Baked lemongrass chicken drumsticks marinated in a Thai paste of lemongrass, ginger, garlic, fish sauce, soy sauce, palm sugar and Thai chilies
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Total Time: 1 hourhour30 minutesminutes
Servings: 6people
Ingredients
12chicken drumsticks
2shallots
2lemongrass sticks
1inchfresh peeled ginger
5garlic cloves
1tbspfish sauce
2tbspsoy sauce
2tbspoil
2tbsppalm sugar or honey
1-3red chilies
1/3cupfresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
3red chilies, sliced (optional)
Instructions
Add shallots, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, fish sauce, soy sauce, palm sugar/honey and 1-2 chilies to a food processor and pulse until a smooth paste forms.
Toss chicken drumsticks in the lemongrass marinade and place in the fridge for 2 or more hours.
Place a wire rack on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil. Spray the wire rack with cooking spray.
Place the drumsticks on the wire rack and place in a 375F oven. Cook for 30 minutes.
After the 30 minutes turn the drumsticks cook for another 45 minutes.
Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the cilantro and sliced chilies.