Chicken Drumsticks da Pope is a garlicky recipe that is slow cooked all day in your crock pot. The chicken comes out so flavorful and falls off the da bone. Plus, the health benefits of garlic and who is da Pope?
Garlic grows underground in the form of a bulb, yet it produces a long green flower stalk that can be eaten. Spices are roots, along with seeds, and barks while herbs are the green leaves or stems of a plant. Seems like garlic fits into both categories.
Would garlic be considered a vegetable? Sure. But it’s rarely eaten on its own. I suppose that would be similar to an onion, right? The dictionary defines a vegetable as a plant or part of a plant used as food. You could eat raw garlic. In fact, by doing so can lower cholesterol and help in reducing cancer.
And that’s not all the health benefits that garlic has to offer. The superfood can also help control acne, it’s a broad-spectrum antibiotic, it’s an antioxidant, it can help reduce the risk of heart disease, it can reduce the formation and slow the growth of cancer cells, it can boost your immune system, it helps with blood circulation and keeps all of your veins and arteries healthy, and it can control an unruly vampire.
Say what?
You read that right. Garlic can control acne. Here are some helpful hints and recipes to clear your skin using garlic. But using too much might just scare away more than just the vampires.
As I said earlier, I do use garlic a lot when I’m cooking. I call it Da Pope. Onions, bell peppers, and celery create the trinity of southern cooking but add da pope and you get the ‘Holy Trinity‘.
Have you tried to make my Creole Roasted Turkey? I season a whole turkey with a Creole Seasoning buttery rub and then stuff it with what I call the Holy Trinity Stuffing with Da Pope and the Hot Nun. The Hot Nuns are the 10 pepperoncini that completely jazz this recipe up.
Now doesn’t that sound amazing? Try it next Thanksgiving. The recipe is so good it was the runner-up in the Taste of Home magazines 2015 Thanksgiving Recipe contest!
And I couldn’t have done it without da pope.
Garlic Meals in New Orleans
There are plenty of great meals that feature garlic. A couple that comes to mind in New Orleans is the Cream of Garlic Soup at Bayona’s on Dauphine Street and the popular Garlic Bread at Commander’s Palace in the Garden District. Then there is the ‘secret‘ Chicken Bonn Femme from Tujague’s that is loaded with garlic.
A Garlicky Dinner for Home
One of my favorite recipes to make at home that features garlic is Chicken Drumsticks Da Pope. It’s an easy recipe to put together and it’s slow cooked all day in the crockpot.
You can use any pieces of the chicken when making this garlic chicken dinner and it’ll come out phenomenal. I do recommend the drumstick and the boneless chicken thigh – the thighs will melt in your mouth.
The Chicken Da Pope is best served along with a Lemon Parsley Rice, steamed green beans, a light salad with a balsamic dressing, and a good crusty bread. The parsley and lemon cooked in the rice help to offset the garlicky flavor of the chicken. Another good pairing that my wife loves with this meal is a glass of red wine.
Here’s How I Put the Recipe Together
Let me know what you think of this recipe in the comment section below along with what your favorite recipe is that features garlic.
Ingredients
- 10 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp Creole seasoning
- 1 tsp dried rosemary
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp red pepper
- 6-8 pieces chicken drumsticks You can also use boneless chicken thighs and/or breasts
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ¼ cup chicken stock
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine the garlic, Creole Seasoning, dried rosemary, salt, red pepper flakes, black pepper, and white pepper.
- Using either a large resealable bag or large mixing bowl with a lid, toss the chicken pieces in the olive oil. Make sure that the chicken pieces are coated in the oil. Add the garlicky seasoning mixture to the bowl and mix in with the chicken.
- Place the garlicky seasoned chicken pieces in the slow cooker along with the chicken stock. Cover; cook on low for 8 hours.
- Serve Chicken Drumstick Da Pope with Parsley Lemon Rice, a green veggie, and a nice crusty bread. Enjoy!
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Keep the red beans cookin’!
Eric
Eric Olsson is the food blogger of RedBeansAndEric.com. He publishes new recipes and interviews weekly. He has developed recipes and written articles for the famous Camellia brand in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been mentioned in Louisiana Cookin‘ magazine and has had recipes featured in Taste of Home magazine – with his Creole Turkey recipe being runner up in their annual Thanksgiving recipe contest. He lives outside of Detroit, Michigan, with his wife and four children.
Barry Ramer
Hi Eric.. Just passing on my experience. I have a big oval crock pot and did the recipe as instructed. When I mixed the garlic with the spices, it became more of a dense paste and didn’t want to stick to the oiled chicken but with a little work, I did get it spread over the 8 drumsticks on top. I cooked it on low but 8 hours was way too much. The meat was falling off the bone between 5-6 hours… maybe my “Low” is not as low as other crock pots. My 8 legs were enough to cover the bottom and were not piled up. But, to sum it up, FANTASTIC FLAVOR. My wife now wants me to do this weekly. Thank you for posting such a great recipe.