I love to cook Southeast Asian recipes and I am particularly fond of Vietnamese food. This recipe will take your ordinary BBQ chicken recipe to a new taste level! I love to use this recipe on chicken, pheasant and rabbit. Do not be afraid of the shrimp paste. It is just fermented dried shrimp. The aroma of shrimp paste is more pungent then fish sauce but once combined with the other ingredients it adds a depth of flavor, color and fragrance to a dish that has to be experienced to believe. Shrimp paste is not readily available in most grocery stores so it may be necessary for you to visit a local Asian supermarket to get this ingredient.

For the best flavor, I recommend that you marinate this dish overnight. This marinade also works well on catfish, bass and other panfish.

Give it a try this summer at your next BBQ. Your friends will love it so much that they will be begging you to cook it again.