Glazed Drumsticks & Chili Sweet Corn Cobs

Howdy partner!

Turn on the heat!

I am a BIG fan of maple syrup. I already tried glazing bacon with it .. DELICIOUS! So I thought: "why not glaze a nice chicken drumstick".
Maple syrup is made from sap from the maple tree. It was first collected by the indigenous people of North America, and now the Canadians are largest producers of maple syrup in the world. It tasted so delicious they even decided to put the maple leaf on their flag! ... Well that is the reason I would have done it anyway!
Back to the kitchen.
I decided to add some extra ingredients, because maple syrup is really sweet and I wanted to spice it up a little bit. So I decided to add some BBQ sauce (find recipe here!!), some Harissa, some garlic and some other spices. I left the chicken to marinate for at least 6 hours, next time I'll let it marinate some more. But it turned out really good.
I hope you enjoy this recipe!

Glazed drumsticks & Chili sweet corn cobs

Ingredients: for 2 people
Drumsticks

• 4 chicken drumsticks
• 100 gr BBQ sauce (find recipe here!!)
• 40 gr Maple Syrup
• 1 big garlic clove
• 2 tsp oregano
• 2 tsp Harissa or something spicy!
• Salt and Pepper

Sweet Corn

• 2 Sweet corn cobs
• 80 gr butter
• 2 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp paprika powder
• seasalt

Preparation:

Start by making the marinade for the chicken. Take a bowl and mix the BBQ sauce, the maple syrup and the harissa. Crush the garlic and add it together with the oregano and season with salt and pepper. Taste it and add more ingredients to your personal taste, like it sweeter? Add more maple syrup. Like it hotter? add more hot stuff.

Carve the chicken drumsticks and rub with the marinade (because the chicken is carved the flavors will absorb quicker into the meat!). Let it marinate for at least 5 to 6 hours.

Once the chicken has marinated enough, heat the oven at 200°C (about 400°F). Put the drumsticks in an oven tray and keep the remaining marinade for later use.

Soften the butter for the corn until your can mix it with the chili and paprika powder. Rub it on the corn and wrap the corn into tin foil.

Put the chicken in the oven. After 15 minutes put the corn in the oven, turn the drumsticks over and cover with some marinade. Do this every 10 minutes until the chicken has been in the oven for about 50 minutes.

Serve the drumsticks & the sweet corn cobs with some salad and some grilled vegetables.
Season the corn cob with some rough seasalt. Delicious!

Enjoy!

Glazed drumsticks & Chili Sweet Corn with a salad and grilled capsicum