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Grilled Chicken

Grilled Chicken

(Gai Yang)

This oven broiler method using a traditional Gai Yang marinade recipe produces a beautiful grilled chicken with crispy golden brown skin and tender juicy meat. If you have a barbecue and want to cook the chicken in the traditional way, just cook it long and slowly until it's just right.

Garlic Chives with Sliced Chicken

Garlic Chives with Sliced Chicken

(Pad Dok Mai Gui Chai)

It combines wafer thin chicken breast, big pieces of crushed garlic, and crisp fresh flowering chives. The Chinese chives, known in Thailand as Dok Mai Gui Chai, can be combined with chicken, pork, or shrimp using this recipe, but are very flavorful when just cooked alone with garlic, fish sauce, and a little sugar for an authentic Thai taste.

Steamed Sea Bass with Chili, Lime, and Garlic

Steamed Sea Bass with Chili, Lime, and Garlic

(Plah Kapong Neung Manao)

Steaming a whole fish like this can seem a little daunting, but once you have the steamer as one of your kitchen tools, the rest is really quite easy. Just steam the fish for about 7 - 8 minutes, depending on the size, then top with this delicious homemade salsa prepared with red chili, garlic, cilantro, and fresh lime juice.

Steamed Calamari with Garlic and Lime Salsa

Steamed Calamari with Garlic and Lime Salsa

(Pla Muek Neung Manao)

We start by marinating the calamari in fresh lime juice that softens it and mellows any fishy flavors. After steaming, all you'll taste is delicious calamari that you could eat all by itself it's so good. But when topped with this Thai seafood sauce made with loads of fresh garlic, cilantro, hot chilies, fresh lime juice, and coconut sugar, you have add a whole different dimension of authentic Thai flavor to an old favorite.

Hat Yai Fried Chicken

Hat Yai Fried Chicken

(Gai Tod Hat Yai)

Try the recipe from Hat Yai in southern Thailand. Now sold by popular demand on nearly every street in Thailand, the fried chicken is made with a rich, dark crispy coating flavored with garlic, coriander root, black peppercorns, and dark sweet soy sauce. It is always served with a healthy topping of crispy fried shallots, and usually comes with sticky rice.

Roasted Chicken Curry with Longan Fruit

Roasted Chicken Curry with Longan Fruit

(Kaeng Ped Gai Yang sai Lum Yai)

This very special Thai red curry features oven-roasted chicken that is slowly simmered in a thick, sweet, and rich sauce made with fresh Longan fruit, Pineapple, Coconut Milk, and a delicious array of traditional herbs and spices. Longan, known as Lum Yai in Thailand, is one of our prized fruits grown in selected areas of northern Thailand.