Serves 4

Prep time 25 mins, cook 40 mins (plus marinating)

Serve this Thai-inspired chicken as a snack, or with sticky rice and a green papaya salad for a meal.

Pound ginger, galangal, garlic, lemongrass and coriander root to a paste in a mortar and pestle, add sugar, pound to combine. Transfer to a bowl, add soy sauce and chicken, turn to coat, cover, refrigerate to marinate (2-3 hours).


Strain marinade into a small saucepan and simmer over medium-high heat until reduced to a glaze (8-10 minutes).


Preheat a char-grill pan over low heat. Pat chicken dry with absorbent paper, brush with oil and char-grill, starting skin-side down and turning and basting with marinade occasionally, until cooked through (20-25 minutes).


Meanwhile, for roast chilli dressing, dry-roast chilli in a frying pan over high heat until smoky (30 seconds), transfer to a bowl. Add galangal to pan, dry-roast until fragrant and dried (2-3 minutes), then pound in a mortar and pestle until fine. Add garlic, palm sugar and ground rice, pound to combine. Stir in remaining ingredients, drizzle over hot char-grilled chicken and serve.