Noisy-sounding marinade ingredients—coconut milk, lime juice, ginger, garlic, fish sauce, soy sauce—produce surprisingly subtle, delicious grilled chicken. Recipe below.
THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY. That’s a line from the Robert DeNiro film Ronin that Marion and I have made part of our lexicon. We’ve quoted it here, in fact, some years ago. I requote it now because if you think of a recipe as a map—and I do—it seems appropriate with this dish. The chicken was delicious, moist and subtly flavored, but it did not taste like the recipe sounded. Continue reading “Smoky, understated Asian flavors: Grilled Coconut Chicken Thighs”