It’s finally fall again! My favorite season for so many reasons––fuzzy jackets, flannel shirts, falling leaves, and the fact that it’s finally okay to turn the oven on again!
While the oven often sits in exile throughout the summer (because let’s face it…it does heat up the house a fair bit, and who wants that when it’s 96 degrees and humid outside?), fall/winter is the time to really put it to work.
We’ve actually built up an arsenal of baking and roasting recipes that we’ve kept under wraps until they became seasonally appropriate again, and this is one of them: Thai Roasted Chicken Thighs.
Let’s talk about this recipe.
Another One Pan Chicken Recipe!
Woks of Life readers (you possibly included) have been obsessed with a similar recipe that we published a while back––Roasted Lemon Chicken Thighs with Potatoes. It involves searing the chicken right in the roasting pan on the stove, throwing all the other ingredients into that same pan, and chucking it in the oven for a half hour. When it’s possible to get a really tasty dinner on the table with with one pan, people tend to get really happy about it––especially busy people.
This Thai roasted chicken recipe takes that same approach, but instead of lemon as the primary flavor, we’re mixing up a Thai-inspired sauce of lime, a little brown sugar, Sriracha, soy, fish sauce, ginger, and garlic. It may sound like a lot of ingredients, but I bet you have most of these sitting in your pantry already!
Instead of potatoes, we’re using carrots and onions, as well as some Thai basil leaves (or regular basil if you can’t find Thai basil) to bring everything together. If you’ve been looking for another one-pan meal, you’ve found it. I mentioned to all you lemon chicken lovers that you should serve that dish with a salad on the side to complete the meal. For this one, all you need is a plate of steamed rice!
Recipe Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a medium bowl, mix together the Sriracha, brown sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic, ginger, lime juice, and lime zest.
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a roasting pan set over your stove burners at medium heat. Sear the chicken skin-side down for 5 minutes.
Flip the chicken and sear for another 3 minutes. Add the carrots and onions to the pan. Toss in the sauce mixture, deglazing the pan as you mix everything together.
Position all the chicken pieces skin side up amongst the vegetables, and drizzle with a little more oil. Place in the oven to roast for 35-40 minutes…
…stirring in the Thai basil leaves halfway through baking.
Serve your Thai roasted chicken with jasmine rice!
If you prefer using boneless chicken thighs, see our post on How to debone skin-on chicken thighs and adjust/reduce cooking times accordingly.
Thai Roasted Chicken Thighs
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Sriracha
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 2 teaspoons ginger (grated)
- Juice and zest of 1 lime
- Vegetable oil
- 6 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
- 4 carrots (cut into large chunks)
- 1 large onion (cut into wedges)
- 2 cups thai basil leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a medium bowl, mix together the Sriracha, brown sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic, ginger, lime juice, and lime zest.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a roasting pan set over your stove burners at medium heat. Sear the chicken skin-side down for 5 minutes. Flip the chicken and sear for another 3 minutes. Add the carrots and onions to the pan. Toss in the sauce mixture, deglazing the pan as you mix everything together.
- Position all the chicken pieces skin side up amongst the vegetables, and drizzle with a little more oil. Place in the oven to roast for 35-40 minutes, stirring in the Thai basil halfway through baking. Serve with jasmine rice!
I am not sure if I ever commented on this recipe…but, hey, I can say it over and over and over again. Fantastic dish..full of flavours, and the Thai basil, does wonders to the dish too. Thanks guy! This is a constant in my house nowadays.
Only difference is I double the sau e ingredients because my people love it with xtra sauce.
You’re very welcome Betty!
Thanks so much Sarah! Loved this recipe, although I had to butcher it a bit to use what I had on hand, but still great. Looking forward to trying it with more of the correct ingredients. I made the hot and sour soup on this site. I love the H&S soup and have made it a number of times and wanted to cook up some chicken thighs and veggies to go with it for dinner and decided to look on this site for something that might work. I had to replace the lime with lemon, and didn’t have the thai basil so used some fresh cilantro. Was great and will come back to this recipe again!
You’re welcome! Glad you were able to adapt this recipe with what you had. :)
Absolutely delicious, loved this meal
Thank you so much!
This was one of the best things I’ve ever made! I marinated the chicken before popping it in a cast iron pan with carrots, cauliflower, and 2 kefir leaves (didn’t have Thai basil on hand) and roasting it all (I just cleaned stovetop and didn’t want spatters from panfrying first). It was AMAZING!!! Thank you – I love receiving your emails!
So happy you enjoyed it, Maria! Thanks also for subscribing. :)
Amazing! I marinated it for an hour, skipped the searing, and just baked in my convection oven for 30 minutes and it came out delicious and juicy!! I will definitely be returning to this recipe — so easy! Thank you for sharing!!
You’re very welcome, Steph!
Didn’t have Siracha and subbed with cayenne pepper – yowza! Too hot! If anyone has to sub with cayenne I would recommend 1 tbsp or less :)
Whoa, that’s a lot of cayenne, Chanel! Sriracha is indeed much more mild.
This was super easy…but Omg, that was delicious!!!! I followed all ..but first marinated the chicken in lime juice, soy ,ginger and garlic. Fantastic! The whole family loved it. Thank you guys.
You’re welcome, Betty! So happy to hear that!
Hi,
Can I marinate this overnight and just cook the next day?
Yes, Karen! You may just want to reduce some of the salt in the marinade if marinating longer, by reducing the soy sauce and fish sauce by 1-2 teaspoons each.
This recipe is great and quickly came together for an easy weeknight meal (a huge bonus when you have a husband teaching a class and a 2 yo that has had to play by himself while you were in Zoom meetings)! I used 2 chicken quarters instead of thighs. I roasted some sweet potatoes, broccoli, and asparagus (slathered in thai green curry) at the same time on a sheet pan. Accompanied by brown rice. Will make again. Thank you!
You’re very welcome, Lauren! So glad we could help with a quick, tasty meal in hectic times. :)
Another incredible recipe!! Wow, this was so delicious! Can’t wait to make this one again, so packed with flavor.
So glad to hear that, Laura!