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Barbecued Marinated Chicken with Nam Jim

This recipe is sponsored by Black Swan Vineyards

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 4

Ingredients

Chicken Needed:

4 single chicken breasts

Marinade:

6 cloves garlic
6 tablespoon fish sauce
2 tablespoon light soy
1 cup coconut cream
2 tablespoon caster sugar
White pepper, to taste

Nam jim:

2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
2 cilantro roots, roughly chopped
1 long red chilli, de-seeded & roughly chopped
1 long green chilli, de-seeded & roughly chopped
2 small hot chillies, finely sliced
1 red shallot, finely sliced
8 ripe cherry tomatoes
4 tablespoon castor sugar
4 tablespoon fish sauce
5 tablespoon fresh lime juice

Salad:

1 small green papaya, peeled and cut into thin strips
8 long beans (snake beans), blanched, refreshed and cut into 2” lengths
1 cup bean sprouts
1/2 cup mint leaves
1/2 cup coriander leaves
1/2 cup Thai basil leaves

Preparation

  1. Method:

    Step 1

    Place all marinade ingredients in a bowl or blender & process 10 seconds.

    Step 2

    Marinate the chicken breasts well & refrigerate 2 hours.

    Step 3

    For the nam jim, pound the garlic & cilantro root in a mortar & pestle. Add the red & green chillies & pound another 10 seconds. Add the cherry tomatoes & pound until just pulped. Add the small hot chillies, eschallots, sugar, fish sauce & lime juice & stir until well mixed & the sugar has dissolved. Check the flavour for balance.

    Step 4

    Make the salad by simply mixing all ingredients together then toss through the nam jim.

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