Greek lemon chicken drumsticks are a quick, easy, and satisfying dinner made with pantry staples you probably already have on hand. Tangy lemon chicken with crispy skin and a juicy interior will be the star of your dinner plate. Whip these chicken drumsticks up in a jiffy and enjoy a low-effort (but fancy-looking) meal with your family.

Greek Lemon Chicken Drumsticks in the Oven

Why We Love Greek Lemon Chicken Drumsticks

In our household, we love chicken drumsticks or “giant wings” (as one of my family members calls them). Bone-in chicken is very tender and difficult to mess up. Suppose you cook them a little too long–ABSOLUTELY no worries. Your chicken drumsticks will still be juicy and delicious! (This is much different from chicken breasts).

And the best part: you can always track down a great deal on bone-in chicken! While drumsticks might not be on sale at your favorite store this week, you can expect to regularly find chicken drumsticks on markdown (about once every 4-6 weeks in most grocery stores). Check out your local grocery stores to find a good deal. If you find a deal ahead of time, you can always store drumsticks in your freezer until you want to cook them up.

How To Make Greek Lemon Chicken Drumsticks

Greek lemon chicken drumsticks are lemony and perfectly seasoned–and pair with just about any side dish you throw at it. Healthy & clean, this simple baked chicken will revive you when you need a bit of weeknight pick me up.

Oh, AND they are easy AND require very little cleanup! It’s the recipe for an easy weeknight rescue meal. I see you Tuesday night!

This chicken drumstick recipe is one of my favorite rotation meals. Rotation meals are meals that can be eaten regularly without much thought– and without getting boring. Kinda like a capsule wardrobe–but recipes! 🙂

Greek lemon chicken drumsticks are flavorful but don’t get tiring. My favorite weeknight meal combos.

Here’s how to make Greek lemon chicken drumsticks in the oven:

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
Mix all of the Greek lemon seasoning ingredients, lemon juice, & olive oil in a small bowl.
Add the chicken to a very large bowl and pour the Greek lemon mixture all over the chicken. Toss the chicken with your hands or tongs until the chicken is even coated.
Add the chicken to the lined parchment sheet. Place one quartered lemon around the chicken drumsticks on the sheet pan.
Bake the chicken and lemon for 35-40 minutes in the middle rack of your oven. When the chicken temps to 165 degrees, remove the chicken from the oven. Squeeze the roasted lemon quarters over the tops of the chicken drumsticks.
Enjoy your Greek lemon chicken drumsticks!

Greek Lemon Chicken Drumsticks baked in the oven

What to do With Leftover Chicken

This recipe makes 12 Greek lemon chicken drumsticks. If you live in a smaller household size, still make the full recipe and use the rest of your chicken for meal prep! 🙂

Cook (and buy) once & eat multiple meals!

For the best grocery deals, I love to purchase and cook family-sized portions of proteins. AND it makes such wonderful meal prep to really stretch my grocery budget AND make it easier on myself later on in the week.

Here are some ideas to transform your leftover chicken later on in the week:

Make it into a delicious chicken salad sandwich
Make Sheet Pan Mexican Street Corn Stuffed Chicken Zucchini Boats
Add it to a soup (I often turn this chicken into lemon chicken and rice soup)
Turn it into Salsa Chicken Taquitos
Add it to a pasta dish
And so much more…

How To Find Good Sales on Chicken Drumsticks

The great thing about chicken is that it goes on sale frequently. Like very frequently. Bone-in chicken pieces are already typically pretty inexpensive cuts of meat to purchase, BUT you can also find them on sale very frequently. I suggest stocking up (responsibly) when you find a sale.

Typically, grocery stores will swap the sale on different cuts of meat week-to-week. However, I find that most months chicken drumsticks will go on the sale cycle at least once.

This is typically why I create a meal plan for the whole month. This way, I can pick up sale-priced meats that I KNOW that I will use in that month.

Avoiding Household Food Waste With Sales

If you are buying chicken on sale in advance of when you are going to use it, always make sure to come up with a plan for when you will use it and or FREEZE it.

While I don’t like to buy things just because they are on sale ( I find that it can lead to an increase in my household food waste), focusing on purchasing your higher priced items (ie proteins) on sale will help you save BIG. Just make sure that when you buy something on sale for later use you add it to your meal plan– this will help to reduce the chances of it going bad before you get to use it! What is great about chicken (and many proteins) is that it can be frozen.

What to Serve with Greek Lemon Chicken Drumsticks

Greek lemon chicken drumsticks are like the little black dress on an entree–you can dress it up any way you like! They are SUPER versatile, and work well in any season! I like to keep it simple and serve this dish with my favorite Spanakopita inspired mashed potatoes (pictured below). Here are a few side dish ideas to serve alongside your Greek lemon chicken drumsticks:

A simple side salad
Chick-fil-A Kale Crunch Salad (copycat recipe)
An easy frozen vegetable side from the freezer section
Spanakopita Loaded Mashed Potatoes
Baked rice
Homemade healthy apple sauce
Lemon garlic pasta

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