If making smashed potatoes, fold up the edges of the foil the drumsticks are on
Dijon mustard
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Microwave potatoes for 10 minutes on high or until cooked. (Note 5)
Let’s make it
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Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
0 of 11 steps completeMake room for Honey Mustard Baked Chicken Drumsticks
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Sprinkle with fresh thyme leaves if using. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Mix the sauce before its turn
Give the sauce mixture its own preparation step. Have it ready before the recipe calls for it in the pan or bowl, so you can keep moving through the method.
Use the microwave sequence in the recipe
Read the microwave stages and checks before you start. Follow the settings and texture checks given for this recipe, including any note about differences between microwaves or container sizes.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the oven. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Microwave potatoes for 10 minutes on high or until cooked. (Note 5)
Which little step is worth remembering?
Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. Then use the preparation steps that follow to get the food ready for the hot oven.
What check should I look for as it cooks?
Keep this part of the method in view: Bake for 10 - 15 minutes until sauce reduces and the drumsticks are golden and sticky.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Give the sauce mixture its own preparation step. Have it ready before the recipe calls for it in the pan or bowl, so you can keep moving through the method.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: RecipeTin Eats. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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