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Gai yang – Thai grilled chicken with low-carb side dishes

Name: Gai yang – Thai grilled chicken with low-carb side dishes
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 900 g raw chicken thigh meat boneless and skin-on; 45 g Squid Brand fish sauce; 15 g soy sauce; 10.5 g a clove of garlic crushed; 20 g fresh coriander stems and leaves chopped; 2 g ground white pepper; 4 g Foodin erythritol; 15 g lime juice; 500 g cauliflower rice for serving; 200 g cucumber slices for serving

Let the chicken marinate for at least 30 minutes if you have time. When cooking in the oven, the oven grill helps to brown the surface.

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60 minDifficulty: easy

Gai yang grilled chicken on a golden brown surface, herb sauce and cauliflower rice

Servings in this printout: 4

Ingredients

Servings4

900 g raw chicken thigh meatboneless and skin-on
45 g Squid Brand fish sauce
15 g soy sauce
10.5 g a clove of garliccrushed
20 g fresh corianderstems and leaves chopped
2 g ground white pepper
4 g Foodin erythritol
15 g lime juice
500 g cauliflower ricefor serving
200 g cucumber slicesfor serving

Method

Mix fish sauce, soy sauce, garlic, coriander, white pepper, erythritol and lime juice.
Turn the chicken in the marinade. Allow to season for 30 minutes or overnight in the refrigerator.
Heat the oven to 220 degrees or prepare the grill for medium heat.
Grill or oven-roast the chicken until fully cooked and nicely browned, turning occasionally. Check the thickest part for doneness.
Heat the cauliflower rice in a pan. Serve with chicken and cucumber slices.

Nutrition per serving

Nutrition values are approximate estimates, not laboratory analyses. Products and portion size affect the result.

Net carbs: 4.78 g
Total carbohydrates (incl. fibre and polyols): 9.45 g
Protein: 45.17 g
Fat: 35.05 g

GL estimate: about 2 / serving

Confidence · Low Some values or assumptions in the calculation are uncertain.

The calculation also uses comparison values from similar foods or food groups. Small amounts of carbohydrate were left out of the calculation.

Estimate details and sources ↗

How was the estimate calculated?

The serving’s GL is calculated from ingredient data. Confidence describes the evidence behind the calculation. Your blood sugar response may vary.

cauliflower rice · Food group average
kurkkua · Food group average

Calculated ingredient-based estimate per serving, not a measurement of the prepared meal. All supported positive carbohydrate amounts are included. An unmatched individual portion under 1 g available carbohydrate per serving may be omitted only while all such portions total less than 2 g per serving; the omitted amount is disclosed. This is an editorial tolerance, not a clinical precision limit.

Small portions omitted: 1 g available carbohydrate per serving.

Research sources and technical details

Source names and technical notes appear in their original form.

cauliflower rice · vegetables-category-mean-gi-66 · fineli-322-2026-10-25
kurkkua · vegetables-category-mean-gi-66 · fineli-346-2026-10-25

Carbohydrate data sources

Chicken, thigh, lean flesh, skin & fat, raw · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
Squid Brand Fish Sauce, 725 ml · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
MAUSTEKASTIKE, SOIJAKASTIKE · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
Garlic, peeled, fresh, raw · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
Coriander, fresh, raw · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
Foodin Erytritoli, Luomu 200 g · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
Juice, lime · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
KUKKAKAALI · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
KURKKU · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.

GI and calculation sources

International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review · Very broad category proxy. It may poorly represent individual non-starchy vegetables and is shown with low confidence. (Low)CATEGORY_MEAN

Keto and low-carb labels are editorial classifications. They have not been verified through nutrition calculations for every recipe.

Notes

The cooking time depends on the size of the pieces and whether you use the grill or the oven.
Check the labels on the sauces. The nutritional values are indicative.