Thai Turmeric Hen | RecipeTin Eats

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 Chicken fresh out of the oven

Southern Thai Turmeric Hen (Gai Yang Khamin)

This can be a nice one to marinade tonight and bake tomorrow, to convey 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 referred to as Gai Yang Khamin, and is a kind of recipes that tastes prefer it has far more components in it than it does.

On the time I attempted it, I didn’t know what it was referred to as, although the thriller was solved via livid Googling for “yellow Thai grilled rooster” in my dedication to copy it again at dwelling.

Road distributors grill this over smokey coals and use butterflied entire rooster. I bake it within the oven and use rooster thighs as an alternative to make it Monday-night-friendly. This doesn’t, nevertheless, compromise flavour – it’s nonetheless ridiculously scrumptious!

Close up of Southern Thai Turmeric Chicken

Components in Thai Turmeric Hen

That is a kind of recipes that tastes prefer it’s obtained far more components in it that it does. I get a secret thrill out of discovering recipes like this!!

For the juiciest, stickiest rooster with the most effective glaze, bone-in thighs are finest. However I’ve offered instructions for breast and different cuts.

Hen – As famous above, skin-on, bone-in thighs are finest as a result of the time it takes for the pores and skin to go sticky and golden is similar time it takes for the within to cook dinner via to juicy perfection. Leaner, boneless cuts, like breast and boneless thigh, cook dinner via sooner, earlier than the floor has an opportunity to caramelise. Nevertheless, I’ve offered instructions for these – and you may at all times pan fry as an alternative! Drumsticks are additionally a wonderful, economical possibility – these work completely as a direct substitute.
Turmeric powder – Key flavour and color for this dish. That is what makes this Thai Turmeric rooster!!
Fish sauce – Secret ingredient! Provides salt with further layers of flavour so this in any other case easy marinade isn’t bland.
Oyster sauce – Second secret ingredient! Provides sweetness with savoury undertones.
Sugar – For further sweetness.
Garlic – Fairly a good wack!
Pepper – I just like the flavour white pepper brings to this however you possibly can substitute with black pepper.

Tips on how to make Thai Turmeric Hen

Pop this within the marinade tonight then bake it tomorrow! Marinade for not less than 3 hours, ideally in a single day. Then bake and baste till golden and sticky (45 minutes).

Combine the marinade in a bowl – garlic, fish sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and turmeric.
Marinade the rooster for not less than 3 hours, ideally in a single day.

Bake on a lined tray for 45 minutes till the floor is sticky and scrumptious.
Baste utilizing the tray juices on the 30 minute mark….
Then baste once more on the 40 minute mark and pop it again in for a ultimate 5 minutes to caramelise the floor.
Garnish with contemporary coriander/cilantro depart in order for you (it’s only for appears), then serve utilizing the pan juices as a sauce!

Southern Thai Turmeric Chicken on a plate ready to eat

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 contemporary crunch of cucumber and juiciness of tomato is a pleasant distinction to the sweet-savoury-meatiness of the rooster, with the added bonus that you simply don’t must hassle with a dressing. I’m not going to argue with that!

Although, if you’re a greater particular person than me and want to make extra of an effort in your aspect salad, you may toss any contemporary or steamed greens with Asian Sesame Dressing (for a fast possibility). For a extra substantial aspect salad, attempt Thai Hen Salad minus the rooster, or Thai Beef Salad minus the meat (I like the dressing of those salads).

And listed here are some extra choices for issues to serve on the aspect:

Solutions for sides

Or, eat it avenue meals model – simply seize the rooster along with your palms and munch it on the go. I did! (Although the imaginative and prescient is barely completely different – in my kitchen at dwelling in my scruffy apron, slightly than the bustling streets of Thailand.😂)

– Nagi x