Marinated whole chicken grilled slowly over charcoal — a Northeast Thailand classic that's now a Bangkok street food staple.
Chicken marinated in lemongrass, garlic, fish sauce, and coriander root, then grilled low and slow over charcoal until golden and crisp-skinned.
Usually sold half or whole bird, chopped tableside with scissors, served with sticky rice, som tum (green papaya salad), and jeaw (chilli dipping sauce).
Nam Jim Jeaw — roasted chilli, fish sauce, lime, toasted rice powder, shallots — intense, smoky, sour.
Markets, Isaan restaurants, roadside stalls; roughly 60–150 THB per portion; commonly paired with other Isaan dishes.
