Thai Chicken Drumsticks

Prep: 15 minutes     Marinade: 3 hours-Overnight

Bake: 50 minutes

These Thai Chicken Drumsticks are so juicy and flavorful you will find yourself eating way more chicken than you thought you ever could. The marinate is simple, including cilantro stems, garlic, oyster sauce and a little lime juice. Once the chicken is marinated, you simply pop them into the oven and presto… you have yourself some delicious chicken.  The only hard part about this recipe is waiting the three hours for the chicken to fully gather all of the flavorful ingredients. An optional side for the Thai Chicken is some fluffy white rice and a light cucumber salad. Enjoy!!

Ingredients  

1/2 bunch cilantro stems

3 cloves of garlic

2 Tbsp. oyster sauce

1 lime

Salt and pepper

8 chicken drumsticks

Optional side dish: 1 ½ cups jasmine rice

The Process

1.    Finely chop the cilantro stems and garlic. Add it to a medium to large bowl and mix in oyster sauce, half of the limejuice and ½ tsp. each salt and pepper.

2.    Once the marinade is mixed together, toss the chicken in the bowl completely covering the chicken. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

3.    Preheat the oven to 400*. Place the chicken on parchment lined backing-sheets and bake, turning once, until cooked through, 45-50 minutes

4.    While the chicken is cooking, in a medium saucepan combine the rice, 2 1/3 cups water and ½ tsp. of salt over medium-low heat. Cover and cook until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Let sit, covered, for 10 minutes and then fluff with a fork.

5.    Once the chicken and rice and finished you can now plate and enjoy!