Thai Grilled Chicken - Boneless chicken tenders are marinated and grilled to juicy perfection with flavors reminiscent of your favorite Thai dishes.
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Summertime doesn't have to mean only burgers and dogs on the grill (but they still are awesome). For me, I get bored so easily with grilled foods. Which is why you may have noticed some new burger twists lately. Grilled Chicken and I have a bit of a checkered past. Most of the time I find it rather boring. But I can proudly say, this Thai Grilled Chicken is anything but boring!
If you are a long time follower of mine, you know that I used to be so scared of creating Asian cuisine. I was more than happy to only enjoy Asian flavors when ordering out....UNTIL I finally gave in and tried to make something at home. It went great. In previous posts, I mentioned that ingredient lists in Asian style cooking can be overwhelming. There sometimes seems to be tons of ingredients that you may not be familiar with.  But I also mention that what I did, was start buying some of the Asian staples, one at a time until I had my pantry stocked of the "must have" Asian ingredients (fish sauce
, Â oyster sauce
, soy sauce
 etc.). Now when the mood strikes, it's no big deal, I just head to my pantry and get cooking.
When we order Thai food, we usually get some sort of chicken skewer appetizer. While this is not exactly that, it's a nod to it. I would say, this Thai Grilled Chicken is sort of the best of All American Grilling meets Thai Chicken Skewer (minus the skewer).Â
Adjust your heat level by adjusting the amount of chili garlic sauce
. Just add a little at a time and taste a long the way until you reach the heat level you want. Chili Garlic Sauce has quickly become one of my favorite ingredients. And to think 2 years ago, I had never even heard of it.
What are some of your favorite Asian dishes? I would love to try to cook them at home and share the recipe with you.
The inspiration for this Thai Grilled Chicken came from a recipe for Thai Chicken Skewers with Sweet Chili Sauce that I found over on Knead for Food.
If you are interested in some of my other Asian creations you can find them by clicking here.Â
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Thai Grilled Chicken
Ingredients
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Dipping Sauce Ingredients:
Instructions
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Linda @ With A Blast says
You had me at Thai ! Pinned 🙂
foodyschmoody says
I know, right Linda! Anything w/ those Thai flavors is a winner for me too! Thanks 🙂
Jessica (Savory Experiments) says
I love Thai food! Can't wait to try!
Carisa Smith says
Oh yum!!! Totally pinning this. We love all of the delicious flavors in this recipe (except I've never used fish sauce)... Can it do without the fish sauce? Seriously though, lime, ginger, garlic, etc. Love them all!!!
foodyschmoody says
I only recently started using fish sauce. I would recommend trying it. It doesn't taste fishy or anything (oddly enough). My husband doesn't like fish, of any kind and he eats this no problem. I'm sure you could do w/out, but I'm sure you'd be missing a layer of flavor. Thanks so much for coming by!
Rebecca {foodie with family} says
Oh my goodness. I love everything about this recipe. Love the Thai flavours! I think I'll sub in chicken thighs because I'm kind of obsessed with them and I think it'll go great here.
foodyschmoody says
Yes Rebecca, chicken thighs would be great! I also love them, so juicy! Thanks.
April Grant says
I haven't cooked a lot of Asian food for the same reason. I have to by those staples, but I first have to find a place to keep them! LOL! This recipe looks delicious. Thanks for sharing!
foodyschmoody says
I know April, I was always super intimidated by Asian cooking. I still am nervous about a lot, but I feel I've got the basics down! I hope you'll give it a try. Thanks for popping in.
Linda (Meal Planning Maven) says
I am always looking for new Thai dishes and yours looks so easy and good! Thank you so much for another wonderful recipe!
foodyschmoody says
Oh, thank you so much Linda!
Samantha says
thai grilled chicken! I love this idea and I would have never thought to combine thai flavors with grilled chicken.
foodyschmoody says
Thank you Samantha <3
Patty Haxton Anderson says
Wow. Lots of great ingredients in this profile that added up equals great taste.
foodyschmoody says
Thank you Patty
Mary Ellen says
This looks like a wonderful chicken dish and love the tasty sounding dipping sauce.
Meg @ The Housewife in Training Files says
I loveeee grilled chicken with a flavorful dipping sauce...this sounds fabulous! Pinned!
Ginny McMeans says
Your marinade and dipping sauces sound so fabulous.
The Food Hunter says
always looking to spruce up my chicken.
Cindy @ Hun... What's for Dinner? says
This sounds fantastic. I just LOVE Asian flavours and love that you can adjust the heat in this.
foodyschmoody says
Oh thank you so much Cindy! I really appreciate that!
Amanda @TheKitcheneer says
I agree that certain grilled foods can get boring after a while. I love this Asian inspired twist to the classic grilled chicken! Yum!
foodyschmoody says
Thanks so much Amanda.
Angie says
This grilled chicken looks amazing! I love the spices!
Stephanie @ Back For Seconds says
My hubby and I would gobble this right up! Yum!!
Paula - bell'alimento says
Love all the big flavors here.
Susan says
Some great flavors going on with this chicken! Plus my Asian condiments are always terribly underused!
Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes says
Thai is my favorite cuisine to cook! I just love the flavors and this definitely looks DELISH!
Kim (Feed Me, Seymour) says
I've only used fish sauce once and it was sooooo fishy! But I definitely think I overloaded it. So this can be my second chance on using it the right way! Because these chicken strips look amazing and anything but ordinary. 🙂
foodyschmoody says
Yes you've got to use it in small amounts. My husband doesn't like fish anything and he has never once questioned the use of fish sauce! Good luck and thank you!
Lauren @ Healthy Delicious says
That dipping sauce has my name written all over it!
Brenda@SugarFreeMom says
That marinade sounds like it would be delicious on most anything!
foodyschmoody says
Thanks Brenda, I'm actually planning on trying it on some steak tips this week!
Happy Valley Chow says
What a great recipe for a summer barbecue. Sounds delicious 🙂
Happy Blogging!
Happy Valley Chow
Elizabeth@ Food Ramblings says
I love all the ingredients in the marinade- looks like a great dish!
Angela {Mind Over Batter} says
I was highly intimidated by Asian cooking (what, fish sauce?)and I'm usually fearless in the kitchen. You're right - its the list of ingredients that deter you, but now I whip out my fish sauce like a BOSS. Love this thai grilled chicken. I'm going at the grilled meats hard this summer, and this is going in the roster!
foodyschmoody says
So glad to hear someone else has overcome the Asian Cooking fear. It's so exciting and sort of empowering once you figure it out, right?! So awesome. Thanks so much for coming by.
Nutmeg Nanny says
This chicken looks awesome!
Julie V. says
Another great looking Asian recipe! Thanks for sharing. I love the grill marks on the chicken.
KC the Kitchen Chopper says
Once you have all those delish Asian staple herbs, spices and condiments, the dishes come so easy. This chicken looks and sounds amazing. On my "to do" list! Thanks for linking up once again!. Off to pin.
Leia says
This looks yummy! And that dipping sauce sounds amazing. Thanks for linking up at On Display Thursday!