 Thai Style Chicken
Preparing Time: 10 minutes, plus 2 hours marinating time
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Serves: 4 - 6
Why not add a touch of oriental flair to your BBQ with this fragrant Thai style chicken recipe? BBQ chicken drumsticks and thighs are full of taste and goodness and the tantalising Thai aromas are sure to have everyone calling for more.
Choose British chicken with the Red Tractor and Union Jack on pack and you’ll know that you’re getting fresh, local birds that are fully traceable back to independently inspected British farms. Or ask your butcher if it’s British.
Ingredients
6 British chicken drumsticks
6 British chicken thighs
Marinade
2 stems lemon grass
5 cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 red onion, finely chopped
Zest and juice of 2 lime
3 tbsp rice vinegar
3 tbsp brown sugar
3 tbsp olive oil
Method
1. Remove the tough outer skin from the lemon grass and roughly chop. Place the lemon grass, ginger, garlic, onion, lime zest and juice, rice vinegar, sugar and olive oil in a processor and blend until smooth.
2. With a sharp pair of kitchen scissors or knife, make a deep cut into the thighs and to the bone on both sides of the drumsticks.
3. Place the marinade in a large bowl, add the chicken thighs and drumsticks and mix until coated. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours.
4. BBQ the chicken on a medium heat for about 15-20 minutes turning ever 5 minutes until the chicken is opaque with no trace of pink at the bone.
5. Serve the chicken and sprinkle with chopped coriander alongside a sweet chilli sauce dip.
Top tip: When BBQing, always make sure the chicken is cooked thoroughly before eating. To check this, pierce the plumpest part of the flesh and make sure the juices run clear. If not, cook further.
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Nutritional Information
| Calories |
397 kcal |
111 kcal |
| Protein |
19.5 g |
5.5 g |
| Carbohydrates |
20.2 g |
5.7 g |
| Fat |
23.5 g |
6.6 g |
| Saturated Fat |
7.4 g |
2.1 g |
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