Vietnamese Lemon Grass Chicken Recipes and Cooking Tips

Ingredients :

• 350g chicken
• 1 small piece of ginger
• 2 chillies
• 5 cloves of garlic
• 3 stalks of spring onion
• 3 stalks of lemon grass
• 4 tablespoon of peanuts
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon shredded lemon rind
• 3 cups of stock
• 2 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• Few mint leaves

Cooking Methods:

• Cut chicken into small desired sizes
• Slice ginger, chop chillies and peel garlic
• Cut one stalk of lemon grass into slices and remaining cut sideway sections
• Cut spring onion into sideway sections and pound peanuts
• Pound ginger, chillies, garlic, lemon rinds and lemon grass slices into a paste and marinate the chicken for 20 minutes
• Heat up 4 tablespoon of cooking oil, fry chicken about 5 minutes with medium flame
• Add remaining lemon grass and spring onion till fragrant
• Add stock and 3 cups of water
• Bring to boil and simmer for 15 minutes with low flame
• Add in salt, fish sauce and sugar
• Serve with lemon juice and garnish with peanuts and mint leaves