Chicken with Lemon Grass

Name: Chicken with Lemon Grass
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: Slivers of seeded red chilli pepper; 2 tablespoons groundnut oil; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 blade of lemon grass, finely chopped; 3 tablespoons white sugar; 2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 900 g (2lb) free-range chicken breast fillets, skinned and cubed

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Far Flung Floyd

By Keith Floyd

Published 1994

About

This is a refreshing, tangy dish. Just one word of warning: take care not to burn the sugar.

Ingredients

900 g (2lb) free-range chicken breast fillets, skinned and cubed
2 tablespoons

Asia
Vietnam
Main course
South East Asia
Gluten-free

Method

Marinate the chicken in the fish sauce, garlic, 1 tablespoons ugar, the lemon grass and pepper for 30 minutes.

Heat the oil in a large, lidded pan and sauté the chicken until it is golden. Lower the heat, cover and simmer until the chicken is tender, about 20 minutes.

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