Name: Barbecued Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 150 ml (¼ pint) whisky, or brandy or sherry; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce; 4 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander - root or leaf; 2 tablespoons coconut milk; 1 tablespoon fish sauce; Freshly ground black pepper; 1.4 kg (3lb) free-range chicken, split in half through the breastbone and backbone -or ask your butcher to do it for you; A little chopped fresh root ginger; Salt; Sliced raw vegetables of your choice, to garnish

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Far Flung Floyd

By Keith Floyd

Published 1994

About

My chum Somchai organised a wonderful river trip in Mae Hong Son. We were tootling contentedly around a wide sweeping bend, filming as we went, when we encountered a spectacular sight. A boy of about twelve was wading across the river, bareback on an elephant.

It was a most impressive sight, rather spoiled by two boats of Japanese tourists who were so busy filming us that they practically drove into the elephant and caused it to stampede. Luckily the boy knew what to do, and got the