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Lemongrass chilli chicken recipe (ga xao xa ot)

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  • Cuisine: Vietnamese
  • Prep Time: 15 min(s)
  • Cook Time: 15 min(s)

Luke Nguyen cooks up the flavours of Vietnam with this aromatic chicken recipe. It's quick and simple enough for everyday eating, with plenty of wow-factor for entertaining.

Ingredients

3 tbsp fish sauce
1½ tbsp sugar
2 lemon grass stalks, white part only, finely diced
4 garlic cloves, finely diced
2 long red chillies, finely diced
500 g chicken thigh fillets, cut into bite size pieces
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1 cup young coconut juice
½ onion, cut into wedges
3 coriander sprigs, to garnish
jasmine rice, to serve
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Preparation

Marinating time: 1 hour

In a mixing bowl combine fish sauce and sugar, and mix until sugar has dissolved. Add half of the lemon grass, half of the garlic, half of the chilli and all of the chicken. Coat the chicken then marinate it covered and refrigerated for 1 hour or overnight for a better result.

Bring a large saucepan or wok to medium heat, add oil and remaining lemon grass, garlic and chilli, and fry until fragrant and slightly brown.

Turn heat to high then add the chicken, sealing all sides until browned, around 2 minutes on each side.

Now add coconut juice and onions, and cover with a lid, then cook on medium heat for 5 minutes or until sauce has reduced by half.

Transfer to a bowl, garnish with coriander and eat with jasmine rice.

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Comments (56)

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03 Feb 2013 10:47 AEST
zeke
trinity park
delicious
This recipe was great and easy. Using the lemon grass and chillies from our garden made it just that bit better. I used half chicken thigh and half chicken breast worked well. Only thing need some sort of vegetable dish with it. Loved it. Yum
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23 Nov 2012 12:36 AEST
Taryn
WA
Delicious!
OMG this was amazing... i marinated over night as recommended and found 100% coconut water in the "iced tea" aisle of the supermarket. I made this for some dinner guests and everyone loved it. Will be making this again very soon i suspect!
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26 Jun 2012 03:33 AEST
Steven Moonan
London
that was a thigh?
Chicken thighs are not that size at all (unless the chicken that came from was the size of a dodo) That was a breast
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31 Mar 2012 09:13 AEST
Ijon
Doubleview
Delicious!
One of my favourite recipes, though I think you do need to watch the video, rather than just read it.
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04 Jan 2012 01:11 AEST
Cindyluanne
UK!
Excellent recipe, although I made it with coconut milk
I also didn't brown the chicken as much, probably because I was using coconut milk instead of coconut juice, the latter of which is not available in the UK in convenient form (would have to get a coconut and hack it open, which I don't much fancy). I'd not heard of Luke Nguyen until searching for Vietnamese receipes online. Shall definitely check out his web page and books!
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09 Jun 2011 06:07 AEST
jennifer
this is really great:)
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28 May 2011 06:02 AEST
Phil
Randwick
Watch the video before going to the shop.
Why is it so difficult to have the online recipe the same as on the TV program? It happens repeatedly on different recipes from various shows. It's pretty annoying. Excellent recipe all the same, thanks.
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09 Apr 2011 10:30 AEST
adan11
thornleigh
best ever
have tried making this before but never have had it taste so damn good. Just like i remember in Vietnam
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