Chicken Drumsticks With Asian Barbecue Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon chinese five spice powder
• 16 chicken drumsticks (3 pounds)
• salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 3/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 1/4 cup sweet asian chili sauce or 1/4 cup hot pepper jelly
• 1/4 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup chicken stock or 1/4 cup chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
• 2 large garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 cup toasted sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 425f°.
• 2 in a large bowl, mix the vegetable oil with the five-spice powder.
• 3 add the chicken, season with salt and pepper and toss.
• 4 arrange the chicken on a foil-lined baking sheet.
• 5 roast for about 35 minutes, turning twice, until cooked.
• 6 meanwhile, in a blender, combine the hoisin sauce, chile sauce, rice vinegar, stock, ginger, garlic and sesame oil and puree until very smooth.
• 7 transfer to a saucepan and simmer until slightly thickened, 5 minutes.
• 8 transfer the chicken to a bowl and toss with the sauce, until completely coated.
• 9 preheat the broiler and position a rack 8 inches from the heat.
• 10 return the chicken to the baking sheet and broil for about 10 minutes, brushing with the sauce and turning occasionally, until glazed and sticky.
• 11 add the sesame seeds to a bowl.
• 12 dip the chicken in the seeds to coat; serve.