Lemongrass chicken recipe, Chicken Lemongrass recipe

Recipe Categories : | Vietnamese | Chicken |

Ingredients :

• 3 lb frying chicken
• ½ cup lemongrass, about 4 stalks minced
• 3 scallion
• 2 tbsp peanut oil
• 2 red chili peppers; chopped
• 2 tspn sugar
• ½ cup chicken stock
• ¼ tspn black pepper; freshly ground
• 1 tspn salt garnish
• ½ cup dry-roasted peanuts, chopped
• 2 tbsp nuoc mam
• coriander leaves, chopped

Preparation and Cooking Instructions

1. Hack the chicken into small serving pieces, chopping through the bones with a very sharp cleaver. Remove the outer leaves of the lemongrass and finely slice the tender white part at the base of the stalks. Bruise with a mortar and pestle or the handle of a cleaver.
2. Finely slice the scallions, including the green tops.
3. Mix the chicken with the salt, ¼ tspn pepper, the lemongrass and scallions and set aside for 30 minutes.
4. Heat a wok and add the oil, and when the oil is hot add the chicken mixture and stirfry for 3 minutes. Add chili peppers and stirfry on medium heat for 10 minutes or until chicken no longer looks pink. Season with sugar and pepper and add the chicken stock. Stir for a few minutes.
5. Garnish with the peanuts, "nuoc mam" and coriander. Serve with rice, if desired.