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"Gai Yang" (kinda) Thai Street Chicken

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The Cen-Tex Smoker
The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 22,970
edited April 2016 in EggHead Forum
This is a riff off of Thai street chicken. We are cooking this up for Austin Eggfest this weekend. Was damn tasty. The charred bits of fatty salty chicken were killer and the sauce (Jaew) is the secret "sauce" if you will. Dry chili's, lime, tamarind, sugar, shallot and fish sauce. Garnished with pickled fresh cucumber and carrot, fresh lime juice, and mint and then dusted with toasted rice powder to finish. Boom. 

Hope the fest-goers are feeling adventurous. If it's anything like the last few this may be the only thing served at the fest that is not wrapped in bacon :). 


Pics are crappy because we were just tweaking the recipe but I think we have it. Good enough for a 500 of our closest friends at a fest anyway. 
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
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    Sounds and looks seriously delicious!  Love Thai, thanks for sharing!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • russellds
    russellds Posts: 4
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    That looks amazing!
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
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    Yes please!
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  • SGH
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    Looks like a puppy with two peters to me brother Tex. Mighty fine looking grub for sure. Those folks are in for a real treat. I wish the fest was the following weekend.  I will be down in Port Isabel Texas that weekend for some impulse testing. I would sure make the trek up to see y'all. 

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  • YukonRon
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    Looks delicious, thank you for posting. Great info for me to try.
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  • minniemoh
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    edited April 2016
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    SGH said:
    Looks like a puppy with two peters to me brother Tex. 


    Just about spit my beer out on that one! Looks fantastic @The Cen-Tex Smoker
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
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    SGH said:
    Looks like a puppy with two peters to me brother Tex. Mighty fine looking grub for sure. Those folks are in for a real treat. I wish the fest was the following weekend.  I will be down in Port Isabel Texas that weekend for some impulse testing. I would sure make the trek up to see y'all. 
    Impulse testing has always gotten me in the most trouble :). 


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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
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    I'll post the recipe once we have it fully dialed in. We are close. 
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  • bgebrent
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    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    I'll post the recipe once we have it fully dialed in. We are close. 
    Tease.
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    bgebrent said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    I'll post the recipe once we have it fully dialed in. We are close. 
    Tease.
    I always give it up in the end. I just want to make sure it's special. 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    Looks promising.  Keep up the good work, I'm sure you'll get it dialed in perfectly, knowing you.  If you know any Thai, have them taste test.  Or take it to a Thai restaurant - tell them you're opening one across the street.  The more they hate it, the more you're on the right track.
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  • caliking
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    Sounds like a winner. Presentation looks like it will be solid too. 

    Now post the damn recipe! :)

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
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    nolaegghead said:
    Looks promising.  Keep up the good work, I'm sure you'll get it dialed in perfectly, knowing you.  If you know any Thai, have them taste test.  Or take it to a Thai restaurant - tell them you're opening one across the street.  The more they hate it, the more you're on the right track.
    This is definitely not authentic but the underlying flavors are there. The Jaew is what we have been working on for the better part of a year but I think we have that pretty damn close. The yardbird is pretty simple


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  • NPHuskerFL
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    Looks damn good!  Seems you've done justice to this street dish. Nice work bud. 
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  • NDG
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    Looks great & love all the flavors . . salt/sweet/spice then fresh with mint/etc.  I Gotta Try !!
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  • JohnnyTarheel
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    Very nice... Love the combo of flavors 
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  • NDG
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    just printed off cooks illustrated version as reference . . I like how yours sauce has tamarind (I bought some over a year ago and never used) . . so going to add as well.  Did the toasted rice powder add much?
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    NDG said:
    just printed off cooks illustrated version as reference . . I like how yours sauce has tamarind (I bought some over a year ago and never used) . . so going to add as well.  Did the toasted rice powder add much?
    The toasted rice powder is the secret ingredient. It's super easy to make and it leaves a huge void without it. You can't make Jaew without toasted rice powder anyway. 
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    Lettuce wraps done with egged meat. This I want to try. Nice!

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  • sumoconnell
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    I'm going to hunt you down saturday ;)

    I bought $6 street/skewer grill in China a couple years back, six inches wide.  Fun for this style, and yakatori, etc.
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  • CPARKTX
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    Looks great. When/where is the Austin fest??
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    CPARKTX said:
    Looks great. When/where is the Austin fest??
    saturday. Come cook with us.
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    sumoconnell said:
    I'm going to hunt you down saturday ;)

    I bought $6 street/skewer grill in China a couple years back, six inches wide.  Fun for this style, and yakatori, etc.
    come on. bring beer.


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    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

    sumoconnell said:
    I'm going to hunt you down saturday ;)

    I bought $6 street/skewer grill in China a couple years back, six inches wide.  Fun for this style, and yakatori, etc.
    come on. bring beer.


    Will do! I'll bring some adelbert's I've been bragging about - -- 
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    sumoconnell said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

    sumoconnell said:
    I'm going to hunt you down saturday ;)

    I bought $6 street/skewer grill in China a couple years back, six inches wide.  Fun for this style, and yakatori, etc.
    come on. bring beer.


    Will do! I'll bring some adelbert's I've been bragging about - -- 

    The bragging is justified.

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    CPARKTX said:
    Looks great. When/where is the Austin fest??
    It's out at Camp Ben McCullough in Driftwood. Right across from the original Salt lick. Lots of good wineries and breweries out there too. we were going to go to the fest last year and just ended up going to the Salt Lick and drinking a bunch of wine instead. It was a good day.


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    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    I'll post the recipe once we have it fully dialed in. We are close. 

    Looking forward to this!  Please include instructions for toasted rice powder..  :)
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    smbishop said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    I'll post the recipe once we have it fully dialed in. We are close. 

    Looking forward to this!  Please include instructions for toasted rice powder..  :)
    That I can do now. take a handful of uncooked rice and toast it over med high in a dry skillet, shaking and moving it around often. It will start to brown up and get fragrant after just a few minutes. Once it's a light tan and starting to smell toasty (like 2 minutes), take it off the heat and grind in a spice grinder.  You can also rough chop it, smash it with a flat knife blade, smash it with the bottom of a yeti rambler, or any other number of things to change the coarseness of the grind. I use a little powder and some rough chop for texture. 
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    Thank you so much, will make some this weekend!
    Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX.  2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories.
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    I am giving this another standing ovation. Rock star!
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