You can make this with either just wings or just drumsticks or a mixture of drumsticks and wings as I did above though, in that case, you will really have to keep an eye on the cooking times. The dish tastes good both hot or cold. Pre-teens will devour unimaginable quantities of these so make more than you think that you need. They also make a good snack if your child has friends over.
The wings are messy and sticky to make because of the sugar in the hoisin sauce so I usually just cook them on a bed of doubled-up tinfoil with the edges folded up into a tray to trap potentially escaping juices. Do not use a baking sheet alone; you do not want to have to scrub off cooked on hoisin sauce. Trust me.
Recipe
3 lbs wings or mixed wings and drumsticks
3 Tbps hoisin sauce
1 tsp grated garlic
2 tsps grated ginger
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp orange juice
Salt and pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 425. Make tray out of a double layer of foil and put it in the oven as it preheats, either alone or on top of a cookie sheet. If using both wings and drumsticks, make 2 trays - one for each type of chicken.
Mix the olive oil, grated garlic and ginger in a large bowl. I peel a couple of garlic cloves and grate them on the microplane before grating the ginger. This takes care of the smell of garlic on my fingers as well. Dump the chicken in the bowl and mix well to coat the chicken pieces as much as possible.
Open the oven door and place the chicken pieces on the foil in a single layer. Salt and pepper the pieces. Bake for 10 minutes for wings, 15 minutes for drumsticks; each on their own tray. Turn the chicken pieces over, salt and pepper and bake the other side for an additional 10 or 15 minutes depending on type of meat.
At the end of their cooking time, remove the chicken from the oven and brush copiously with 1/2 of the hoisin sauce that you have thinned out with the orange juice. Cook the wings for an additional 5 minutes and the drumsticks for an additional 15. Turn the pieces over and brush with the remaining hoisin sauce. Cok the wings for 5 more minutes and the drumsticks for an additional 10. If you feel that the drumsticks are not quite crisp enough, a couple of minutes under the broiler at the very end will solve that problem.
Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.