A budget friendly family meal that’s not only simple but delicious as well. You can cook this meal no matter what the weather is like, if its cooler serve with a creamy mashed potato and steamed greens if its hot this chicken is amazing with grilled corn and coleslaw.
Submitted by Jarrah King

Smokey BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
A budget friendly family meal that's not only simple but delicious as well. You can cook this meal no matter what the weather is like, if its cooler serve with a creamy mashed potato and steamed greens if its hot this chicken is amazing with grilled corn and coleslaw.
Serving: 4
Ingredients
- 1kg of chicken drumsticks
Marinade
- 1/2 cup bbq sauce
- 2tbs tomato paste
- 1tsp smoked paprika
- 1tsp parsley
- 2tsp garlic
- 1tsp onion salt
- 1tbs black strap molasses (brown sugar or maple syrup can be used as an alternative)
- 2tbs liquid smoke (see notes this can be left out)
- Season with salt and pepper
Instructions
- *If you have the time leave the chicken to marinate for as long as possible. *
- Cover drumsticks in marinade and place in a slow cooker
- Cook on low for 5/6 hours on on high for 2/3 hours.
- A budget friendly family meal that's not only simple but delicious as well. You can cook this meal no matter what the weather is like, if its cooler serve with a creamy mashed potato and steamed greens if its hot this chicken is amazing with grilled corn and coleslaw.
- If you don't have liquid smoke use extra smoked paprika or buy a BBQ sauce that has a smokey flavour.
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Absolutely delicious
Very easy to cook and very yummy
Beautiful, tasty and cheap meal. I used smokey BBQ sauce, as I don’t have liquid smoke.
Turned out great!
So delicious! Will be a regular in our house!
Easy and very delicious, saved to my favourite recipes to cook again.
This. With corn and coleslaw. A-MAZING! The flavours are incredible and a very budget friendly meal for a crowd, especially when COLES or Woolies drumsticks go on sale for $2-$4kg! We love this. So good.
Yummy! Didn’t have liquid smoke but used an American Bbq sauce that had a smokey flavour.
Making again on Sunday . Marinating chicken after it gets delivered today then refrigerate until Sunday morning . This is my brothers all time favourite meal and who can blame him . The flavour is amazing and so easy to prepare . So glad I sourced liquid smoke . The smell of that on its own is divine .
This recipe was a win, absolutely delicious! I used chicken Maryland’s in lieu of drumsticks. Followed the recipe otherwise, marinated the morning before and the flavour was well absorbed. I finished chicken off in the oven to avoid sloppy skin
Love this bbq chook. I used 6 chicken drumsticks, took the skin off, used half a cup of Smokey bbq marinade from Aldi, followed the rest of the recipe. It was sooo delicious. Served it with mash and veggies.
yum yum yum didnt add the smoke added x smoked paprika
brillant so tasty served with noodles
Sounds like a great swap! 🙂
yum yum yum
made as didnt add the smoke but added x smoke paprika
so tasty brillant