Hailing from southern Thailand, Thai Tumeric Hen (Gai Yang Khamin) is lip-smackingly scrumptious avenue meals that’s candy, sticky and savoury. The marinade is unbelievably easy: garlic, fish sauce, oyster sauce, turmeric powder and sugar. The turmeric actually makes it!
Southern Thai Turmeric Hen (Gai Yang Khamin)
It is a nice one to marinade tonight and bake tomorrow, to deliver genuine Thai flavours to your dinner desk! It’s candy however has layers of savoury, and isincredibly scrumptious for one thing so easy.
With the wonderful avenue meals in Thailand, it can come to no shock that I discovered this throughout my travels. It’s a avenue meals that hails from the south known as Gai Yang Khamin, and is a type of recipes that tastes prefer it has far more elements in it than it does.
On the time I attempted it, I didn’t know what it was known as, although the thriller was solved by way of livid Googling for “yellow Thai grilled hen” in my willpower to copy it again at house.
Road distributors grill this over smokey coals and use butterflied complete hen. I bake it within the oven and use hen thighs as an alternative to make it Monday-night-friendly. This doesn’t, nonetheless, compromise flavour – it’s nonetheless ridiculously scrumptious!
Substances in Thai Turmeric Hen
That is a type of recipes that tastes prefer it’s received far more elements in it that it does. I get a secret thrill out of discovering recipes like this!!
For the juiciest, stickiest hen with the very best glaze, bone-in thighs are greatest. However I’ve supplied instructions for breast and different cuts.
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Hen – As famous above, skin-on, bone-in thighs are greatest as a result of the time it takes for the pores and skin to go sticky and golden is identical time it takes for the within to prepare dinner by way of to juicy perfection. Leaner, boneless cuts, like breast and boneless thigh, prepare dinner by way of sooner, earlier than the floor has an opportunity to caramelise. Nevertheless, I’ve supplied instructions for these – and you may at all times pan fry as an alternative! Drumsticks are additionally a superb, economical possibility – these work completely as a direct substitute.
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Turmeric powder – Key flavour and color for this dish. That is what makes this Thai Turmeric hen!!
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Fish sauce – Secret ingredient! Provides salt with further layers of flavour so this in any other case easy marinade isn’t bland.
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Oyster sauce – Second secret ingredient! Provides sweetness with savoury undertones.
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Sugar – For further sweetness.
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Garlic – Fairly a good wack!
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Pepper – I just like the flavour white pepper brings to this however you’ll be able to substitute with black pepper.
The best way to make Thai Turmeric Hen
Pop this within the marinade tonight then bake it tomorrow! Marinade for a minimum of 3 hours, ideally in a single day. Then bake and baste till golden and sticky (45 minutes).
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Combine the marinade in a bowl – garlic, fish sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and turmeric.
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Marinade the hen for a minimum of 3 hours, ideally in a single day.
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Bake on a lined tray for 45 minutes till the floor is sticky and scrumptious.
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Baste utilizing the tray juices on the 30 minute mark….
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Then baste once more on the 40 minute mark and pop it again in for a ultimate 5 minutes to caramelise the floor.
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Garnish with recent coriander/cilantro go away if you’d like (it’s only for appears), then serve utilizing the pan juices as a sauce!
What to serve with Thai Turmeric Hen
Serve this with a pile of steaming jasmine or coconut rice and plain chunks of cucumber and tomato, one thing you generally see served as a vegetable aspect throughout Thailand. The recent crunch of cucumber and juiciness of tomato is a pleasant distinction to the sweet-savoury-meatiness of the hen, with the added bonus that you just don’t must trouble with a dressing. I’m not going to argue with that!
Although, in case you are a greater particular person than me and wish to make extra of an effort in your aspect salad, you may toss any recent or steamed greens with Asian Sesame Dressing (for a fast possibility). For a extra substantial aspect salad, strive Thai Hen Salad minus the hen, or Thai Beef Salad minus the meat (I really like the dressing of those salads).
And listed here are some extra choices for issues to serve on the aspect:
Strategies for sides
Or, eat it avenue meals fashion – simply seize the hen together with your fingers and munch it on the go. You understand I did! (Although the imaginative and prescient is barely completely different – in my kitchen at house in my scruffy apron, slightly than the bustling streets of Thailand.😂)
– Nagi x
Watch the way to make it
Again to the old-style fingers solely video for this one! Ran out of time to do the brand new fashion with me and Dozer in it. 🙂
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Thai Turmeric Hen (Gai Yang Khamin)
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook dinner: 40 minutes
Marinade: 3 hours
Complete: 3 hours 50 minutes
BBQ/Grilling, Dinner
Thai
Servings5
Faucet or hover to scale
Directions
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Marinade hen – Combine Marinade elements in a big bowl. Add hen and toss to coat. Marinade for a minimum of 3 hours, ideally in a single day.
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Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (160°C fan-forced).
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Put together – Line a tray with baking paper/parchment paper. Place hen on the tray, pores and skin aspect up. Scrape all Marinade out of th bowl and dab onto hen.
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Bake for 40 minutes, then improve the oven to 200°C/375°F (180°C fan-forced) to caramelise the pores and skin. Baste on the 30 minute and 40 minute mark utilizing the tray juices to make it golden brown and sticky, and rotate the tray as wanted for even color.
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Relaxation for 3 minutes earlier than serving with jasmine or coconut rice, and plain chunks of tomato and cucumber the Thai approach!
Recipe Notes:
Subsequent greatest is boneless thighs, then citing the rear is tenderloin and breast (suggest including 1 tbsp oil into the marinade). Use round 750g/1.5lb for any of those cuts.
2. Cooking strategies – This recipe might be cooked on the BBQ, range or baked. Take care on the range and BBQ because the sugar burns, so use medium warmth.
- Range – Warmth a skillet over medium warmth. Place pores and skin aspect down and canopy with a lid. Cook dinner for five minutes or till the pores and skin is darkish golden. Then flip and canopy with a lid once more. Cook dinner for 8 to 10 minutes till cooked by way of, basting the pores and skin with the residual marinade within the bowl.
- BBQ – use medium warmth and prepare dinner for round quarter-hour in complete, basting the pores and skin with the marinade within the bowl).
- Different cuts:
– Drumsticks: Bake 40 minutes
– Skinless boneless thighs: Bake 20 – 25 minutes, or range/BBQ for five minutes both sides on medium.
– Breast: Bake for 20 minutes, or range/BBQ for round 5 minutes on both sides on medium.
3. Recipe supply: Barely tailored from this Tumeric Hen recipe from Actual Thai Recipes.
Vitamin per serving assuming 5 servings. This doesn’t take note of the fats that’s rendered out when cooking.
Vitamin Info:
Serving: 260gEnergy: 505cal (25%)Carbohydrates: 15g (5%)Protein: 34g (68%)Fats: 34g (52%)Saturated Fats: 9g (56%)Polyunsaturated Fats: 7gMonounsaturated Fats: 14gTrans Fats: 0.2gLdl cholesterol: 200mg (67%)Sodium: 972mg (42%)Potassium: 504mg (14%)Fiber: 0.5g (2%)Sugar: 11g (12%)Vitamin A: 160IU (3%)Vitamin C: 1mg (1%)Calcium: 39mg (4%)Iron: 2mg (11%)
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