Thai-style chicken yuk sung

Name: Thai-style chicken yuk sung
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 2 skinless boneless chicken thighs, roughly chopped; 5 cm/2 in piece of root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped; ½ red chilli, including the seeds, roughly chopped; ½ tbsp dark soy sauce; 1 lemongrass stalk, peeled and finely chopped; 1 tsp palm sugar; ½ tbsp Thai fish sauce; 4 mint leaves, roughly chopped; ½ mango, peeled, pitted and finely diced; 2 tbsp groundnut oil; 1 kaffir lime leaf, finely shredded; 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (cilantro) leaves; 8 small Little Gem (Baby Bibb) lettuce leaves

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

The Good Chicken Cookbook

By Marcus Bean

Published 2024

About

Yuk sung is a fresh and simple dish, but I always feel it could do with a bit more spice. So my version of the recipe uses chicken and Thai spices combined with sweet mango to give it a great flavour. It is ideal as a snack or starter or a sharing course for friends.

Ingredients

½ mango, peeled, pitted and finely diced
4 mint leaves, roughly chopped
1 kaffir lime leaf, finely shredded

Asia
Thailand
Starter
Snack
South East Asia

Method

Mix together the mango, mint and lime leaf in a bowl, cover and chill in the fridge while you cook the chicken.

Heat half the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat until shimmering. Add the chicken and cook for 2 minutes, stirring continuously. Remove the meat from the pan using a slotted spoon, put on a plate and leave to one side.

Heat the remaining oil and fry the garlic