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You are here: Home / All Recipes / Thai Pandan Chicken (Gai Ob Bai Toey)

Thai Pandan Chicken (Gai Ob Bai Toey)

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
Chicken fillets are marinated in sauces and spices, wrapped in pandan leaves and fried until crisp and browned. Thai pandan chicken is so flavorful it doesn’t need a dipping sauce.
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Marinating time 12 hrs
Total Time 12 hrs 25 mins
Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine Thai
Servings 6 people
Thai Pandan Chicken (Gai Ob Bai Toey)
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 kilogram skinless chicken thigh fillets , cut into 2-inch cubes

Marinade

  • 6 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon garlic finely grated
  • 1 tablespoon turmeric finely grated
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice or lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 6 tablespoons coconut cream
  • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • 2 bird’s eye chilies finely chopped (optional)

To cook the chicken

  • pandan leaves equal to the number of cut chicken pieces
  • cooking oil for deep frying

Instructions
 

Marinate the chicken

  • Place the chicken pieces in a bowl, and add all the ingredients for the marinade. Mix well.
  • Cover and let sit in the fridge for at least an hour (overnight is best).

Wrap the chicken

  • Cut off the root and light green portions of the pandan leaves.
  • Take the dark green portion and blanch in hot water for 30 seconds to release the aroma and to make them more pliable.
  • Wrap each piece of chicken in pandan leaf (see video).

Fry the pandan chicken

  • Heat the cooking oil in a wok or frying pan. Ideally, the oil should be at least three inches deep.
  • Fry the pandan-wrapped chicken in batches over high heat. Three to four minutes should cook the chicken through. But, to be on the safe side, take one piece out of the oil and cut the chicken. If the juices run clear, the chicken is done. In not, fry a little longer.
  • Drain the fried chicken pandan on a rack or strainer to allow excess oil to drip off before serving.

Notes

Serve the pandan chicken immediately as an appetizer, snack or main dish.
If serving as a main dish, pandan chicken is especially good with rice.
Thai Pandan Chicken (Gai Ob Bai Toey) in Strainer to Allow Excess Oil to Drip
Updated from a recipe originally published in June 20, 2012
Keyword Pandan
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Published: March 29, 2021 • Last modified: November 10, 2021 ♥ All Recipes, Poultry, Side Dishes, Southeast Asian Food, Thai
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