Southern style chicken drumsticks with potato mash & steamed vegetables meal planning

Southern style chicken drumsticks with potato mash & steamed vegetables

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Servings: 4 people
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes

Equipment

  • 1 Oven tray
  • Baking paper

Ingredients

  • oil spray

Drumsticks

  • 1 kg chicken drumsticks
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 3 tbsp / 45 ml olive oil
  • ¼ cup Southern style seasoning

Mash

  • 600 g potato
  • ¼ cup / 60 ml milk
  • 1 tbsp / 15 ml olive oil
  • 1 tsp onion powder

Vegetables

  • ½ broccoli
  • ½ cauliflower
  • 1 cup grean beans

Instructions

Before you start

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C fan bake. Line an oven tray with baking paper then place an oven rack on the oven tray and spray the rack with oil spray. Bring a steamer pot of hot tap water to a boil.

Prep drumsticks

  1. Peel and mince 2 cloves garlic. Grate the zest of 1 lemon, then slice it into wedges. In a large bowl whisk to combine the garlic, lemon zest, 3 tbsp olive oil and ¼ cup Southern style seasoning. Place 1 kg chicken drumsticks in the bowl and toss until well coated.

Cook drumsticks

  1. Place each drumstick on the prepared oven rack, and keep them in a single layer with just a little space between each. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes or until cooked through.
    Tip: Time will vary depending on the size of the drumsticks.

Cook potatoes

  1. Meanwhile, peel and dice 600 g potato into small chunks. When the drumsticks have 20 minutes of cooking time remaining, cook the potato in the steamer pot of boiling water for 12-15 minutes until tender. Transfer to a large bowl and reserve the steamer pot with water. Add 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tsp onion powder and ¼ cup milk and season with salt and pepper. Mash until smooth.

Cook broccoli

  1. Bring the reserved steamer pot of water back to a boil - add more hot tap water if needed. Slice ½ broccoli and ½ cauliflower into florets. Add the broccoli, cauliflower and 1 cup grean beans to the steamer pot and cook for 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

To serve

  1. Divide the Southern style chicken drumsticks, potato mash and steamed vegetables between plates. Serve with tomato sauce on the side for dipping.

Nutrition

Calories: 641kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 156mg | Sodium: 1176mg | Potassium: 1594mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 7g | Calcium: 129mg | Iron: 4mg

Dietary note: Be sure to check the label and ensure the ingredients match your dietary requirements/preferences.

Ingredients note: Nutritional information is an estimate based on average ingredients by all brands.

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