Grilled Chicken With Indonesian Peanut Glaze(cook's Illustrated)

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/3 cup coconut milk
• 1/3 cup cilantro leaf, lightly packed
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon lime zest
• 5 tablespoons lime juice (2-3 limes)
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes
• 1 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced thin
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped coarse
• 1/2 teaspoon curry powder (optional)

Recipe

• 1 process all ingredients in a food processor until thoroughly combined, 20 – 30 seconds, scraping down sides of work bowl as needed.
• 2 reserve half of glaze for serving and use other half to brush on chicken while grilling.
• 3 grill chicken until instant read thermometer inserted into thickest part registers 155 degrees for breasts and 170 degrees for legs or thighs.
• 4 brush one side of chicken pieces with half of glaze reserved for grilling, then turn chicken glaze-side down and cook 2 minutes.
• 5 brush second side of chicken with remaining glaze reserved for grilling, then turn chicken and cook until browned and instant-read thermometer registers 160 degrees for breasts and 175 degrees for legs or thighs, 1 to 3 minutes longer. let chicken rest 5 minutes. serve, passing remaining glaze at table.