Ga xao sa ot: grilled chicken with chillies and lemongrass
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Vietnamese
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Serves: 4
 
A fiery chicken dish
Ingredients
  • 500g chicken
  • 2 stalks lemongrass, chopped finely
  • 2 heaped teaspoons sugar
  • Generous sprinkling of black peper and salt
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped fine
  • 1 tablespoon chilli garlic sauce
  • ⅓ cup peanuts, crushed coarsely
  • 1 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • Coriander
Instructions
  1. Cut the chicken into bite-sized chunks. Marinate in a mixture of lemongrass, sugar, salt, pepper, 1 tablespoon of the fish sauce and the garlic cloves. Leave for 20 minutes, covered, in the fridge
  2. In a wok at medium-high temperature, heat up oil plus 1 tablespoon chilli garlic sauce until it's fragrant and the oil has started to redden.
  3. Add the chicken and its marinade and cook until the chicken is done.
  4. Add the remaining tablespoon fish sauce and swirl to make sure it's absorbed.
  5. Add the crushed peanuts, the sesame and the tablespoon honey, wait for the honey to become liquid again, and mix well.
  6. Cook until golden.
  7. Garnish with coriander and serve with rice.
Recipe by Aliette de Bodard at https://www.aliettedebodard.com/recipes/ga-xao-sa-ot-grilled-chicken-chillies-lemongrass/