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Poultry drumsticks carry a lot of fat just under the skin. While this does provide some welcome flavor it also provides you with some very unwelcome calories and trans-fats. So it’s best to remove the skin prior to cooking. You can replace the flavor with a good marinade.

Now, chicken skins are very slippery and hard to grip, especially after removing the first one. Get round this by having a tablespoon of salt on the chopping board and dipping your fingers into it before gripping the skin. Pull the skin from the blunt to the sharp end and it will come off quite easily, especially if you chop of the knuckle with a cleaver first.

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