Poultry
Drumstick
Guinea Fowl drumstick is lower-leg dark meat on the bone—casual portions for roasting, braising and glazing. Cook until tender at the bone; marinades cling well. Expect more flavour than breast. Finish hot for sticky skin with lardons, grapes, cabbage, thyme, cream sauces and juniper.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 10.5 g
- Saturated Fat 2.98 g
- Trans Fat 0.1 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 3.76 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 2.04 g
- Cholesterol 91.2 mg
- Sodium 71.7 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0.97 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0.47 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 22.7 g
- Water 62.1 g
- Energy 177 kcal
- Water 62.1 g
- Carbohydrates 0.97 g
- Sugars 0.47 g
- Protein 22.7 g
- Fat 10.5 g
- Saturated Fat 2.98 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 3.76 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 2.04 g
- Omega-3 0.2 g
- Trans Fat 0.1 g
- Vitamins 38.4 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.09 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.16 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 8.58 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 1.06 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.53 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.1 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 6.2 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 0.2 µg
- Vitamin E 0.3 mg
- Vitamin K 1 µg
- Minerals 389 mg
- Major Minerals 388 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.15 g
- Cholesterol 91.2 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.09 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.16 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 8.58 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 1.06 · vitamin-b6: 0.53 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.1 · vitamin-b9-folate: 6.2 · vitamin-d: 0.2 · vitamin-e: 0.3 · vitamin-k: 1 ·
Minerals
Drumstick of Guinea Fowl: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
French pintade cookery refined pot-roasts and cream sauces. Cooks treated drumstick of guinea fowl as a cut with its own timing and sides.
As guinea fowl cookery specialised, drumstick was portioned and sold ready for the pan. French pintade cookery refined pot-roasts and cream sauces.
Portuguese and Mediterranean trade spread guinea fowl into Europe; drumstick of guinea fowl took a named place in that kitchen trade.