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large black skillet with coconut lime chicken drumsticks on a wooden table with limes in the background
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Coconut Lime Chicken Drumsticks

Juicy, flavorful chicken drumsticks made with coconut milk, fresh lime juice, cilantro, and chili powder.
Course dinner, Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword chicken, Coconut, drumsticks, Lime
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 6
Author Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

  • 6 chicken drumsticks
  • 7 oz coconut milk *
  • 1 medium lime
  • 1 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 2 Tbsp minced cilantro
  • 1/2-1 tsp chili powder
  • Salt
  • *use the Thai coconut milk kind not the sweet cocktail one

Instructions

  • Combine coconut milk, juice from the lime, sugar, cilantro, chili powder, and salt in a medium mixing bowl and whisk together. Add chicken drumsticks to the mixture and marinade for about 15 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 400.
  • Make sure that the cast iron skillet is well seasoned. (You can also use another oven-safe cooking pan.)
  • Place drumsticks in the skillet and pour coconut milk mixture over them.
  • Bake for 45-55 minutes, turning drumsticks half way though. (Cook time will depend on the thickness of your drumsticks.)

Notes

Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.com All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.