Showing posts with label Vietnamese Lemon Grass Chicken Recipes and Cooking Tips. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 5, 2010

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