Grilled Thai Chicken
Nov 18, 2025 02:32 PM
This Grilled Thai Chicken is bursting with flavour with lots of lemongrass, coriander (cilantro), ginger and chillies in the marinade. You can roast, grill or barbecue the chicken for crispy and golden skin.
I love marinated and grilled chicken and am always on the lookout for new recipes, although I think my mum makes the best version which I have tried endlessly to recreate and which comes close but, of course, it can’t quite compare.
With the help of a few cookbooks, this is a recipe for Thai Grilled Chicken which I have arrived at which is a bit similar to my mum’s version, but perhaps more fragrant with the addition of fresh herbs.
The marinade for this Grilled Thai Chicken is really quick to put together – simply chop up a few ingredients, put everything into the food processor and blend away.
Place the chicken pieces in a large freezer bag and pour the marinade over, leaving the chicken to marinate preferably overnight. But if time is tight, 30 minutes is also good.
Ingredients:
For the Chicken Marinade
- 4 chicken Maryland pieces, or 8 chicken drumsticks or thighs
- 2 red chillies, or to taste
- 3 cm (1 inch) ginger, peeled & roughly chopped
- 5 garlic cloves
- 2 lemongrass stalks, roughly chopped
- 2-3 sprigs coriander, leaves, stalks and roots
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar, or light muscovado sugar
- 2 tablespoons lime or lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
To Serve
- Steamed Jasmine Rice
- coriander, (cilantro)
- 1 lemon or lime, cut into wedges
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Cook Time:
40 minutes
Total Time:
85 minutes
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