Coffee-Brined Chicken Drumsticks
- 1 1/2 cups strongly brewed coffee
- 1/4 cup salt
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 8 chicken drumsticks (2 1/2 lb. total)
- In a large bowl, stir together 2 cups water, coffee, salt and sugar until salt and sugar are completely dissolved. Stir in chili powder, red pepper, garlic and cinnamon. Add chicken. Top with a small plate, if needed, to keep chicken submerged. Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 4 hours.
- Preheat broiler. Lift chicken from brine and place on a broiler pan. (Discard brine.) Broil 4 to 6 inches from heat source until browned, about 10 minutes. Turn chicken pieces and broil until second side is browned, 10 minutes more.
- Set oven to 350u0b0F. Move pan to a rack in middle of oven and bake until drumsticks are no longer pink at bone (cut to test), 10 to 15 minutes longer. Serve hot.
coffee, salt, sugar, chili powder, red pepper, garlic, cinnamon, chicken
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/coffee-brined-chicken-drumsticks (may not work)