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title: "What’s cooking today: Chicken drumsticks"
description: "It’s the perfect road food, contains a scrumptious morsel of meat and even has its own built-in handle for convenient roadside eating."
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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author: "Tony Jackman"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-10-28-whats-cooking-today-chicken-drumsticks/"
published: "2022-10-28T12:32:06"
updated: "2022-10-26T10:35:03"
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# What’s cooking today: Chicken drumsticks

> It’s the perfect road food, contains a scrumptious morsel of meat and even has its own built-in handle for convenient roadside eating.

By Tony Jackman · Published 28 October 2022, 14:32 SAST · Updated 26 October 2022, 12:35 SAST

## Content

These drumsticks are a tad sticky but if you pack wet wipes this won’t be a problem. You can slip sealed wet wipes into the cooler bag along with the padkos. This recipe pairs with [this column](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-10-28-perfect-padkos-pity-about-the-mess/).

**Ingredients**

12 chicken drumsticks

6 garlic cloves, chopped

¼ cup sherry vinegar

¼ cup sweet soy sauce

¼ cup olive oil

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cumin

Pinch of black pepper

Salt to taste

**Method**

Mix together the garlic, sherry vinegar, sweet soy sauce, spices, pepper and oil. Douse the chicken drumsticks in this in a deep oven pan and marinate for three or more hours.

Preheat the oven to 220℃ or higher. Season the drumsticks with salt on both sides. Bake until cooked to the bone, tender and golden brown. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until ready to travel. Pack in a tub in a cooler box with ice packs. Eat on the same day. Don’t forget to pack serviettes and/or wet wipes. Remember not to litter at the picnic spot. There are rubbish bins at every South African picnic spot. Yet there’s plenty of litter too. Odd, that. **DM/TGIFood**

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