--- title: "What’s cooking today: Braaied chicken with an Asian marinade" description: "Basic Asian ingredients in the store cupboard are a boon if you’re looking for a quick marinade for chicken or pork." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "QUICK BRAAI FIX" author: "Tony Jackman" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/tony/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-20-whats-cooking-today-braaied-chicken-with-an-asian-marinade/" published: "2023-03-20T14:30:42" updated: "2023-03-20T13:20:25" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 208 --- # What’s cooking today: Braaied chicken with an Asian marinade > Basic Asian ingredients in the store cupboard are a boon if you’re looking for a quick marinade for chicken or pork. By Tony Jackman · Published 20 March 2023, 16:30 SAST · Updated 20 March 2023, 15:20 SAST ## Content Soy sauce, both savoury and sweet, is always to hand in my kitchen cupboard. I also always keep one or other Asian vinegar or sake, or both, and the twin brothers of basic Chinese spicing, garlic and ginger, are a must as well. The preceding ingredients are the core ingredients of many Asian condiments and sauces, and you can mix your own easily, in minutes. I always include oil of some kind, and this time I included some Banhoek chilli oil, a quality ingredient that has become another staple. And a bit of zest from the inclusion of a lime, now in season, never goes amiss. *(Makes enough for a batch of braai meat for 4)* **Ingredients** 2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar 2 Tbsp Banhoek chilli oil 2 Tbsp Indonesian sweet soy sauce (such as kecap manis) 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 tsp dried galangal powder (or use ginger) Juice and zest of 1 lime **Method** Mix the ingredients together and douse your chicken or pork in it. Marinate for 4 to 6 hours, or overnight. Cook chicken for about 30 minutes over hot coals, turning often. Cook pork chops higher above the coals, slowly, until tender and golden.**DM/TGIFood** *Follow Tony Jackman on Instagram*[*@tony\_jackman\_cooks*](https://www.instagram.com/tony_jackman_cooks/)*.*