Thai Marinated Grilled Chicken

Name: Thai Marinated Grilled Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce; 2 tablespoons white rice vinegar or cider vinegar; 1 small fresh red Thai chilli, seeded and finely chopped; 2 teaspoons roasted sesame seeds; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 2 tablespoons fish sauce or light soy sauce; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 900 g (2 lb) unboned chicken thighs; 2 tablespoons oyster sauce; 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped garlic; 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 2 teaspoons sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ken Hom Cooks Thai

By Ken Hom

Published 2001

About

This is a version of one of my favourite Thai recipes. In Thailand, the chicken is marinated, then wrapped in fragrant pandan leaves and fried, which process releases the nut-like flavour of the leaves.

Pandan leaves (also known as screwpine leaves) are similar to bamboo leaves. Only dried pandan leaves are available in the West and that is why this recipe omits them. However, the marinade is so pleasing to the palate that only a Thai diner will note the absence of the pandan. For m