Grilled marinated chicken, typically flavored with garlic, cilantro root, and pepper, served with a sweet chili dipping sauce.
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Ingredients
🍗1 whole chicken, spatchcocked
🧄6 cloves garlic
🌿Cilantro roots
🌶️1 tsp white pepper
🍶3 tbsp fish sauce
🍬2 tbsp palm sugar
Method
Serves 4
1
Pound garlic, cilantro roots, and white pepper into a paste.
2
Mix the paste with fish sauce and palm sugar, then rub all over the chicken.
3
Marinate for at least 2 hours, ideally overnight.
4
Grill over medium coals, turning occasionally, until the skin is charred and the chicken is cooked through, about 30-40 minutes.
5
Rest briefly, then chop and serve with sticky rice and dipping sauce.
✓ What Makes it Authentic
Gai yang is especially associated with the Isan region of Thailand, traditionally grilled over charcoal and often eaten alongside sticky rice and som tum.
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