Title: Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken
Categories: Poultry
Yield: 4 Servings

3 lb Frying chicken
1/2 c Lemongrass; about 4 stalks,
-minced **
3 Scallion; all of them
2 tb Peanut oil
2 Red chile peppers; chopped
2 ts Sugar
1/2 c Chicken stock; fresh / can'd
1/4 ts Black pepper; freshly ground
1 ts Salt

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1/2 c Dry-roasted peanuts; chopped
2 tb Nuoc Mam **
Coriander leaves; chopped

Hack the chicken into small serving pieces, chopping through the bones with
a very sharp cleaver.

Remove the outer leaves of the lemongrass and finely slice the tender white
part at the base of the stalks. Bruise with a mortar and pestle or the
handle of a cleaver. Finely slice the scallions, including the green tops.

Mix the chicken with the salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, the lemongrass and
scallions and set aside for 30 minutes. Heat a wok and add the oil, and
when the oil is hot add the chicken mixture and stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add
chile peppers and stir-fry on medium heat for 10 minutes or until chicken
no longer looks pink. Season with sugar and pepper and add the chicken
stock. Stir for a few minutes. Garnish with the peanuts, "nuoc mam" and
coriander. Serve with rice, if desired.

This quickly prepared but terrifically flavorful dish is great served with
rice paper wrappers. I love it with a few leaves of mint and basil. This
is one you must try. It is easily done in a wok.

By Jeff Smith The Frugal Gourmet From the 02/05/1992 issue of The
Springfield Union-News

Meal-Mastered by Joe Comiskey 09/05/1992

Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 23:16:25 -0700

From: Julie Bertholf

MM-Recipes Digest V3 #156

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