Grilled Chicken with Indonesian Peanut Glaze

Name: Grilled Chicken with Indonesian Peanut Glaze
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Asia, Indonesian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, creamy peanut butter; 1/3 cup, coconut milk; 1/3 cups, lightly packed fresh cilantro; 1/4 cup, honey; 1 teaspoon, grated lime zest; 5 tablespoons, fresh lime juice from 2-3 limes; 2 tablespoons, water; 1 tablespoon, fish sauce; 1/2 teaspoon, hot red pepper flakes; 1 piece, fresh ginger (1 inch), peeled and sliced thin; 2 , garlic cloves, chopped coarse; 1/2 teaspoon, curry powder (optional); 4 1/2 pounds, bone-in, skin-on chicken pieces

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2008

A supersweet glaze is fine for a rich, salty ham, but something more savory makes sense for mild chicken.

SERVES4

TIME1¼ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted a glaze recipe for our barbecued chicken that wasn’t too sweet and didn’t require too much work. So we had to find ingredients thick enough to serve as a base—peanut butter was perfect. Building a barbecue glaze recipe from this b...

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