Posted on Wed 8th August 2018
Lemongrass Chicken
Delicious lemongrass chicken, great for sunny bbq days or cooking indoors
Cuisine
Vietnamese
Time
50 mins
Servings
3 people
Ingredients
- 500g Chicken thighs
The Marinade
- 2 lemongrass stalks
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 garlic clove finely chopped
- thumb size piece of ginger finely chopped
- 1/2 fresh red chilli
- Zest of one lime
The Glaze
- Juice of one lime
- 2 tbsp kicap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce)
- 2 tbsp honey
Method
Preparation
1. Mix all the marinade ingredients together, add the chicken and set aside to marinate for 15minutes.
2. Mix your glaze ingredients and set aside
Cooking
3. Heat an oven proof frying pan to medium high heat.
4. Once the pan is hot, start cooking the chicken thighs skin side down. Once the skin starts to get crispy, turn the chicken and add the glaze.
5. Bake for 15 minutes in the oven at 200°C. Make sure you baste the chicken every 5 minutes.
6. Once your chicken is cooked all the way through, take it out of the oven.
7. Serve with your choice of salad on the side