Vietnamese Chicken with Chilli and Lemongrass

Name: Vietnamese Chicken with Chilli and Lemongrass
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1 handful coriander leaves, roughly chopped; a pinch of sugar; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; 500 g/1 lb 2 oz boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized pieces; 2 tbsp fish sauce; rice noodles, to serve; 6 lemongrass stalks, plus extra stalks to serve; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mighty Spice Cookbook

By John Gregory-Smith

Published 2012

About

Ingredients

6 lemongrass stalks, plus extra stalks to serve
2 tbsp vegetable oil
4 garlic cloves

Asia
Vietnam
Main course
Spicy
South East Asia

Method

To prepare the lemongrass, remove the really tough outer leaves and cut off the ends of the stalks. Starting at the fatter end, roughly slice each lemongrass stalk into rings. You should see a purple band in the rings. Stop slicing when there are no more purple bands and discard the rest of the lemongrass, as it will be too tough to eat. Give the lemongrass slices a quic