So this happened. ^^^^^ aka. just some of the best, most incredibly tender and insanely flavorful grilled chicken I have ever encountered in my lifetime. No big deal. For as long as I can remember I have loved mangoes. Love love love loved mangoes. And mango flavored everything. Smoothies, popsicles, chewy candies, gum. All of it. So serve me up a plate of grilled Thai mango chicken and I’m in heaven. I would tell you that I was inspired to make this dish by some crazy event or that it came to me like a brick to the head when I was washing my hair one morning, but the 100 percent truth is that this recipe kind of happened all on its own. We made a trip to Costco last week for one item, and left with four. One of those four items was a case of fresh mangoes. When I saw them piled high in the produce section I couldn’t resist. Looking back I wish I’d bought seven cases of them. But we live about 6 minutes from Costco so I think I could probably get my hands on a few more this week. Anywayyyyy our Costco trip landed a case of mangoes on my kitchen counter. A couple of days later I made a grilled lime coconut chicken (oh don’t you worry, it’s comin’ soon!) and used half of a can of coconut milk in the process. Fast forward another two days and I thoguht, you know I love coconut, and I love mango….. what if I just whipped up a mango coconut sauce for some chicken and see how it goes….. MAGIC Choirs of angels sang you guys. This chicken is made with my new favorite trick – doubling the marinade as a sauce. You make one sauce, marinate the chicken in most of the mixture, and save a little for later. When the chicken is cooking, you let the reserved sauce simmer on the stove for a few minutes and voila! you’ve got a little extra for slathering all over your juicy lucy tender marinated chicken!!
What people are saying about this Grilled Thai Mango Chicken
“This was delicious and easy — The first time in a long, long time was looking forward to dinner!! What a fragrant, mouth watering, tasty marinade! I had 6 thighs to marinade but I think I had enough marinade for 10 thighs and would have had enough to heat up and slather on/and dip into during the final cooking stage. I don’t know if I made a mistake or if my mango was just extra juicy — either way — it was so good. My husband loved every bite, as did I. I served this with coconut rice.” – Cheriede
