Buttermilk Roast Chicken with Garlic

Buttermilk Roasted Chicken - the chicken is very moist, tender, and super flavorful!

This recipe is a healthier way to make chicken drumsticks taste delicious - they are marinated in buttermilk, garlic, fresh parsley, salt and pepper for 24 hours before roasting (baking in the oven at 400 F). This ensures the chicken tenderizes and gets infused with delicious flavors!

You'll love the simplicity of the buttermilk roasted chicken recipe. 10 minutes of preparation: making the marinade and pouring it over the chicken. 24 hours idle time: your chicken sits in a freezer bag with buttermilk sauce poured over it in the fridge. Finally, bake your chicken at 400 F the next day!

Combine buttermilk, olive oil, minced garlic, minced fresh parsley, salt and black pepper in a small bowl:

Whisk all the ingredients really well:

So that the marinade looks like this:

I used 1 package of chicken drumsticks - 6 chicken drumsticks:

Place chicken drumsticks in one-gallon freezer bag:

Pour the buttermilk marinade over the chicken and distribute evenly over all chicken drumsticks:

Squeeze as much air out of the freezer bag as possible and close the bag. Refrigerate the marinated chicken in a freezer bag for 24 hours:

After your chicken has been marinated for 24 hours, preheat oven to 400 F. Use a medium size casserole dish - I used 2.5 quart oval casserole dish ( 13 inches * 9 inches *4 inches deep). Place chicken in the casserole dish - and pour all of the marinade on top and around the chicken.

Bake in the oven at 400 F for about 30-45 minutes (depends on your oven), until chicken juices run clear, the chicken drumsticks are browned and scorched in spots. If needed, broil for about 5-10 more minutes to get more color. Serve immediately, use the sauce from the pan.

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Buttermilk Roast Chicken with Garlic

This Buttermilk Roasted Chicken recipe is a healthier way to make chicken drumsticks taste delicious.  The chicken is marinated in buttermilk, garlic, fresh parsley, salt and pepper for 24 hours before roasting.  Then, it is baked (roasted) in the oven at 400 F. This ensures the chicken tenderizes and gets infused with delicious flavors!

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 3 servings

Calories per serving 343 kcal

Author: Julia

Ingredients

• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 5 garlic cloves , minced
• ½ cup fresh parsley , minced
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
• 6 chicken drumsticks

Instructions 

• Combine buttermilk, olive oil, minced garlic, minced fresh parsley, salt and black pepper in a small bowl and whisk really well. Place chicken drumsticks in one-gallon freezer bag, pour the buttermilk marinade over the chicken and distribute evenly over all chicken drumsticks. Squeeze as much air out of the freezer bag as possible and close the bag. Refrigerate the marinated chicken in a freezer bag for 24 hours.
• After your chicken has been marinated for 24 hours, preheat oven to 400 F. Use a medium size casserole dish - I used 2.5 quart oval casserole dish ( 13 inches * 9 inches *4 inches deep). Place chicken in the casserole dish - and pour all of the marinade on top and around the chicken. Roast for about 30-45 minutes (depends on your oven), until chicken juices run clear, the chicken drumsticks are browned and scorched in spots. If needed, broil for about 5-10 more minutes to get more color.
• Serve immediately, use the sauce from the pan.

Nutrition

Nutrition Information

Buttermilk Roast Chicken with Garlic

Amount per Serving

Calories

343

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

21

g

32

%

Saturated Fat

 

5

g

31

%

Cholesterol

 

148

mg

49

%

Sodium

 

635

mg

28

%

Potassium

 

521

mg

15

%

Carbohydrates

 

6

g

2

%

Sugar

 

4

g

4

%

Protein

 

29

g

58

%

Vitamin A

 

1045

IU

21

%

Vitamin C

 

14.9

mg

18

%

Calcium

 

130

mg

13

%

Iron

 

1.7

mg

9

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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