Chicken Lollipop

Total Time Prep: 20 min. Grill: 50 min.
Yield 8 servings
Test Kitchen Approved
Love a chicken drumstick? Then you'll really get a kick out of a chicken lollipop with a sweet and sticky homemade sauce.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup apricot preserves
  • 3 tablespoons ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
  • LOLLIPOPS:
  • 2 pounds chicken drumsticks
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Directions

  1. In a small saucepan, combine preserves, ketchup, soy sauce, vinegar and brown sugar. Bring to a simmer; cook 3-4 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring frequently. Set aside.
  2. Cut back the skin and ligament portion of the chicken legs; remove skin and push the meat up the leg to create a lollipop shape with meat on one end, visible bone on the other. Brush with olive oil. In a small bowl, combine paprika, salt, pepper, garlic powder, ginger and cayenne. Sprinkle spice mixture on lollipops.
  3. Prepare grill for indirect heat, using a drip pan. Place chicken over drip pan and grill, covered, over indirect medium heat until internal temperature reaches 160°, about 45 minutes. Brush with prepared sauce, grill 5-10 minutes longer.

Nutrition Facts

1 serving: 171 calories, 8g fat (2g saturated fat), 47mg cholesterol, 486mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (8g sugars, 0 fiber), 15g protein.

Take your barbecue game up a notch with these chicken lollipops. Each bite is sweet and tangy from a marinade of apricot, ketchup and soy sauce. —Julie Andrews, Rockford, Michigan
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