Mouthwatering Chinese Chicken Drumsticks

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons dark soy sauce
• 6 tablespoons oyster sauce (lee kum chee is the best brand. i buy mine in bulk at an oriental market)
• 4 tablespoons orange juice
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons cooking sherry
• 2 tablespoons pancake syrup (while it may seem bizarre, this is the most important ingredient. the syrup caramelizes as the chick)
• 1 tablespoon of minced garlic
• 8 chicken drumsticks

Recipe

• 1 combine all ingredients for the marinade in a zip-lock bag. add chicken. marinade overnight.
• 2 pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
• 3 line a medium-sized baking pan with aluminum foil and sprinkle the bottom of the pan with salt
• 4 dump the contents of the bag (including the sauce) into the pan. arrange the drumsticks so that they are not touching each other.
• 5 cover pan with aluminum foil and bake for forty-five minutes.
• 6 remove the top layer of foil and turn the chicken over. bake for an additional fifteen to twenty minutes, until the top of the chicken is nicely browned.
• 7 remove from oven.
• 8 i always serve this with rice, and pour the drippings from the chicken over the rice.