Gai Yang: Grilled Chicken Recipe

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Gai Yang: Grilled Chicken
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Ingredients:

  • 3 coriander roots, scraped and chopped
  • pinch salt
  • 2 small chickens , about 12 oz- poussin or cornish game hens
  • 3 tbsp fish sauce
  • large pinch palm sugar
  • 1/4 cup scraped and chopped coriander root
  • 1/2 cup long red chiles , deseeded if desired
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 2 cups water

Directions:

  1. Using a pestle and mortar, pound coriander roots, salt, garlic, and peppercorns into a fine paste. Cut chicken in half along the breastbone. Flatten out, wash and dry. Work in the paste, fish sauce and sugar and leave to marinate for a few hours.
  2. For the sweet chili sauce, pound coriander root, salt, garlic and chiles into a paste. Combine vinegar, sugar, water, and salt in a pot and bring to the boil. Add paste and stir to dissolve. Simmer sauce until reduced by half, skimming as necessary, then set aside to cool.
  3. Chargrill chicken for about 15-20 minutes, turning regularly. Serve with a bowl of the sauce.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 399.91 Kcal (1674 kJ)
Calories from fat 115.89 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.88g 20%
Cholesterol 76.55mg 26%
Sodium 1151.39mg 48%
Potassium 250.19mg 5%
Total Carbs 49.44g 16%
Sugars 44.83g 179%
Dietary Fiber 0.25g 1%
Protein 16.68g 33%
Vitamin C 6.3mg 10%
Iron 1.2mg 7%
Calcium 55.5mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 101.83 Kcal (426 kJ)
Calories from fat 29.51 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.28g 20%
Cholesterol 19.49mg 26%
Sodium 293.17mg 48%
Potassium 63.7mg 5%
Total Carbs 12.59g 16%
Sugars 11.41g 179%
Dietary Fiber 0.06g 1%
Protein 4.25g 33%
Vitamin C 1.6mg 10%
Iron 0.3mg 7%
Calcium 14.1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 9
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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