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Home » Meat » Poultry » Chicken » Chicken Drumsticks

Chicken Drumsticks

A Chicken Drumstick is the lower part of the chicken leg. Drumsticks range in size from 3 oz to 7 oz, depending on how fully grown the chicken was, but most Drumsticks brought to market these days range around 4 oz or just slightly over.

They are fattier than the breast part, but the fat renders during cooking and bastes the meat, keeping it very moist.

They are also very inexpensive, because everyone either wants breasts or whole chickens. And, unlike Chicken Wings, no restaurant mass-market demand for them has yet arisen.

You can eat Drumsticks with a knife and fork, or just pick them up with your fingers (depending where you are.)

Chicken Drumsticks are sold in packs of multiple drumsticks, fresh, frozen, cooked or cooked and seasoned.

Cooking Tips

You can braise, roast, broil or simmer them. Allow ½ pound (225g) per person.

Nutrition Facts

Per 1 drumstick, with 1.5 oz (40g) of meat on it, skin on

Amount
Calories
245
Fat
13 g

Equivalents

4 drumsticks per pound / 9 drumsticks per kilo

½ pound (225 g) of cooked drumsticks equals 90 to 100g of actual meat

Storage Hints

Fresh from the store, you can keep raw Drumsticks in the refrigerator for up to 2 days, or freeze for 6 months. Cooked ones can be stored in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days, or frozen for up to 4 months.

Other names

French: Pilons de poulet
Dutch: Kippenboutje
Spanish: Muslo de pollo
Portuguese: Coxas de ave

This page first published: May 10, 2005 · Updated: Jun 12, 2018.

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