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Buttermilk Roast Chicken
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Buttermilk chicken has long been one of my favorite al fresco summer suppers. My method of choice has usually been to butterfly a chicken — or rather, many chickens — and then cut them into feisty quarters to layer up on serving plates. I’ve altered this to make cooking speedier, and conveying easier, by using only drumsticks.
Yield : Serves 6
Ingredients
- 12 chicken drumsticks (approx. 3 lbs total weight)
- 2 cups buttermilk
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 cloves garlic, bruised and skins removed
- 1 tablespoon crushed peppercorns
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt or 1½ teaspoons table salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
Directions
Place the chicken drumsticks in a large freezer bag, and add the buttermilk and ¼ cup of oil.
Add the bruised garlic cloves to the bag with the crushed peppercorns and salt.
Sprinkle in the ground cumin and finally add the maple syrup, and then squish everything in the freezer bag around to mix the marinade and coat the chicken.
Leave the buttermilk-marinated chicken in the fridge ideally overnight or out of the fridge for at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 425°F. Take the chicken pieces out of the bag, shaking off the excess marinade, and then arrange them in a roasting pan lined with aluminum foil.
Drizzle over the 2 remaining tablespoons of oil, and then roast in the oven for about 30 minutes, or until brown, even scorched in parts, and juicily cooked through.
© 2007 Nigella Lawson
Nutritional Information
Nutrients per serving
531 kcal
13 % daily value
12 % daily value
3 % daily value
615 mg
60 mg
46 g
6 g
0 g
7 g
185 mg
855 mg
7 g
34 g
16 % daily value
