The drumstick is that part of the chicken carcass that after heat treatment does not always remain soft and juicy. But owners of modern kitchen helpers can forever forget about this problem. There are many interesting ways to make delicious chicken drumsticks in a slow cooker. At the same time, poultry meat does not dry out, it turns out tender and juicy.

Baked chicken drumsticks in a slow cooker

Many housewives believe that you should not bake chicken drumsticks. Indeed, in incompetent hands after such processing, the semi-finished product can become tough and unsuitable for eating. But everything changes when modern technology comes to the rescue.

Even an inexperienced craftswoman is able to prepare a juicy and mouth-watering dish in a matter of minutes.

The ingredients for this will require a little:

  • 6 drumsticks of chicken;
  • black pepper;
  • 15 g of vegetable refined oil;
  • salt;
  • any seasonings and spices.

To prepare such a dish, you must take certain steps in turn:

  1. Rinse chicken legs and carefully examine. Sometimes hard yellow skin remains on cut joints. It must be removed.
  2. Prepared prepared foods in a bowl. Sprinkle with pepper, salt and add any seasonings (for poultry meat). Mix all this well, put the workpiece for 20 minutes in the refrigerator.
  3. Pour oil into the multicooker bowl.
  4. There, put the processed lower legs.
  5. Close the device and set the “Baking” mode on the panel. Set the timer for 40 minutes. After that, you can safely go about your business. However, after 20 minutes it is necessary to open the unit and turn the food over with a fork so that they do not burn.
  6. After the signal, determine the readiness of the meat by piercing it with a knife.If light transparent juice stands out at the puncture site, then the work can be considered completed. Otherwise, baking should continue.

If you want the meat to become very soft and lag behind the bone itself, you can hold the prepared drumsticks for several minutes in the “Warm-up” mode.

How to stew with potatoes

An excellent option for a quick dinner for the whole family is the chicken drumsticks stewed in a slow cooker with potatoes. The secret of the dish is that the meat and side dish will be cooked at the same time.

For such a recipe you will need:

  • 7 chicken drumsticks;
  • salt;
  • 400 g of potatoes;
  • 3 g of caraway seeds;
  • 20 g refined sunflower oil;
  • pepper.

How to cook such a dish:

  1. Rinse parts of the bird well and dry with napkins, rub with a mixture of salt and pepper.
  2. Peel the potatoes and cut into slices. Then put in a bowl, sprinkle with caraway seeds, salt and mix.
  3. Pour a little oil into the bottom of the bowl. Turn on the device, set the "Baking" mode. Fat should warm up well.
  4. Put the drumsticks in a boiling composition, wait until the portions are slightly browned.
  5. Turn the meat over, and then place the prepared potatoes evenly on top.
  6. Close the slow cooker and fix the timer for half an hour. The process has begun. After 18-20 minutes, open the device, turn over the contents of the bowl (potatoes will be at the bottom). Continue cooking until the end of the process is signaled.

Steaming Recipe

Do not forget that the multicooker is a very smart unit. In it, you can not only stew, fry, cook or bake products, but also cook them for a couple. Moreover, this is done so simply that even a teenager can cope with the work.

The following required components are required:

  • 5 chicken drumsticks;
  • 750 ml of ordinary water;
  • 2 cloves of garlic;
  • 5 g of salt and spices;
  • 17 g of sunflower oil.

How to cook steamed chicken drumsticks in a slow cooker:

  1. Thoroughly wash meat products under cold running water, be sure to dry.
  2. Sprinkle food with selected spices and salt, pour oil, and then spread garlic on the surface, after passing it through a special press. Marinate the shins for 15 minutes.
  3. Next, pour hot water into the multicooker bowl. Set inside a special wire rack for steaming, distribute pickled drumsticks on it.
  4. Cover the unit tightly, turn on the “Steam cooking” program, select a time of 40 minutes.

Those who like the softest chicken meat can increase the process time by another 15 minutes.

Chicken drumsticks with rice in a slow cooker

Experts believe that rice is not only an ideal addition to poultry meat, but also an excellent side dish. Grain can be prepared separately. But if there is a multicooker at hand, the work is noticeably simplified. Mistresses who are not afraid to experiment can try to cook, for example, chicken legs with rice.

To get such a dish, you will need:

  • 2 large parts of the bird;
  • 2 multi-cups of rice cereal;
  • salt;
  • 3 multi-glasses of cold water;
  • spices (turmeric, pepper, garlic and other seasonings);
  • table mustard;
  • sunflower oil.

It is necessary to prepare such a dish in stages:

  1. Rinse and dry the meat, then grate it well with salt, mustard and selected spices.
  2. Pour a little oil into the multicooker bowl.
  3. Put the processed chicken legs in it, fry them in the “Baking” mode on one side for about 20 minutes.
  4. Turn the meat over.
  5. Pour pre-cooked rice, salt, add some more spices.
  6. Fill everything with water and set the “Pilaf” mode on the panel.

After the timer signal, you can turn off the multicooker and enjoy the finished dish. It really turns out very similar to an Asian dish.

With buckwheat

By analogy with the previous recipe, you can cook poultry, for example, with buckwheat.

In this case, you will need the following products:

  • 400 g chicken drumsticks;
  • salt;
  • 300 g of buckwheat;
  • 370 ml of water;
  • spice.

Now we will understand in more detail how to cook chicken drumsticks according to this recipe:

  1. Sort buckwheat and rinse well.
  2. Pieces of meat should also be thoroughly treated with water and dried with a napkin. It is desirable to remove the skin.
  3. Grate drumsticks with salt and spices.
  4. First, buckwheat in the bowl. Add to it all the necessary seasonings, pour water.
  5. Place the steaming grate and put meat on it.
  6. Cover the unit, set the Buckwheat mode (if this model does not have this option, then you can use the Porridge or Rice program).

In just 40 minutes, tender chicken with a flavorful side dish of buckwheat will be ready.

This dish is sure to appeal to those who prefer a healthy diet.

In sour cream sauce

A real masterpiece of culinary art will be chicken legs cooked in a slow cooker in a fragrant sour cream sauce. Here, in principle, there is also nothing complicated.

First, you need to collect on the desktop all the components that are required for this recipe:

  • 1 kg of chicken drumsticks;
  • 250 ml of water;
  • 1 onion;
  • 35 g of vegetable oil;
  • 250 g of fat sour cream;
  • salt;
  • seasonings;
  • pepper;
  • 0.5 bunch fresh parsley.

Once all the products are complete, you can get started:

  1. Rinse thoroughly, dry well with a paper towel.
  2. Grate them with salt, seasonings, spices and temporarily set aside.
  3. Chop the onion in half rings, finely chop the greens.
  4. Pour oil into the multicooker bowl, set the mode to "Frying" on the panel. Treat drumsticks in boiling fat on all sides for two minutes without closing the appliance.
  5. Pour onion over the meat, put sour cream, salt and pour everything with water. Cook under the lid in the "Extinguishing" mode for 35 minutes.
  6. Pour parsley and hold the meat in a flavor mixture for about 5 minutes.

As soon as the timer works, the device can be turned off, and lay the juicy drumsticks in sauce on plates.

Fried chicken drumsticks in a slow cooker

Having modern kitchen appliances at hand, the hostess can do anything with poultry meat. For example, chicken legs in a slow cooker are also good for frying.

There is one original recipe for which the following components are needed:

  • 4 chilled parts of chicken;
  • 40-50 g of soy sauce;
  • 1 pinch of salt and black pepper;
  • 4 cloves of garlic;
  • 35 g of liquid honey;
  • 20 g of vegetable oil.
  1. Rinse the legs and dry thoroughly with disposable towels. There should be no moisture on the surface of the meat.
  2. Sprinkle billets with pepper, salt and grate well.
  3. Chop the garlic into slices and stuff the meat with them, making several fairly deep cuts on the surface.
  4. Pour a little oil into the bowl. Put shins there immediately. Cook the product for about a quarter of an hour in the "Frying" mode.
  5. At this time, in a separate bowl, combine liquid honey and soy sauce.
  6. Pour the meat with the resulting aromatic mixture. Mix everything thoroughly. Continue the process in the "Frying" mode for another 25 minutes. In order for a uniform golden crust to form on the surface of each piece, the portions must be periodically turned over.

The timer signal will notify you of the end of work. Fragrant pieces of meat can be transferred to plates and served with any side dish.

Braised legs with vegetables

With the onset of the vegetable season, every housewife has the opportunity to somehow diversify the everyday home menu. And to do this is quite simple. For example, put out chicken legs in a slow cooker with fresh vegetables.

To do this, it is advisable to use the following set of products:

  • 2 pods of sweet pepper;
  • 1 carrot;
  • 1 kg of chicken drumsticks;
  • 2 onions;
  • salt;
  • 2 small zucchini;
  • 100 ml of cold water;
  • 30 ml of any vegetable oil;
  • spices (dried garlic, rosemary, paprika).

To properly extinguish chicken semi-finished products with vegetables, you will need:

  1. Washed and dried drumsticks lightly salt.
  2. Grind peeled vegetables: cut onion into rings, carrots and zucchini - in large cubes, crumble the pepper into strips.
  3. Heat oil in a multicooker bowl.Dip the meat into it and cook for 7-8 minutes in the "Frying" mode.
  4. Add onions, carrots, zucchini and pepper alternately. Salt the mass, add spices and add water.
  5. Close the appliance tightly, cook in the "Extinguishing" mode for 40 minutes.

As a result of such heat treatment, the meat will become tender and juicy, and the vegetables will boil well, but remain intact. They make an excellent side dish.

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