Spicy Chicken Drumsticks

Ingredients

• 10 green onions, white and green parts, chopped
• 1/2 habanero or Scotch Bonnet chile, seeded and chopped
• 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more for additional seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 10 chicken dumsticks
• Extra virgin olive oil

Directions

1. Make the chile paste by adding the green onions, chilies, vinegar, garlic, thyme, allspice, salt and pepper to a food processor and blending until you have a thick, smoothish paste.
2. Place the drumsticks in a large bowl, add the chile paste, and turn the chicken until every piece is well coated. Set it aside for 10 minutes.
3. Move the oven rack to the middle position and turn the broiler to high.
4. Brush oil over the lower section of a broiler pan, beneath the slotted top. A broiler pan is the better tool here, since a standard baking pan can bend under the broiler’s intense heat.
5. Set the drumsticks on the pan and season them generously with salt.
6. Broil the chicken, flipping the pieces once after about 10 minutes. Keep broiling until the drumsticks are browned and cooked through, with clear juices when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 20 minutes total.
7. If a few drumsticks finish ahead of the others, take those off the pan and let the remaining pieces continue cooking until they are done.