May 30, 2021

The Focaccia Series: Thaï Chicken with Curry Mayo

This quick recipe will make for a scrumptious sandwich

In this second instalment of the Foccacia series Alex inspired us with a recipe with Thaï influence. It’s a very easy recipe, the ingredients are quite easy to find in Playa del Carmen. Chedraui and other big supermarket have a “gourmet” or “world cuisine” aisle, it’s where I buy most of my stuff. But I know DAC and other little market will definitely have some options.

Today’s recipe is a marinated chicken in a sweet and slightly spicy sauce. It’s very easy to make. The hardest part is to be patient for the marinade to seep it’s flavors into the meat.

Without further ado: The recipe

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Thai Chicken

This week's creation is inspired by alex travels to Asia from where he brought back books of recipes.

Course Main Course, Snack

Cuisine Asian, fusion

Keyword chicken, curry, focaccia, thai

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Marinate 1

Total Time 1 15

Servings 1

Author vincent

Equipment

Bowl to marinate the chicken
Pan or Wok
Bowl for mayo
Bowl for brushing marinade

Ingredients

Marinade for the chicken

1 clove Garlic
3 tsp Thai Sweet chili sauce
2 tsp Soy Sauce
2 tsp fish sauce
2 tsp Lime juice
tsp Sriracha o Sambal oelek Optional

Curry Mayonnaise

Yellow Thai Curry paste I buy nine at Chedraoui or DAC.
Mayonnaise
Lime juice

Rest of the ingredients

Chicken can be breasts, thighs or your prefered part. We use breast for convinience
1 cambray onion

Instructions

Prepare the curry mayo

Start mixing with the curry with the mayo. Add curry progressively and build to desired strengh
Squize half a lime and mix.

Prepare the marinade

Mix together 3 tsp of sweet chilli sauce, 2 tsp of soy sauce, fish sauce to taste (2 tsp in ours), lime juice and a chili sauce like Sriracha o Sambal Oelek to taste.
Reserve a little bit of the marinade (2 tsp) to brush the cooked chicken with.
Put the chicken in marinade and massage the meat.
Reserve for at least an hour. Overnight is best

Cook

Heat a pan on high, drizzle lightghly with oil
Put the chicken in and cover. When you cover the chicken you make it juicier. This is important for lean cuts such as the breasts.
5 minutes before the end, put in the sliced crambray onion (just the bulb)

Set up

Cut Focaccia lenghtwise and spread with curry mayo
Put the chicken on top
Brush the chicken with the marinade you reserverd. DO NOT use marinade that has been in contact with raw chicken.
Add cook sliced onion, and also some of the green stem, raw.
Finish up with a touch of withe sesame and close the sandwich