- Updated: October 29, 2020
Lemongrass is a popular ingredient in South East Asian cuisines. It has a pleasant, fragrant, and refreshing smell and taste of which you can immerse into the chicken or any proteins of your choice.
Notes:
Tbsp = tablespoon
Chopped = chopped or cut into ½ cm pieces
How to prepare lemongrass for use in Asian cooking
1. Cut off the end of the stalk about 1 cm crosswise.
2. Discard the leafy side of the other end.
3. Remove the first and second outer layers of the lemongrass, which is dry and unpalatable.
4. The remainder the lemongrass will have a lighter colour.
5. Finely chop the lemongrass.
6. Use a chopper blender to process the lemongrass into finer pieces which are required for some recipes.
How to prepare the chilli to control the spiciness of the dish
Spice level – higher
1. Cut chillies into fine small pieces, and include in the marinade.
2. Use bird’s eye chillies in place of the larger varieties.
Spice level – lower
1. Slice open the chilies and remove the seeds.
2. Cut into large 3 cm pieces
How to make lemongrass chicken
1. Use a chopper blender to process the chopped lemongrass and two cloves of garlic.
2. Cut chicken breast into 2 cm pieces and place on a plate or bowl.
3. Add ½ of the finely chopped lemon grass and garlic, 1 tbsp cooking oil, fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, salt and pepper to the chicken and mix. Let it marinate for 30 minutes.
4. Heat up 2 tbsp oil in a pan. And then add 2 cloves garlic and ginger and sauté for 2 minutes.
5. Add the balance of the lemon grass, garlic and ginger. Stir and sauté for 1 minute.
6. And then add the marinated chicken.
7. Stir and sauté on a medium flame for 4 to 5 minutes or until chicken are fully cooked. While sautéing, add the cilantro and spring onions and chilli.
8. Remove from the flame and serve.
Prep Time: 50 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 70 mins
Cuisine inspiration: Vietnamese
Servings: 3
Ingredients
3 – 4 tbsp cooking oil
4 cloves garlic – finely chopped
3 tbsp ginger – finely chopped
½ tbsp Black pepper
1 lime – for marinating chicken.
3 tbsp cilantro – cut into ½ cm pieces
3 stalks spring onions – cut into ½ cm pieces
4 stalks lemongrass
2 big chillies – cut into 3 cm pieces
400 g chicken breast meat – cut into bite size pieces
½ to 1 tbsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp fish sauce
1 chicken bouillon cube – 60 g (optional). If this used for marinating, omit the salt.