January 13, 2010 02:31:49
Posted By Gecko

Thai Isan Grilled Chicken Gai Yang Thai food

Gai Yang (grilled chicken) is popular throughout Thailand and is a native dish of Northeast Thailand, where it is often accompanied by a spicy green papaya salad (som tam) and sticky rice. The marinade helps infuse flavour into the chicken and to keep it plump and succulent when grilled on a charcoal or wood fired grill (often in bamboo pincers.)

Ingredients for the marinade:

3 cloves garlic 
3 birds eye chillies
A good pinch of rock salt
2 tsps black peppercorns
2 tbs chopped coriander root, minced

1 stalk of lemongrass, finely chopped
2 tbs fish sauce
1 cup coconut milk

1.5 kilos chicken legs / thighs

 

The marinade is traditionally ground in the Thai kitchen in with a pestle and mortar, although a food processor may  be used. Pound the dry ingredients to a paste, before adding the coconut milk and fish sauce. Use this to marinate the chicken pieces in a bag or bowl for around 6 hours. Then grill the chicken, using the marinade to baste/brush the chicken until cooked.

Those with a more "American" tooth can add 1-2 tsp sugar to the marinade. If you do so, we would also recommend you add 2 tsps tamarind paste to enhance the flavour even further.

Bangkokians and many foreigners like to eat Thai barbecued chicken  with a sweet chilli dipping sauce, although the time honoured  Isan accompaniment is the grilled meat dipping sauce  in our earlier blog.
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