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Gai Golae

 

A yummy Thai Food inspiration for your upcoming New Year's party are the aromatic and flavorful Thai grilled chicken skewers. ”Golae” or “Golek” is a style of coconut milk barbecue sauce influenced by Islamic Malaysian cuisine from the South of Thailand. It’s sweet, salty, rich, creamy and of course spicy. This tasty dish is made with garlic, shallots, dried chillies, cumin, cinnamon, coconut milk, shrimp paste and chicken.

𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙞𝙥 : The chicken skewers are ideal to prepare upfront and can be served as finger food or on top over jasmine rice.

 

 

INGREDIENTS

• 900g skinless chicken thigh
• 10-12 bamboo sticks (soak for 30 mins)
• Curry Paste Ingredients
• 20g dried chillies (stems and seeds removed)
• 3 cloves garlic
• 10g ginger
• 8g turmeric
• 115g shallots
• ¾ tsp ground coriander
• ¾ tsp ground cinnamon
• Marinade Ingredients
• ½ portion of curry paste
• 100ml coconut milk
• ¾ tsp salt
• Basting Sauce Ingredients
• 2 tbsp coconut oil
• ½ portion of curry paste
• 240ml coconut milk
• 1 ½ tbsp tamarind paste
• 90g palm sugar (crushed)
• 1 tsp salt

 

PREPARATION

1. Clean and pat dry chicken thighs and cut into large 3cm x 3cm pieces.
2. Soak dried chillies with hot water for 30 mins. Squeeze dry and cut into smaller pieces.
3. Blend chillies together with garlic, turmeric, ginger, shallots, ground coriander and ground cinnamon until smooth. Divide into 2 portions.
4. Marinade chicken pieces with 1 portion of the curry paste, 100ml coconut milk and ¾ tsp salt. Chill for 2 hours or overnight.

 

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS

1. Heat up a frying pan with coconut oil and sauté the other half portion of curry paste for 2 mins or until fragrant.
2. Add in coconut milk, palm sugar, tamarind paste and salt. Let it simmer for 5-6 mins or until sauce thickens.
3. Divide into 2 portions. Set aside and let it cool.
4. Preheat broiler to 200°C or to high (or this can also go on the grill/BBQ). Skewer chicken meat onto bamboo sticks. Wrap the end of the bamboo sticks with foil to keep them from burning. Place skewers onto rack set on top of baking tray lined with foil.
5. Grill chicken for 5 mins and then baste with one portion of the basting sauce.
6. Continue to grill for 10 mins before flipping the chicken skewers.

Recommend by your Thai Insider.

𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗝𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗬𝗦.
𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦.

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