Thai Grilled Chicken with Cilantro Dipping Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 4 cloves garlic, 2 smashed, 2 minced
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce (nam pla or nuoc mam)
• ½ cup lightly packed cilantro leaves and stems, plus 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
• 2 jalapeño peppers, seeds and ribs removed
• 1 ½ tablespoons water
• + 5 more ingredients
• • ¼ teaspoon dried red-pepper flakes
  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/3 pounds in all)
  • 1 teaspoon Asian sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 6 tablespoons rice-wine vinegar

1. Light the grill or heat the broiler. In a blender or food processor, puree the jalapeños, smashed garlic cloves, the 1/2 cup cilantro leaves and stems, the fish sauce, cooking oil, sesame oil, and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt. Put the chicken in a shallow dish and coat it with the cilantro puree. ...

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