🇰🇭 Cambodian Cuisine

Bai Sach Chrouk

Grilled Chicken Rice

Prep Time 20 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 462 kcal

Cambodia's beloved breakfast dish featuring thinly sliced chicken marinated in coconut milk and garlic, grilled over charcoal and served atop broken rice.

Ingredients

500g chicken thigh, thinly sliced
100ml coconut milk
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp palm sugar
Broken jasmine rice for serving
Pickled daikon and carrots
Cucumber slices
Fresh herbs

Instructions

1 Marinate chicken in coconut milk, garlic, soy sauce, and palm sugar for at least 1 hour.
2 Heat charcoal grill or grill pan to medium-high heat.
3 Grill chicken slices 3-4 minutes per side until charred and cooked through.
4 Serve sliced chicken over steamed broken rice with pickled vegetables, cucumber, and fresh herbs.

Did You Know?

This dish is the most popular breakfast in Cambodia, sold from dawn by street vendors across Phnom Penh.