Ingredients
4 chicken thighs (boneless)
8 pandan leaves
vegetable oil for deep frying (approx 550ml)
Mai Siam Sweet Chilli Sauce
Marinade:
2 tbsp Wing Yip Light Soya Sauce
1 heaped tbsp chopped garlic
2 tbsp Wing Yip Oyster Sauce
28g Mai Siam Palm Sugar
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (include the roots)
1 tbsp Mai Siam Fish Sauce
1/2 tsp pepper
Cooking Method
Step 1
Take the skins off from the chicken thighs and cut each one into half. If the thighs are large, then cut into 3 pieces.
Step 2
Microwave the palm sugar for approximately 20 seconds to soften, then chop.
Step 3
Mix the marinade in a glass bowl and marinate the chicken pieces in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours (preferably overnight).
Step 4
Clean, dry and trim the pandanus leaves. If the leaves are too long, cut away the thicker part of the leaf at its base. This can be frozen for later use.
Step 5
Place a piece of chicken in the centre of the pandandus leaf and fold into a triangle around the chicken.
Step 6
When the chicken has been encased, tie the pandandus leave into a knot to secure the chicken into a parcel. If the leaf is too thick to tie, secure with a cocktail stick.
Step 7
Make up eight parcels.
Step 8
Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or deep pan and when it is hot, cook 4 chicken parcels at a time. When cooked, drain well, keep warm and finish cooking the remaining chicken.
Step 9
Serve 2 parcels per person as a starter or place on a plate thus allowing guests to help themselves.
Step 10
Serve with Mai Siam Sweet Chilli sauce as a dip.
