Thai Barbecue Chicken With Sweet-Hot Dipping Sauce

Submitted by graffeetee

"In Thailand, I understand that this is street food. When I lived in L.A., my co-workers and I used to visit a restaurant simply called Thai BBQ. It served this kind of marinated barbecued chicken, as well as other bbq items, all served with sticky rice and this tasty sauce for dipping. They also had "Thai Iced Tea", made with sweetened condensed milk, but I found it to be too cloyingly sweet. The chicken, though! Yum!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• for the chicken

• 3 lbs chicken parts (your choice)
• 1 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons cilantro, stems and all, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1⁄2 cup light coconut milk

• for the dip sauce

• 1⁄2 cup cider vinegar
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 -2 teaspoon sambal oelek (or thai chili sauce)

directions

1. Stir together all the marinade ingredients.
2. Add chicken and toss to coat.
3. Marinate at room temp 45 minutes or overnight, chilled.
4. Bring vinegar to a boil in a non-reactive pan.
5. Add sugar and simmer 5 minutes, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
6. Add the garlic, salt, and sambal and remove from heat.
7. Cool before serving.
8. Remove chicken from marinade and discard the marinade.
9. Grill or broil 7-10 minutes on each side, until juices run clear.
10. Serve with sticky rice and dipping sauce.

Reviews

[Kat's Mom]

This has gone directly in my Favorite Chicken recipes cook book. The most melt-in-the-mouth dish featuring boneless skinless chicken thighs ever. I didn't know they could be that tender. The flavor is simply amazing. Love the dipping sauce - I even drizzed it on my salad! Now to try to find a substitute for the coconut milk so that Kat can try it too. Thanks soooo much!

 

[Vicki in CT]

This was terrific. Used Thai chili sauce in the dip sauce mix. WHOOO WHEEE spicy, YUM. Grilled the chicken (boneless/skinless breasts) outside. Very good.