Thai Grilled Chicken with Fish Sauce and Coriander Root

Name: Thai Grilled Chicken with Fish Sauce and Coriander Root
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: About ½ cup sweet Thai chile sauce (see previous Note); 1 chicken (3½ to 4 pounds), quartered (2 legs and 2 breasts); 6 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped; ¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro root or cilantro leaves; ¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro root or cilantro leaves; 3 tablespoons sugar; 2 teaspoons cracked black peppercorns; 1½ teaspoons Coarse salt (kosher or sea), or more to taste; 1½ teaspoons Coarse salt (kosher or sea), or more to taste; 1½ teaspoons Coarse salt (kosher or sea), or more to taste; ¼ cup Asian fish sauce or soy sauce; ¼ cup Asian fish sauce or soy sauce; 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus 2 tablespoons oil for basting; 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus 2 tablespoons oil for basting; 1 chicken (3½ to 4 pounds), quartered (2 legs and 2 breasts); 1 chicken (3½ to 4 pounds), quartered (2 legs and 2 breasts)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Planet Barbecue

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2010

About

Ingredients

6 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
¼ cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro root or cilantro leaves

Asia
Thailand
Main course
South East Asia

Method

Advance Preparation

4 hours to overnight for marinating the chicken

Place the garlic, cilantro root, sugar, peppercorns, and salt in a heavy mortar and pound to a coarse paste with a pestle. Work in the fish sauce and the 3 tablespoons vegetable oil. If you don’t have a mortar and pestle, combine these ingredients in a food processor and puree to a coar