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Posted on 12th Jul 2025

Thai Grilled Chicken (Gai Yang)

This popular Thai street food recipe is packed full of lemongrass flavour and a perfect dish for a BBQ with family and friends

Cuisine

Time

2 hr 30 mins mins

Servings

2 people people

Most popular
recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken legs (legs and thighs)

THE MARINADE

  • 6-8 cloves of garlic
  • 3 lemongrass stalks
  • Handful of coriander (leaves and stalks)
  • 3-4 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp palm sugar
  • 1 tbsp kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)
  • 2 tbsp tamarind concentrate
  • 3-4 tbsp hot water (to help melt the palm sugar)
  • 1 tbsp crushed black peppercorns

Method

Finely chop the garlic, lemongrass and coriander root, a pestle and mortar to a paste, add the rest of the marinade ingredients.

In a mixing bowl pour over the marinade onto the chicken, making sure all the chicken is well covered (if you want you can massage the marinade in between the skin and meat). Cover the bowl and marinade in the fridge for an hour, ideally overnight.

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