Thai Grilled Chicken
This Sweet and Spicy Thai Grilled Chicken has real Thai flavors.
Servings 4 servings
Calories 282kcal
Ingredients
- 8 Boneless Chicken thighs
- 4 Garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons Lemongrass chopped (only bottom white part)
- 2 Cilantro along with roots
- 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
- 2 tablespoons Fish Sauce
- 4 tablespoons Plam / light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh Lime Juice
- 1-2 teaspoons Sriracha (ref note)
- ¾ teaspon turmeric
Instructions
- Begin with making the marinade. Add chopped lemongrass, garlic, and cilantro roots along with 2-inch thick stems to a mortar and pestle. Pound to a paste ( more fine the paste, sticks better to chicken).
- Pat dry chicken thighs, add the above paste, soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, turmeric, sriracha, and lime juice to the chicken. Mix and coat it well. Let it marinate for at least 4 hours (preferably overnight).
- Bring chicken close to room temperature before you start cooking it.
- Heat a grill pan. Cook marinated chicken thighs 3-4 minutes on one side, brush some marinade on the chicken, and flip. Cook for another 3-4 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.
- Alternately, you can also cook the chicken on an outdoor grill.
Notes
- Traditionally mortar pestle is used pound, the flavors are unbeatable. To make it easy and quick to pound, thinly slice lemongrass before adding. Alternately use a food processer to make it easy.
Nutrition
Serving: 100g | Calories: 282kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 110mg | Sodium: 283mg | Potassium: 231mg | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 90IU | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.8mg