Thai Grilled Cornish Hens with Chili Dipping Sauce (Gai Yang)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2017, America's Test Kitchen TV

You don’t need specialty equipment to make this street-food classic. Just a low fire, a bold marinade, and Cornish hens.

SERVES 4

TIME 2 hours, plus 6 hours marinating

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For our take on Thai grilled chicken, we started with Cornish hens, which are similar in size to the hens traditionally used by chicken vendors in Thailand. Butterflying and flattening the hens helped them cook more quickly and evenly on th...

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