Hot Chicken Pops
This is such a fun way and DELICIOUS way to have chicken drums— I feel like drums are the most unrated part of the entire chicken; this recipe will change your mind. Its spicy, savory, and MEATY. The dipping sauce complete all the flavors together giving it a nice zing and pop of fresh. If you try this, tag me; I love seeing your foodie posts (:
What you’ll need:
Servings: 4
8-10 chicken drums
1 tsp onion powder
2 tsp old bay
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp paprika
4 tsps dried ranch seasoning
2 tsps baking powder
salt
black pepper
1/2 cup greek yogurt
Louisiana style hot sauce
1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions:
*Make sure all protein are thoroughly washed and pat dry
Start off by prepping chicken drums— take one drum at a time and carefully start cutting through the end tip part where the skin and tendons hold the skin of the chicken together. Slowly rotate chicken drum until all skin/meat are separated from bone on the end tip — use kitchen shears to help with this process and cut through tendons. Once tendons are cut, gently push down meat until drum looks like a lollipop. (You can discard end piece if you’d like)—Continue until all chicken is “lolipoped”.
Be patient with this part and be very careful
Transfer chicken pops to a mixing bowl and season with onion powder, old bay, garlic powder, paprika, ranch seasoning, baking powder, salt, and black pepper— mix well and set aside.
Airfry chicken drums in one even single layer at 400F for about 20-30 minutes depending on size of drums— be sure to flip them halfway through cook time to ensure entire chicken drum becomes golden and crispy. (Make sure internal temp of chicken reaches 165F for safe consumption)
While chicken pops are airfrying- prep sauce. Combine greek yogurt, as much Louisiana style hot sauce as you’d like ( I used about 5 tsps to 1/2 cup of greek yogurt— you can always add more), lemon juice, salt and black pepper. Mix well and set aside.
Transfer cooked chicken pop to a serving plate and place them upside down so that way the “sticks” are pointing up for a pretty presentation — serve with dipping sauce on the side. Let cool before enjoying !
