Chicken Drumsticks with Ranch Dressing

This is a favourite when I serve it up at party's.

Chicken Drumsticks

32 small chicken drumsticks. (get your butcher to french them...otherwise you will have to do this at home, cut of the wing tip and french around the thigh knuckle)

1 Tbs cracked pepper

1 tbs garlic salt

1 tbs onion powder

Olive oil for deep frying

1 cup tomato sauce

1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce

40g melted butter

1 tbs white sugar  (can use brown sugar for extra caramelising)

Tabasco sauce to taste.

Ranch dressing

1 cup whole egg mayonnaise

1 cup sour cream

1/3 cup lemon juice

1/3 cup chopped fresh chives

Salt & Pepper to taste.

1.  Combine pepper,garlic salt, onion powder in a extra large plastic freezer bag. Give a shake.

Add the chicken drummies and toss around in the bag till coated.

2.  Fill a heavy based  pan one third full of oil. The oil is ready when you drop a cube of bread into it and it turns golden brown in 15 secs.

Cook the chicken in batches for 2 mins each. Drain on paper towels. This is to seal the chicken not cook it through.

3. Transfer the chicken to a large non-metal bowl. Combine the sauces,butter,sugar and tabasco. Pour over the chicken and stir to coat. Refrigerate, covered for several hours or better if overnight.  

4.  Cook the chicken on a hot oiled lightly bbq grill or a grill pan on your stove top. Cook about 20mins, or until cooked through.

Turn and brush with the marinade during cooking.

5. Serve with the ranch dressing dipping sauce.

7. To make the dressing, mix together all the ingredients and season to taste with salt & pepper.

This is great party food for kids too. Just eliminate the tabasco sauce.

Dont forget to pass the napkins around. 

Hope this recipe is easy to follow.....I typed it out with a toddler on my lap eating a very messy peanut butter sandwich. Thank goodness for wet one wipes!