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Grilled Lemongrass Chicken Chicken Breast Skewers

Prep Time1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Keyword: Savory
Cost: 15

Ingredients

Chicken and marinade

  • 1 lbs chicken breast
  • 2 tbsp Concentrated fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp Lime juice (or lemon juice)
  • ½ tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 cloves chopped garlic
  • 1 stalk lemongrass
  • 1 Thai chili
  • 1 tbsp neutral oil

Rice and sides

  • 1 cup broken rice
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup Đồ Chua (Vietnamese pickled carrots and daikon)
  • 2-3 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 tomato (optional)
  • 3 leafs lettuce (optional)
  • 1 Scallion
  • 1 tbsp neutral oil (for scallions)

Instructions

Marinate meat

  • Chop 1 cloves chopped garlic and 1 Thai chili. Mince 1 stalk lemongrass.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the garlic, Thai chili, 2 tbsp Concentrated fish sauce, 1 tbsp Lime juice, and ½ tbsp brown sugar and mix the marinade together until blended.
  • Clean and wash 1 lbs chicken breast. Use a dry paper towel to soak up the excess water. Cut chicken into even bite size pieces.
  • Pour the marinade and the lemongrass over the chicken in a large bowl. Mix together well and allow to marinate for at least one hour.

Cook rice and prepare vegetables

  • Rinse 1 cup broken rice with water two to three times. Pour out excess rice water. Add 1 cup water to the washed rice and cook in your rice cooker.
  • While rice is cooking and meat is marinating, wash and cut 1 cucumber into thin slices. Wash and cut 1 tomato (optional) into thin slices. Wash 3 leafs lettuce (optional) depending on how many vegetables you'd like on the side.
  • Prepare 1 cup Đồ Chua and 2-3 tbsp fish sauce (see other recipes).
  • Dice the 1 Scallion. Heat up a small frying pan then add 1 tbsp neutral oil (for scallions). Once the oil is hot enough, add the diced scallions and cook for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Remove the scallion oil from the heat.

Skewer, grill, and serve chicken

  • Once the chicken is sufficiently marinated, add 1 tbsp neutral oil and give the chicken one more stir. (Alternatively, you can use a cooking oil spray if you wish prior to grilling). Prepare a sheet of aluminum foil and skewers. Skewer the chicken chunks.
  • Turn on the grill and wait for the grill to heat up. Add a layer of aluminum foil on the grill and place the chicken skewers on top of the foil and cook for 15-20 minutes. Turn often until all sides are browned and a bit charred.
  • Add cooked broken rice and cut vegetables on a dish. Add scallion oil, Đồ Chua, and fish sauce on top of the rice. Add chicken to the dish and enjoy with more fish sauce.