Thai-style grilled chicken (Gai yang) from Serious Eats by J. Kenji López-Alt

  • whole chicken
  • cilantro
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    Can substitute light brown sugar for palm sugar. Marinate 2 hours or overnight.

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    Can substitute light brown sugar for palm sugar. Marinate 2 hours or overnight.

  • Stephenn31 on October 05, 2025

    This was good but not amazing. Good grilled food. Served with rice and the hot sauce and a Burmese cabbage salad

  • Rinshin on May 27, 2019

    This was just so so. All I can taste was garlic and none of the other ingredients. Not much taste. Not a repeat for me. I ended up dipping the pieces in soy sauce and squeeze of lime with each bite.

  • chawkins on June 08, 2015

    I did not make the dipping sauce and only marinated the chicken in the rub for close to 2 hours, and it turned out quite well, the chicken was juicy and the skin crispy. The fish sauce and soy sauce seemed to have cooked off, could not quite taste them but the sugar did give the chicken a tinge of sweetness.

  • twoyolks on September 18, 2014

    The marinade did not provide enough salt to the chicken so it was poorly seasoned (there are no instructions to add additional salt). This may vary depending on which brand of fish sauce is used (I used Red Boat). Additionally, the marinade didn't penetrate the chicken well so most of that flavor was lost.

  • eliza on August 28, 2014

    In this recipe you make a marinade in the food processor, marinade the chicken then grill it. I chose to do it in the oven but otherwise followed the recipe. Worked very well, easy, and flavourful.

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