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Drumsticks with Sriracha and Honey Lime Sauce

Grilled drumsticks tossed in a sweet and spicy Sriracha and honey lime sauce! A great addition to your game day line up!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Honey and sriracha work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 90 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Contains: soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C) and line a baking sheet with foil.

  2. Pat the chicken drumsticks dry with paper towels and place them on the sheet, spaced apart.

  3. In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, honey, sriracha, minced garlic, lime zest and lime juice.

  4. Brush the drumsticks all over with half of the sauce.

  5. Bake for 20 minutes.

  6. Brush the drumsticks with the remaining sauce and bake for 5 more minutes, until the thickest part reaches 165°F (74°C).

  7. Let the drumsticks rest for 3 minutes, then serve with the pan juices spooned over them.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Honey + srirachatop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Chicken + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Sriracha + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together112 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Sriracha + garlictop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together270 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Garlic + limetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,411 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, sauce, honey, sriracha, lime):

  1. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  2. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  3. Garlicthe original
  4. Jalapenoabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, sauce, honey, sriracha, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).