Thai Grilled Chicken (Gai Yang)
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
Thai grilled chicken marinated in lemongrass, garlic, and fish sauce delivers aromatic, savory-sweet flavor. This street-food favorite is charred and juicy, perfect served with dipping sauce and rice.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 5- 2 lb / 1 kg chicken thigh fillets ((skinless, boneless) (Note 1))
- 1 large lemongrass stalk (, white part only, reedy outer layers removed, sliced 5mm / 1/5" thick (Note 2 tube paste sub))
- 4 cloves garlic (, peeled (whole))
- 2 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce (, or any all-purpose soy or tamari (Note 3))
- 2 tsp dark soy sauce ((Note 3))
- 3 tbsp (tightly packed) brown sugar or palm sugar
- 2 tbsp oil (, vegetable, canola, or any other neutral flavoured oil)
- Nam Jim Jaew (- traditional Thai Dipping Sauce for meat *RECOMMENDED*)
- Lime Sweet Chilli Sauce
- Bottle of sweet chilli sauce
- Lime wedges
- Red chili (, finely sliced (optional))
- Cilantro / coriander leaves ((optional))
- Coconut rice
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 20M
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
Complete estimate · 100% of estimated mass resolved
All countable ingredients resolved. Figures are per serving.
- Prep
- 8m
- Cook
- 12m
- Sodium
- 2016mg
- Total sugar
- 46g
Added sugar is not shown when one or more ingredients lack reliable added-sugar evidence.
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 686mg
- Calcium
- 27mg
- Iron
- 2mg
Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.
- PREP
- 8M
- SODIUM
- 2016MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.