Thai Tomato Basil Baked Chicken is a simple baked supper with garden fresh tomatoes and fresh basil in a sweet and spicy Thai sauce.
Thai Tomato Basil Baked Chicken
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
Thai Tomato Basil Baked Chicken is my recipe of the day with the blogging group Baking Bloggers. We meet monthly to post on various baking topics.
Our topic for July is baking with fresh tomatoes and fresh basil.
I chose to bake some chicken thighs up with a Thai sticky sauce and include tomatoes and basil. The flavor is very fresh and summery.
One Pan Simple
It is very easy to brown up the chicken and place in the pan with the rest of the ingredients and bake it off. Served with rice with some of the sauce spooned over makes a meal.
Using a Probe for Easy Baking Accuracy
I use my grilling probe for accuracy in baking the chicken. Very easy to insert into the chicken thigh, set the temp, and have the wire run outside the oven door. (The device itself doesn’t go in the oven, just the probe and wire).
Once it is in there, you can leave the room and your phone will sound an alert when the chicken is done. How cool is that? You can go play online, read a book, spend time with guests without having to hover over the stove.
I use it for grilling and smoking too. That way I can stay in the air conditioned house without hovering over a grill. Perfect for all occasions, right?
You can click the link to see what I use- it just shows you the Amazon page. But of course you can still bake half an hour until the juices run clear as well. The probe just makes my cooking experience easier. And since I use it, I will show it to you.
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Thai Tomato Basil Baked Chicken
Thai Tomato Basil Baked Chicken
Servings 4Equipment
- Oblong baking pan
Ingredients
Chicken:
- 3 pounds bone-in skin-on chicken thighs
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 large onion (cut into slivers)
- 1 pint about 14 ounces Campari tomatoes, halved (extra-large cherry tomatoes)
- 2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil (add to dish after baking)
- steamed rice
Thai Cooking Sauce:
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup fish sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup Thai sweet chilli sauce (Mae Ploy)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
- 1 tablespoon grated ginger root
- 4 fresh Thai hot red peppers
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Heat oil in a skillet and brown chicken thighs, skin side down.
- Place chicken thighs skin side up in an oblong baking dish. Insert the probe thermometer into the thickest part of the thigh near the bone. Set probe alarm to go off at 165F.
- Add onion to pan and cook until it softens and browns slightly. Remove onion from oil with a slotted spoon or spider and drain.
- Add onion to the baking dish along with the tomatoes, scattering in and around chicken thighs.
- Cut slits into the peppers but otherwise leave them whole and add to the pan.
- Whisk together the cooking sauce and pour over the chicken.
- Bake chicken (uncovered) until it probes to 165F (about 30 minutes). The wire should be able to come out of the oven door with it closed.
- Sprinkle the chicken with sliced basil after it comes out of the oven.
- Be careful of the hot peppers (don't let kids get those)(adults might enjoy them).
- Serve chicken with rice and as much of the sauce as you like.
Notes
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