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Published: Oct 7, 2013 · Modified: Nov 1, 2019 by Zerrin & Yusuf

Roasted Chicken Drumsticks with Pumpkin

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This Oven Baked Chicken With Pumpkin is a comforting that can be easily made during weeknights. Chicken drumsticks and pumpkin slices are first cooked a little in a pan separately and then baked in oven. Flavored with rosemary, garlic and pomegranate molasses, this chicken dish will become your family's favorite.

baked chicken and pumpkin

We saw the first pumpkin of the season at the market yesterday and bought a package of peeled and chopped, ready to cook pumpkins. I knew what to cook with them just when I saw them: Roasted Chicken with Pumpkin.

The most common way of cooking pumpkin in Turkish cuisine is making a pumpkin dessert in oven. It is a very soft, light yet so scrumptious dessert, a perfect treat to end your fall dinners. On the other hand, using pumpkin in savory dishes is not very common here. The only main dish I learnt from mom is pumpkin stew with chickpeas and lentils. But I do love to try it in different dishes and it goes amazingly tasty with roasted chicken.

How can a classic roasted chicken drumsticks recipe become unique and even more irresistible? You should have some additions, right? The combination of pumpkin and chicken is unbelievable! Pumpkin slices almost absorbed the chicken flavor and turned into a completely different food, no longer a boring vegetable. Even Yusuf found it so yummy and told that we should definitely make it again. I used garlic and fresh rosemary to give it some distinct flavors.

Baked pumpkin and chicken legs

Let me share a secret with you! I added a little pomegranate molasses to chicken stock and pour it on drumsticks and pumpkin slices to enrich the flavors even more! It also gives a very nice color to the dish. I loved the color of this molasses so much that I couldn’t help drizzling a little on the chicken and pumpkin when serving. Don’t you think it looks so charming this way? So happy to find a new dish to add in pomegranate molasses, my favorite dressing!

roasted pumpkin and chicken legs

How To Make

I first cook chicken in a non stick pot with little water until it releases water, I had a little chicken stock this way. I transferred the drumsticks in a baking pan and pour the stock into a bowl. I sauté pumpkin slices in the same pot for about 5 minutes and put them in the baking pan too. Then the funny part comes! Pour chicken stock in the same pot, cook it over medium high heat for a minute. Add pomegranate molasses into it and watch how it caramelizes a little. Drizzle it right over chicken and pumpkin and cook in oven for 20 minutes so that you get this lovely color.

Roasted chicken legs with pumpkin could make a wonderful holiday dinner too. Holiday dishes don’t have to be so laborious, do they? I guarantee your family and friends will love these roasted chicken drumsticks with full of flavors!

chicken drumsticks and pumpkin in oven

Other Savory Pumpkin Recipes

  • Pumpkin Hummus With Spices
  • Lentil Pumpkin Soup

Other Roasted Chicken Recipes

  • Baked Chicken Pieces
  • Roasted Chicken And Vegetables
  • Lemon Garlic Chicken Baked
  • Roasted Chicken Legs
  • Chicken Kabobs In Oven
  • Succulent Chicken Wings
  • Crispy Hot Wings

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Chicken drumsticks and pumpkin are flavored with rosemary, garlic and pomegranate molasses.

  • Author: Zerrin & Yusuf
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • Yield: 8 1x
  • Category: Dinner
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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  • 8 chicken drumsticks
  • ½ cup water
  • 500g pumpkin, peeled and cut into finger size slices
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 8 cloves garlic
  • A few sprigs rosemary
  • 1 tsp pomegranate molasses
  • ½ tsp salt
  • A pinch of ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200C.
  2. Wash chicken drumsticks and place them in a non stick pan.
  3. Pour ½ cup water into it, cover and cook over medium high heat until chicken releases water.
  4. Bring it to medium low heat and keep cooking until tender.
  5. Transfer them in a baking pan.
  6. Pour that little stock in a bowl.
  7. Heat half of the olive oil in the same pot.
  8. Saute pumpkin slices in it for 5 minutes.
  9. Transfer them in the baking pan.
  10. Toss in rosemary leaves and garlic cloves.
  11. Sprinkle salt and black pepper on them.
  12. Heat rest of the olive oil in the pot and pour the stock into it.
  13. Add in pomegranate molasses and cook until a little caramelized, about 5 minutes.
  14. Drizzle it over chicken and pumpkin.
  15. Cook in oven for 20 minutes until golden.
  16. Serve hot.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size:
  • Calories: 209
  • Sugar: 2.4 g
  • Sodium: 162 mg
  • Fat: 19.7 g
  • Carbohydrates: 6.1 g
  • Protein: 3.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 29.8 mg

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