Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks with Everything Bagel Crust
Golden, crunchy, and packed with flavor, these Everything but the Bagel chicken drumsticks are your new weeknight staple.
Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks: just ‘shake, shake, shake” and pop in the oven. I love a dinner with just a few pantry staples and an economical choice of protein. These crispy drumsticks are a great dinner for hungry little ones or just when you want some “fun food” on the dinner table. Serve with roasted potatoes, cooked carrots, or broccoli for a fast and yummy dinner.
Ingredients in Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks:
- 6 skin-on chicken drumsticks
- eggs
- Everything but the Bagel seasoning
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- flour
- butter
- salt, pepper
Special Equipment needed for this recipe:
Common Questions
In the spice aisle of most major grocery stores, you can find this spice mix. Publix, Trader Joe’s, Kroger, and Safeway all carry this product.
If you’ve had it on your shelf for a while, give it a smell. The sesame seeds in the mix can spoil and go rancid. I store EBTB spice mix in the freezer once opened.
Yes- you will need to bake it much longer. Use a digital thermometer and check the meat at the thickest point. Once the internal temp reaches 165 degrees F, the chicken is cooked through and safe to eat. For thighs, bake for about 40-45 minutes. For breasts, bake for 60 minutes. Cover the chicken for the first 20 minutes to prevent burning.
Yes, the crust will not be as crunchy, but you can remove the skin. Double dip the chicken in the egg u0026 coating to build up more of a crust.
Olive oil will burn if left in the oven for a long time. Butter adds much more flavor and coats the chicken better making a silkier sauce.
Other Great Pine & Palm Kitchen Chicken dishes to try:
How to make this recipe:
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
- Butter an oven-proof baking dish well.
- Combine flour and spices in a zip-top bag.
- Whisk eggs in a shallow pie plate
- Pat chicken dry. Dip in egg and then shake in the zip-top bag to coat with the flour mixture
- Place coated drumsticks into the prepared dish
- Bake at 375 until crispy and golden brown- about 35-40 minutes.
Pro tips for Oven baked Chicken Drumsticks:
Crispy Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks with Everything Bagel Crust
Ingredients
- 6 skin-on chicken drumsticks
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp Everything but the bagel seasoning mix
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp ground pepper
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter, plus extra for the baking dish
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
- Butter an oven-proof baking dish well. Pat chicken dry with paper toweling. Melt 4 tbsp of butter in a microwave-safe dish. Set aside.
- Combine flour and spices Bagel searing through ground pepper) into a zip-top bag. Shake well to combine.
- Whisk eggs in a shallow pie plate. Dip each chicken leg in the egg mixture and then shake off the excess.
- Place drumsticks, one at a time, in a zip-top bag with the flour mixture. Seal and shake well to coat completely. Repeat coating with the flour mixture with each drumstick. Set on a wire rack and repeat after 5 minutes.
- Place coated drumsticks into the prepared dish and drizzle with melted butter
- Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, then turn the chicken and bake another 15-20 minutes until crispy and golden brown. If the coating is getting too dark, reduce heat to 375 degrees. Serve with pan drippings.
This recipe is the easiest thing I’ve ever made for dinner. This is one repeat at our house.
A must have recipe! So easy and is amazing ever time I make it
So glad you liked it.
After the first dipping in egg and then flour, and you let it rest for 5 mins. Then you say to repeat. Do you mean the egg and flour again or only the flour? Thank you!
Hi Meg, Just repeat the flour coating. I’ve modified the recipe card to make that easier to understand. Hope you enjoy this recipe. It’s a family favorite around here.