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Garlic Chicken (Thailand)

This is reasonably standard asian dish. However the addition of the coriander root makes for an interesting taste that those who don't like coriander simply won't appreciate.

Ingredients
(Serves 4-6)

1.5kg/3lb of roasting chicken or 2 lbs/1kg of chicken breast
6 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons of black peppercorns
4 whole plants of fresh coriander including the roots
2 teaspoons of salt
2 tablespoons of lemon juice

To begin with you should cut the chicken into pieces or cut the breast in half. Crush the garlic and salt in together. Crush the peppercorn with a mortar and pestle or, if you like, in a blender. Now chop the coriander very finely (having made sure you've washed the whole plant extremely well). Mix all the seasoning together and rub into the chicken pieces. Cover and stand for about 2 hours or pop it in the refrigerator overnight or for the day.

Put pieces of chicken on a grill tray and put under the gril about 15 centimeters or 6 inches from the heat. Turn every five minutes until the chicken is tender and skin is crisp. Serve with boiled rice, fresh tomatoes sliced and seasoned with a pinch of chili powder, salt and lemon juice or thinly sliced onion.