Chili Lime Chicken Drumsticks with Avocado Oil [Recipe] (2024)

May 31, 2017

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Chili lime chicken drumsticks have been myhero this past week. You see, my house sits right on top ofthis ridiculous hill with zero shade, completely exposed. With rain more than half the year, it's usually no issue. The sun and I don't see a lot of each other, but when it does come to pay a visit, there's no escaping it. You can't run, you can't hide, you just have to deal with it. (Kind of like mother-in-laws, hey-oh!)

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As the temperature climbed, my house quickly turned into a fiery inferno. Ihad convinced myself if I even looked towards the kitchen I wouldburst into flames. Since I have yet to accept heatstroke as my fate of death, I've avoided cooking as much as possible.

Turn on the oven? No thanks. Stand over a stove? I'll pass.Sure there are salads, but... meh.

Coming through in the clutch: the outdoor grill.

I got out of my house and enjoyed the sunshine while cooking up something tasty. I made a massive batch of these chili lime chicken drumsticks meal-prep-style on the grill. And since you can fit approximately 500,000 chicken legs on the barbecue, meal prep was a total breeze. We're talking uncomplicated ingredients, minimal clean-up,dinner, lunch, lunch, lunch. I ate these for dinner that night, and they were just as good cold straight out of the fridge over the next few days. Lazy and delicious!

Honestly, I didn't mind eating this over and over. First of all, drumsticks dude. You seriously can't go wrong. I could probably live off of them alone and be a perfectly happy camper. Secondly, repeat meals madefor an effortless way to account for macros. I know for some, eating the same thing day in day out sounds like a nightmare. But if you find something that you enjoy,nothing wrong withrepeating it a few times!

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Chili Lime Chicken Drumsticks with Avocado Oil [Recipe]

Grilled chili lime drumsticks have a nice kick to them!

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Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Special Diet: Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Paleo

Servings: 12 Drumsticks

Serving Size:

Net Carbs: 1g

Author: Tasha

Ingredients

12 Chicken legs aka drumsticks
3 Tbs Avocado Oil
1 Tbs Chili Powder
1 Tbs Lime Juice
1 Tbs Garlic Powder
Salt to taste

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

In a large bowl, mix avocado oil, chili powder, lime juice and garlic powder until evenly distributed.
Toss chicken drumsticks in mixture to evenly coat.
Cover and let marinate for a minimum of 30-60 minutes.
While the chicken is marinating, preheat grill to a medium-high heat (surface temperature of ~450F).
Place chicken on the grill grates, and turn approximately every 5 minutes until chicken temperature reaches 185F, approximately 30-40 minutes depending on size of drumsticks.
Salt to taste.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Chili Lime Chicken Drumsticks with Avocado Oil [Recipe]

Amount per Serving

Calories

249

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Ang says
July 08, 2017 at 1:55 pm

What would be a good substitution for avocado oil? My son is allergic to avocado.
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Mariam Jafri says
July 18, 2017 at 11:33 am

I live in a condo with no balcony for grilling 🙁 do you think this recipe would still work if I baked and broiled the chicken?
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- Tasha Metcalf says
  July 18, 2017 at 6:30 pm
  
  Absolutely!
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Eddie says
October 11, 2017 at 11:15 pm

Hey there, just a quickie!
Couldn't make sense of fat content listed in chicken for your lime drumsticks, 225g for 512g of drumsticks, that's 45g fat per 100g?? I would've thought there would be no more than 10g fat per 100g for chicken drumsticks (even less when grilled?). I maybe missing something or completely wrong but just wanted to mention it because if people are counting the fat content as listed, they may be using a figure that's 4-5 times higher than it should be and eating this recipe liberally, thus consuming a greatly inflated protein/fat ratio, no small issue for someone trying to keep those ketones flowing!!
Cheers
Eddie
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- Tasha Metcalf says
  October 12, 2017 at 10:57 am
  
  Oh jeez, you're right. I must have been rushing through making this table and looks like I used the "skin" data versus the meat and skin data and breezed right over it. I updated the table with a link to the data source too. Thanks for catching that and letting me know, it's very much appreciated!
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Fes says
October 23, 2017 at 11:38 pm

Hi Tasha,
I love the recipe, but how come the nutritional facts don't account for protein per serving?
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- Tasha Metcalf says
  October 24, 2017 at 9:46 am
  
  I integrated everything to a new nutrition label plugin last week and this one didn't import properly. I just went in to manually update the nutrition label, so everything should be up-to-date and accurate. 🙂
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KW mum says
March 04, 2018 at 5:43 am

Can't seem to figure out what a serving of this is? Is it one drumstick?
Thanks!
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- Tasha Metcalf says
  March 04, 2018 at 9:09 am
  
  Hi there! The nutrition label is for 1 piece of chicken. (:
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LINH DAO says
April 03, 2018 at 2:35 am

Hey Tasha! If I do bake it - how long should I do it for? Thank you!
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- Howie says
  September 29, 2018 at 4:29 pm
  
  Drumsticks bake in 45-50 minutes at 400 degrees F.
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Dee says
June 08, 2018 at 10:33 am

If I bake this how long will it take and at what temperature should I bake?
Also if I choose to broil, how long is that as well? I don't live in a place with access to a grill but would like to try this.
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Vanessa says
November 17, 2018 at 2:11 pm

Hey, I just wanted to tell y'all, that my husband is a griller ( TG!) and he made these for our football snacks this Saturday, but used the smaller drums instead of those turkey legs sized ones instead and they came out just friggin AWESOME!!! We will definitely be keeping these on our new diet menu!!
Thanks so much for this one !!! 👍❤️❤️
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Sab says
January 02, 2019 at 3:22 pm

Trying tonight! How do I broiled these? On low? For how long? Thank you!
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Paul says
February 06, 2019 at 2:36 pm

The nutrition label may be for one drumstick but it does not say that on the nutrition label. Would be more helpful to say that on the label. - Paul
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Michelle Thompson says
April 23, 2020 at 6:03 am

Do delicious - and simple!! YUMMY to my TUMMY...Thank you for sharing 😋
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Chili Lime Chicken Drumsticks with Avocado Oil [Recipe] (2024)

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Chili Lime Chicken Drumsticks with Avocado Oil [Recipe]

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