This grilled chicken is a classic Thai northeastern Thailand (E-sann). When you go to Thailand you will see it at almost every E-Sann food vender, also you can find it with every street food vender that’s how famous this dish is. For me I love to eat it with sticky rice and gotta have som-tum too. So this time I will give you the Grilled chicken recipe.
Ingredients
4 pieces Quarter Chicken (leg & thigh)
6 gloves garlic minced
¼ cup vegetable oil
6 tbsp. soy sauce
2 tbsp. oyster sauce
2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. sweet soy sauce for the color (If you don’t have don’t worry about it)
Cooking Instruction
- In a plastic bag mix garlic, oil, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, sweet soy sauce and mix well
- Put chicken into marinate bag, massage chicken and let it marinate at least 1 hr. (The more it marinates the more it tastes good)
- Turn on grill heat up to 400 F (or in the oven)
- Grill or broil chicken about 7-10 minute if oven bake about 30-40 minute per side or till it’s cooked
- Serve with sticky rice and sweet and sour chicken dipping sauce(recipe follow)
Sweet and sour chicken dipping (Num-Jim-Gai)
This sauce is common sauce that serve with Gai-Yang. You can also buy it ready to use at Thai grocery store.
Ingredients
2-5 fresh Thai chili (or dried Thai chili)
2-3 glove garlic
½ cup sugar
½ cup white vinegar
1 tsp.salt
1 tsp. corn starch
2 tbsp. water
Cooking Instruction
- In a small Ziplock bag put fresh Thai chili and garlic pound it with a pan or a tenderizer (whatever you have that’s heavy) until it becomes a chunky paste. If you use dried chilies just chop it.
- In a small sauce pan add sugar, white vinegar, salt then bring it to a boil and then add chili paste.
- In a small bowl mix corn starch and water till mix well.
- Stir corn starch mixer into sauce keep stir until sauce thicken.
Turn the heat off pour in to the serving bowl.
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