Vietnamese Spicy Lemongrass Chicken 越式香茅鸡
For a spicy food lover like myself, I was so excited when I saw Jane and Sonia cooked this delicious Vietnamese Spicy Lemongrass Chicken. As I have all the ingredients in my pantry and lemongrass in my backyard, what I need is to buy some chicken meat. This fragrant chicken with chilli and lemongrass is really super easy to cook with less oil being used and it is so helpful if you’re running short on time. Definitely a keeper!
Vietnamese Spicy Lemongrass Chicken
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Author: Ann Low
Serves: 4-5 servings
Ingredients
- Spicy Lemongrass Paste
- 5 fresh Lemongrass (use only the white part)
- 25 dried red chilli (I used 30 dried chilli for more spicy)
- 1½ inch Ginger
- 8 cloves of garlic
- ½ cup cooking oil (i used less oil)
Spicy Lemongrass Chicken - 2 tbsp spicy lemongrass paste
- 700g chicken wing - mid joint), season with some pepper and salt for about 20 mins
- 1 tsp meat curry powder
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce or fish sauce
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp sugar
Instructions
- Spicy lemongrass paste - Soak dried chillies in hot water for 20 minutes, rinse and drain.
- Remove the outer part of lemongrass, clean and slice lemongrass, ground it coarsely together with all other ingredients into paste.
- Stir fry lemongrass paste with oil till fragrant under low heat. Set aside for later use.
- Heat up a cooking pan (I used a non stick pan), turn the heat to medium and cook the chicken pieces without oil, cover it if needed, until the grease started to release. (If using skinless chicken/chicken breast, you will need to add 1 tsp of oil or so to grease the pan).
- When the grease released is visible, stir in the chopped onion and cook for another minute, now add 1 tsp of curry powder, stir well and add 2 tbsp of Spicy Lemongrass Paste, stir for another minute, add about ½ cup water, salt, light soy sauce/fish paste and sugar. (I added another ¼ cup water as I find the sauce is a little salty).
- Bring sauce to boil and when the liquid reduced to the thickness of your liking, it's done.
越式香茅鸡
- 好下饭的簡單又容易準備的菜肴。香又超好吃！
- 香茅酱材料：
- 5根新鲜香茅（只取白色部分）
- 25只辣椒干 （用了30只）
- 1 1/2 寸生姜
- 8 瓣大蒜
- 1/3 杯食油
- 把香茅外层去掉，然后把白色尾端部分切成片。辣椒干洗净，加入沸腾的水中浸泡20分钟，倒掉水，沥干。
- 把香茅，辣椒干，姜，蒜头一起打成糊状，不必打得非常幼细。
- 锅下油，把辣椒糊以小火熬炒至干香为止。
- 香茅鸡的材料：
- 2大匙香茅酱
- 700克 鸡翅(中翅) 撒点胡椒粉和盐腌制20分钟
- 1小匙咖喱粉
- 1 只 大洋葱，切碎
- 1 大匙鱼露或酱请
- 1/2 小匙盐
- 1大匙糖
- 做法：
- 加热锅，不要下油 (我用不粘底锅)，等锅子够热了，把鸡肉倒入，等鸡肉出油之后，翻匀。(注：如果用的是鸡胸肉或不带皮的鸡肉，就需要下一点油防粘)。
- 加入切碎的洋葱，翻炒至洋葱变软，然后加入咖喱粉，和2大匙的香茅酱，翻炒均匀后，加入小半杯水，盐，酱油/鱼露，糖调味(我觉得鸡肉有点咸，所以多加1/4杯水）。
- 再煮至收汁，即可。
Enjoy!
Thank you all Spicy Lover, this is a must try recipe. :)LeQuan, Thanks! Lemongrass is very easy to grow. Just stuff the bottom of the lemongrass into the pot.Chris, you can blend with 25 dried chilli and add less lemongrass paste when cooking. 小鲸:是啊。。家里人都很爱这道菜,很开胃。Christine, I even used the remaining lemongrass paste to fry with prawns :)Ann, So nice to see you back! :)Joelyn, 呵呵。。。不用做啦!我请你吃。:)
Yum! I saw this at Sonia's blog last week! I was soooo tempted, that makes it 3 votes that this is a must-try recipe 😉
i drooled when i saw sonia posted this recipe, now again drooling gotta make soon 🙂
hahah…looks like what my MIL cook la..yum
Caecilia, you're right, use galangal tastes better. I've galangal in my backyard too but just lazy to dig.. ;DD
Alice, must cook this! very delicious 🙂
Mary, Good to cook this especially in the cold weather to keep your body warm 🙂
awww!!! should have checked your blog this morning while I was racking my brains on what to make out of some chicken breasts I had. Oh well maybe next time, looks really delicious!!
Anncoo…this is a lovely spicy dish and I have yet to try cooking Vietnamese…thanks for sharing this..I know Wild Boar will love this 🙂 I am exhausted thinking what to cook and this came just in time for me :0
Small Kucing, what's more your MIL cooks, I want to learn from her ;DD
Elin, You're welcome. I'm sure your Wild Boar will enjoy this dish 🙂
Penny, Already very cold in Australia? Must take care of yourself:)
My late mother used to cook this dish before she called "Ayam cooked with Rempah"The ingredients are all the same, but instead ginger she used galangal(lengkuas)and some kaffir leaves (daun limau purut)Our family love this dish.
这个好开胃,超下饭的:P
Love the super spicy paste. Especially now when the weather is so chilly.
oh anncoo been looking for your new site for hours lol..
i love this dish so much…cause of the smell and taste.
delicious flavours in the chicken
Anncoo this looks really really yummy! I shall tell my mom to buy some lemongrass because I know there's frozen chicken in the fridge waiting to be cooked in this manner 😀
How not to drool? Your pictures are so well taken, can smell the lemongrass fragrance here!
Oooh…delicious! I need a big bowl of rice to go with this. The colour looks so pretty. I'm sure it's very fragrant. Ann, you are making me very hungry!
Oh! This spicy chicken with lemongrass look mouthwatering…have a great week ahead 🙂
I love spicy food. Ann, you really made me drooling … just by looking on your photos.
wow – 30 chillies ??? That's a whole LOT of chillies. Any specific type?
Sounds yummy and also very hot. I quite like hot – but what sort of volume of chillies in 2tsp ? ….. I can't imagine using 30 chillies in one go.
The lemongrass chicken looks yummy… too bad I am a lousy cook 🙁
Super delicious looking. Would go very well with a bowl of rice! 🙂
When I saw this recipe in some other blogsites, I was already tempted to make it. Now that I see yours, I MUST do it this weekend, with lots of chilies 🙂
记得去我家领奖哦。。。^^
I can't blame you for trying out the recipe coz I want to as well! Haha .. it's making me drool already.
Lemongrass in your backyard? Wow, I envy. I love lemon grass, i even have them in my tea. This recipe is my to do list. Thank you.
Ann, thot of cooking this for a gathering….may I ask why need to remove the outer layer of the lemongrass? Is there any difference in taste if I don't use fish sauce and palm sugar? Thanks!
Thanks, Ann! I know what to do now. Appreciate it!
Ai Li, thanks again for trying my recipe :)Happy weekend!
Ai Li, the outer layer is dirty and you only need to use the lower part of the lemon grass, about 2 inches long. I'm not sure about the fish sauce and palm sugar as I only used soya sauce and normal sugar.
Ann, I cooked this the other day and it was great. Yes I had to add more water as it was too salty. My family loves it! Thanks!
Sarah, hahaa…you're not suppose to use all that lemongrass chilli paste (I am using dried chilli not fresh chilli), that is too much!
Just take 2 tablespoon from the lemongrass paste and keep the remaining paste for other cooking…maybe seafood.
DesperateHousewife, Thank you visiting 🙂 Yes lemongrass tea is the best!
You grew lemongrass in your backyard? Wow that is so cool!!
And this is a delicious dish, I want to make it for a special dinner, thanks for sharing 🙂
This looks perfect to me, yummy and such nice color! I need to plant more lemon grass in my backyard.
Lena, hope you've sweet dream ;DD
Thanks DG 🙂
Thank you Juliana!
CG : Oh..you cooked this? Looks like many of us are spicy lovers :))
Janine, Hope to see yours soon.
Thank you Cheah 🙂 Do you like spicy food?
Esther, This is very easy to cook. Must try 🙂
Mei Teng, Thanks 🙂
Jo, Bee, yes this really good.
Agnes, Wooo…I want to see your post ;DD
Joelyn, 谢谢哦!
Lindsey, lemon grass is very easy to grow and it is very useful too.. can make soup and drinks too 🙂
Ohh this is such a good dish with steam rice! Think I should be like you and try out more recipes like this! Yum!
Thank you Kris. You can grow it in pot too.
Definitely delicious and simple recipe. It'd be a big hit in my family for the heat and lemongrass fragrance.
Look very spicy to me – is it spicy?
wow! Can I have this for my …lunch! 🙂
Wooo….love the aroma of lemongrass and the combination of spice paste is absolutely delicious for the chicken.
wow how yummy! You have me at lemongrass chicken!
想不到每次吃的越式香茅鸡,原来这么容易做哦。。。材料很简单哦,找一天也要做做看,再请你吃哦,可爱的老师。。。呵呵
I love love love spicy food! Looks pretty awesome. Thanks for sharing! Will try it soon!
Ooh, this looks delicious, Ann. I love lemongrass and I love spicy, definitely a great combo! You have lemongrass in your backyard? That is so cool!
This is sure very appetizing!
WOW! it look so spicy but i LOVE it! (: (: im drooling looking at it. simply delicious!
Ann, thot of cooking this for a gathering….may I ask why need to remove the outer layer of the lemongrass? Is there any difference in taste if I don't use fish sauce and palm sugar? Thanks!
Ai Li, the outer layer is dirty and you only need to use the lower part of the lemon grass, about 2 inches long. I'm not sure about the fish sauce and palm sugar as I only used soya sauce and normal sugar.
Thanks, Ann! I know what to do now. Appreciate it!
Ann, I cooked this the other day and it was great. Yes I had to add more water as it was too salty. My family loves it! Thanks!
Ai Li, thanks again for trying my recipe 🙂
Happy weekend!
Thank you Kris. You can grow it in pot too.
DesperateHousewife, Thank you visiting 🙂 Yes lemongrass tea is the best!
wow – 30 chillies ??? That's a whole LOT of chillies. Any specific type?
Sounds yummy and also very hot. I quite like hot – but what sort of volume of chillies in 2tsp ? ….. I can't imagine using 30 chillies in one go.
Sarah, hahaa…you're not suppose to use all that lemongrass chilli paste (I am using dried chilli not fresh chilli), that is too much!
Just take 2 tablespoon from the lemongrass paste and keep the remaining paste for other cooking…maybe seafood.
Lemongrass in your backyard? Wow, I envy. I love lemon grass, i even have them in my tea. This recipe is my to do list. Thank you.
You grew lemongrass in your backyard? Wow that is so cool!!
And this is a delicious dish, I want to make it for a special dinner, thanks for sharing 🙂