Almond Milk Chicken Scented with Lemongrass, Garlic & Thyme

Name: Almond Milk Chicken Scented with Lemongrass, Garlic & Thyme
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 25 h 30 min
Ingredients: 1 litre/35 fl oz/4¼ cups almond milk; 4 lemongrass stalks; 1 chicken, prepared and cut into 8 pieces; 1 tbsp ground turmeric; 1 small onion, roughly chopped; 2 parsley sprigs; 500 ml/17 fl oz/2 cups Chicken Stock; 2 tbsp olive oil; Thai-Style Pilau Rice, to serve; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
26 hr

Appears in

French Countryside Cooking

By Daniel Galmiche

Published 2021

About

The almond milk here helps to tenderize the chicken. It’s best to marinate it overnight so the flavours really infuse the meat and we get that lovely scent of garlic, thyme and lemongrass. Accompanied by Thai rice, this is an absolute delight.

Ingredients

1 chicken, prepared and cut into 8 pieces
1 tbsp ground turmeric
1 litre/

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Place the pieces of chicken in a large, shallow Pyrex dish, then season with the turmeric and some black pepper. Pour in the almond milk, cover the dish and leave it overnight in the refrigerator.
The following day, bruise the lemongrass stalks to release their flavour. Pour the stock into a saucepan over a medium heat and add the lemongrass. Bring to the boil, th