Looking for a new chicken recipe? Check out this recipe for Tom Yum Chicken. This sauce is the perfect balance of sweet, heat, and sour. The best part of Tom Yum is not just the taste but the incredible aroma from the various herbs in the paste.
Tom Yum Chicken with Cilantro
What is Tom Yum Paste?
Often used in Thai cooking, it has flavors that range from slightly sour from lime to salty from fish sauce to sweet and spicy. Various herbs and aromatics makes it smell fantastic and is often used in soups and broths. However, when combined with a few other ingredients it makes a delicious grilled chicken sauce. The trick is to add only a few additional ingredients to suit your taste but also enhance the fantastic flavor of Tom Yum Paste, not over power it.
Tom Yum Chicken
How to make Tom Yum Chicken on the grill.
Start with heating your gas grill up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Lightly salt the chicken drumsticks and put them over direct medium heat and close the grill lid.
Grill for 7 minutes then rotate the drumsticks and close the lid again.
After another 7 minutes raise the grill lid and rotate again.
Chicken Legs laying on grill grates
Internal Temp of Chicken Legs
Stick a meat thermometer into the thickest part of the Chicken Leg. You should bring the internal temperature of the chicken leg up to 175 degrees Fahrenheit. However, the U.S Department of Agriculture says you are safe with an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit with chicken. With bone in chicken it’s wise to go even a little bit higher.
Tom Yum Sauce for Grilled Chicken
Mix the following ingredients to make the Tom Yum Sauce for Chicken.
- 4 ounces Tom Tum Paste
- 5 tablespoons cream of coconut – Brings additional sweetness too the sauce.
- 1 teaspoon ancho chili powder – Brings some mild heat too the sauce.
- 1 teaspoon dehydrated green onion
Once Chicken is up to internal temp take off the grill and place in a mixing bowl. Add the sauce to the chicken and coat.
Plate the sauced Chicken Legs and finish with chopped fresh cilantro.
Why this Tom Yum Chicken recipe is so tasty?
Tom Yum Chicken is such a tasty dish because of all the complex flavors and aromas come together perfectly. The moment you sit down to enjoy this chicken dish you smell incredible aromas from the paste. The taste works well with the chicken legs. If you like sweet or sour or mild heat it is all waiting for you with this dish.
Tips for Grilling
Start with a clean grill. No one wants dirty chicken legs. Clean grills also produce more flare ups.
Make sure the chicken is not frozen when putting on the grill. That will greatly increase grilling time.
Plated Tom Yum Chicken
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Tom Yum Chicken
Looking for a new chicken recipe? Check out this recipe for Tom Yum Chicken. This sauce is the perfect balance of sweet, heat, and sour. The best part of Tom Yum is not just the taste but the incredible aroma from the various herbs in the paste.
Ingredients
- 3 Pounds of Chicken Legs
- 4 ounces Tom Yum Paste
- 5 tablespoons of Cream of Coconut
- Salt
- Fresh Chopped Cilantro
- 1 tablespoon Ancho Chili Powder
Instructions
Start with heating your gas grill up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Lightly salt the chicken drumsticks and put them over direct medium heat and close the grill lid.
Grill for 7 minutes then rotate the drumsticks and close the lid again.
After another 7 minutes raise the grill lid and rotate again.
Bring the chicken legs up to an internal temp of 175 degrees Fahrenheit which should take about 25 minutes.
Take off the grill and place in a mixing bowl.
For sauce
Add 4 ounces Tom Tum Paste
5 tablespoons coconut cream
1 teaspoon ancho chili powder
1 teaspoon dehydrated green onion
Add chicken legs to sauce and coat.
Plate sauced legs and finish with chopped cilantro.
Notes
If you like more heat add additional ancho powder to taste. If you like more salt you can add a tablespoon of fish sauce to mixture.
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