Simple and Delicious Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken!
This Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken dish will make your taste buds sing! Wonderfully fragrant and super easy to create you will absolutely love it!
Equipment
- Cast iron skillet or wok preferred
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken thighs cut up into bite sized pieces
- ¼ cup lemongrass using frozen lemongrass works a treat! Find it in the frozen aisle at your local Asian grocer
- 2 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 each shallots sliced
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil split
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 ts red chili flakes can also use Bon Chili!
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 ts sugar
- black pepper add at the end to your taste!
Instructions
- Combine the marinade ingredients: 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil, lemongrass, garlic, oyster sauce, fish sauce, chili flakes, lemon juice, and sugar.
- Add to the chicken which has been cut into bite sized pieces and stir to coat. Allow to marinate in your fridge (covered) for a minimum of one hour. If you have time to leave it for a few hours longer so much the better!
- Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil (on high) in a skillet (prefer cast iron). Constantly stir fry the shallots for around 30 seconds.
- Now add the chicken. Stir fry constantly until the chicken is cooked through, around 3-4 minutes.
- Serve with jasmine rice and garnish with green onions. Enjoy!
