Ingredients:
8 chicken thighs
1/4 cup apple cider
1/2 cup less sodium soy sauce
1/4 cup of fish sauce (3 crab nuoc mam)
1/2 cup sunflower oil or avocado oil or your choice of oil
10 clove garlic
1 tablespoons grated ginger
4 Thai chili pepper or any kind of pepper to your liking
1/4 cup vanilla sugar or regular sugar
1/2 tablespoons of Red Sea salt or 1 tablespoon salt
Wild Madagascar peppercorn crushed or black peppercorn to your liking
8 spring thyme
6 large kaffir lime leaves finely chopped or 2 lime zest
Fresh cilantro or parsley chopped to garnish
Lime or lemon wedges to garnish
Instructions:
In large bake proof dish combine all the ingredients but the chicken and mix until sugar and salt dissolve
Add in chicken and let it marinate 4-6 hours
Remove half of the marinade liquid and discard
Preheat oven at 475 degrees
Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes. Remover foil and bake additional 10-15 minutes to crisp up skin.
If using skinless, keep covered and bake for 10-15 more minutes or until throughly cooked.
Serve with jasmine white rice and vegetables.