I stumbled upon this recipe at skinnytaste.com while searching for some recipes to dish up. Chicken drumsticks cooked with maple syrup and dijon mustard in a crock pot seems pretty easy and delish. Best of all, not many ingredients are needed for this dish.  I was excited and very eager to try out this dish, so  off I went grocery shopping for maple syrup (this ain’t cheap ok!) and dijon mustard.
I adapted the recipe (can’t help it. I am too adventurous when it comes to cooking!) with an oriental touch by adding a few tablespoons of organic soy sauce and some freshly cut garlic.
As you can see from the picture, the chicken literally falls off the bone and is so delish! Kid-friendly, healthy and very easy to prepare too.
I hate Mondays as they are hectic for me. I need to pick up the Drama Queen from the enrichment center at 5ish pm, then cook, serve kids dinner, send Drama Queen for hip hop dance class, dinner myself and fetch Drama Queen back from dance class. So this dish is easy and fast enough for me to dish up on a maniac Monday. I started preparing at 3pm. Preparation only takes about half an hour. Once the drumsticks are cooking in the crock pot, I am free to do other stuff.
The fried rice was cooked by the girls’ grand aunt.
Crock Pot Maple Dijon Chicken Drumsticks
Recipe from Skinnytaste.com
Ingredients:
8 skinless drumsticks
1/4 cup pure Maple syrup
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
3/4 tsp garlic salt
Fresh cracked pepper
The above is the original recipe from skinnytaste and I adapted it by adding some honey, soy sauce and garlic. I also seasoned the chicken with garlic steak seasoning. No marination is required.
Directions:
Season chicken with garlic salt and pepper and place in slow cooker. Combine maple, balsamic, and Dijon in a small bowl and whisk until smooth (I only used a spoon to mix all the ingredients). Pour over the legs, making sure the chicken is covered.
Left to right: Dijon mustard, balsimic vinegar, honey, organic pure maple syrup, pepper and the combined mixture in the bowl.
The original recipe uses garlic salt but since I only had garlic steak seasoning, I used whatever that I have.
Before cooking…
After 3 hours in the crock pot in high temp setting…
Do give this recipe a try. It is easy to prepare and perfect for a weekday dinner. You can dump  the drumsticks into the crockpot and set in low temp before you leave the house for work in the morning. By the time you are back in the evening, your entire house will be wafting with the sweet aroma of chicken, waiting for you to dig into 🙂
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Yum! For some reason, Dijon goes well with garlic and soy. Here’s another quickie: ribs with marmalade or any kind of citrus-y jam. Apricot works well too. Pop into the crockpot with garlic, salt, pepper etc and fall off the bone ribs! I will be doing this in my new pressure cooker, should only take 30 mins. Will let u know how it goes….
Ribs with marmalade cooked in crock pot sounds yummy! I’ll add in my favorite garlic, onions and soy sauce. Bet this will be super yummy. Thank you for the suggestion!
Mmmm… Looks and sounds delis hand pretty easy enough. Like you, I hate long recipes. Will definitely try this once I get my hands on some Dijon and maple syrup. When you do try the marmalade ribs please post up ya.
Irene, I hate long and tedious recipes too! This one is really simple and nice. Do try it and let me know how it goes ya.
Looks really delicious! Will there be extra sauce left in the crock pot when done? What do you do with them if there are?
Hi Mun, yes there was pretty much extra sauce left. Since I had 1 drumstick left, I poured all the sauce into a container with the drumstick. I reheated the drumstick the next day for Cass. I love to eat my salad with the sauce, very refreshing!