Chicken drumstick with bbq sauce

Quick ready and easy to make. The drumsticks are first cooked in the pressure cooker and then put under the grill with the sauce. I found the recipe for the sauce on the hip cooking website.

I liked the sauce but also a little bland. Next time, I'm going to put a little more herbs in it. Instead of making the sauce yourself, you can also use a ready-made bbq sauce. Nowadays for sale in every supermarket.
The liquid smoke, liquid smoke aroma in Dutch, should certainly not be missing from this
recipe. I bought it online at Kelly's Expat Shopping.
The recipe below describes both the method for the Instant Pot (IP) and the Crockpot Express (CPE).
Another pressure cooker can of course also be used.

Chicken drumsticks with bbq sauce (Instant Pot and Crockpot Express) Sauce:

1. 1 tablespoon peanut oil
2. 1 red onion, roughly chopped
3. 120ml tomato passata
4. 120ml water
5. 75 grams of honey
6. 55 grams apple cider vinegar
7. 1/2 - 1 teaspoon salt
8. 1/2 teaspoon dried garlic (jar of Euroma)
9. 1 teaspoon sambal, tabasco or sriracha sauce
10. 1 teaspoon liquid smoke/liquid smoke aroma
11. 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
12. 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
13. 150 dried plums

Chicken

• 8 (or more) chicken drumsticks
• salt, freshly ground pepper

First, make the sauce:
Turn on the Instant Pot/Crockpot Express, press Sauté, choose More (IP) or High (CPE), and then press Start/Stop (CPE only). As soon as the pot is hot, add the oil. Fry the onion for ± 5 minutes. Add passata, water, honey, vinegar, salt, garlic, sambal, liquid smoke, cumin and cloves. Stir well and scrape any swaddles from the bottom with a wooden or silicone spatula. Finally, add the plums. Press Keep Warm/Cancel (IP) or Start/Stop (CPE) to stop the program, put the lid on the pan and close the valve.
Choose Manual of Pressure cook (IP) or Manual of Steam (CPE) and set the time to 5 minutes of high pressure (and then press Start/Stop at the CPE).
When the program ends, let the pressure decrease on its own for 5 minutes (NPR). Then open the valve and let the steam escape. The pressure's off when the pin falls down. Press Keep Warm/Cancel (IP) or Start/Stop (CPE) to stop the hot program and open the lid.
Let the sauce cool down a little and puree with a hand blender or in a blender/food
processor. Do not put this in the jar of the CPE, the non-stick coating may be damaged.


Chicken: Sprinkle the drumsticks with salt and pepper and place them in a steam basket.
Pour 250 ml of water into the pot and put the steam basket in it. Choose Manual of Pressure cook (IP) or Manual of Steam (CPE) and set the time to 10 minutes of high pressure (and then press Start/Stop at the CPE).
When the program ends, let the pressure decrease on its own for 5 minutes (NPR).

Then open the valve and let the steam escape. The pressure's off when the pin falls down. Press Keep Warm/Cancel (IP) or Start/Stop (CPE) to stop the hot program and open the lid.
Preheat the oven to the grill

position. Place the gare drumsticks on an aluminium foil-coated baking sheet and brush them on all sides with the sauce. Place the baking tray under the grill for 10 minutes, turn the drumsticks halfway and brush them again with the sauce.