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

Southern style chicken drumsticks with potato mash & steamed vegetables

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

  • 1 Oven tray
  • Baking paper

Ingredients

  • oil spray

Drumsticks

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

Mash

  • 600 g potato
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp onion powder

Vegetables

  • ½ broccoli
  • ½ cauliflower
  • 1 cup grean beans

Instructions

Before you start

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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