Thai sticky chicken & ribs

Thai sticky chicken & ribs

Marinate this Thai street food favourite the night before for maximum flavour

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 30 mins

plus marinating

Method

  1. To make the marinade, put the chillies, coriander stalks, garlic, ginger, turmeric, soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar and honey in a food processor. Whizz to a rough paste. Cut each chicken thigh into 2 pieces down the side of bone (so one side keeps the bone). Put all the chicken and ribs in a ceramic dish or suitable plastic container and pour over the marinade. Turn the meat over so it is coated, cover and put it in the fridge until needed (up to 24 hrs).
  2. Make the sauce. Put the sugar in a pan with 250ml water, bring to the boil, simmer for a few mins to make a sugar syrup, then stir in garlic, vinegar, lime juice, fish sauce and chilli. Cool, then stir in coriander. Will keep for 24 hrs in the fridge.
  3. Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Lift the ribs into a baking dish, cover with foil and put in the oven for 1 hr. Add the chicken pieces around the ribs, turn up the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and cook, uncovered, for 20 mins or so until the chicken is cooked through. By now the surface of the ribs and chicken should be quite brown and the marinade slightly sticky; if it isn't, put the lot under the grill - but keep an eye on it.
  4. Cut the ribs into sections and pile onto a platter with the chicken, drizzle over some sauce and serve the rest alongside with the salad and some steamed rice.

PER SERVING

533 kcalories, protein 35g, carbohydrate 39g, fat 27 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 0g, sugar 38g, salt 3.33 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2011.

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    28 May 2011

    Sue rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Delicious flavour but disappointingly 'unsticky'. The marinade seemed to become quite watery rather than thick and sticky. I'm wondering whether this was due to the juices from the chicken thighs. It was so delicious that I am making it again tonight for friends but am going to try cooking the ribs and the chicken in separate trays to see if that makes a difference.

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  • 04 June 2011

    Sam R rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    simply lush! My coriander-hating husband had second helpings, and my friend went and bought her own copy of the magazine so she could make it the following week - need I say more??

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  • 04 June 2011

    Sam R commented on this recipe

    Forgot to say that this would go really nicely with the spicy cucumber salad (June 2007) rather than the mint and lime salad suggested in the magazine article. The mint salad was ok, but the cucumber salad is much tastier with a refreshing juicy crunch.

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  • 14 July 2011

    sabrina74 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I love this dish have made it twice and had it requested lots more times, its an easy entertaining , all the real prep is done the day before, just adore the clear sauce makes it sooo authentic tasting, give it ago and hear the complaints come in, oh btw my ribs never get sticky but we dont mind.

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  • 01 August 2011

    Hezz rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Did the whole thing We absolutely loved it. MY husband went as far as to say one of the best things i`ve ever made & thats saying something, as he loves most things i make!! The ribs were sticky & Delicious. will make again.

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  • 23 October 2012

    Cook to Unwind commented on this recipe

    I cooked this over the weekend for lunch with friends on our boat. It was delicious. I made it with drumsticks only, so that it was easily handled without cutlery & plates ie. part of a selection of finger food. I'll definitely be cooking it again. I will be making sure we have plenty of serviettes though to wipe up the sticky fingers.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 30 mins

plus marinating

Ingredients

  • 3 small green chillies , chopped
  • small bunch coriander with stems, stems chopped and leaves used for the dipping sauce
  • 3 garlic cloves , chopped
  • 3cm/1 ¼ inch piece ginger , chopped
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 4 tbsp fish sauce
  • 8 tbsp palm or soft brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp clear honey
  • 4 chicken thighs , skin on
  • 2 slabs pork loin ribs, about 1kg/2lb 4oz
  • steamed rice , to serve

CHILLI-LIME SAUCE

  • 200g caster sugar
  • 1 garlic clove , finely sliced
  • 3 tbsp white vinegar (rice or wine)
  • juice 1 lime
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 red bird's-eye chilli , finely sliced
  • handful coriander leaves (from coriander in the marinade), chopped
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PER SERVING

533 kcalories, protein 35g, carbohydrate 39g, fat 27 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 0g, sugar 38g, salt 3.33 g

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