{"id":2973,"date":"2012-02-08T16:55:26","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T00:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=2973"},"modified":"2012-02-08T16:55:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T00:55:26","slug":"lemongrass-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=2973","title":{"rendered":"Lemongrass Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It so happen that I had some lemongrass left from making &#8216;Lemak&#8217; aka &#8216;Vege curry&#8217; aka Sayur Lodeh (which I haven&#8217;t blogged about yet :X) After chatting with my mum, she suggested that I make Lemongrass chicken! and so&#8230; I did!<\/p>\n<p>This simple dish is now OUR FAVOURITE chicken dish \ud83d\ude42 Lemongrass mks the dish so aromatic&#8230; and the caramel sauce gives a sweet, yet fragrant taste to the chicken. <\/p>\n<p>The only thing is that I didn&#8217;t cook the chicken on HIGH heat as suggested by the recipe &#8211; so it&#8217;s not as &#8216;brown&#8217; or rather caramelized. Then again&#8230;It is absolutely yummy!! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lemongrass-chicken-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lemongrass-chicken-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lemongrass chicken (1)\" width=\"386\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lemongrass-chicken-1.jpg 386w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lemongrass-chicken-1-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken Recipe<br \/>\n(from <a href=\"http:\/\/rasamalaysia.com\/recipe-vietnamese-lemongrass-chicken\/\">Rasamalaysia<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<p>2 tablespoons fish sauce<br \/>\n3 garlic cloves, crushed<br \/>\n1 tablespoon curry powder<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon salt<br \/>\n2 tablespoons plus 1 1\/2 teaspoons sugar<br \/>\n1 1\/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breast\/thigh, cut into 1 1\/2-inch pieces<br \/>\n3 tablespoons water<br \/>\n3 tablespoons cooking oil<br \/>\n2 fresh lemongrass stalks, tender inner white bulbs only, minced<br \/>\n1 large shallot, thinly sliced<br \/>\n3 chilies, seeded and minced<br \/>\n1 scallion for garnishing<\/p>\n<p>Method:<\/p>\n<p>In a bowl, combine the fish sauce, garlic, curry powder, salt, and 1 1\/2 teaspoons of the sugar. Add the chicken meat to coat.<\/p>\n<p>In a small skillet, mix the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar with 1 tablespoon of the water and cook over high heat, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Cook without stirring until a deep amber caramel forms. Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons of water. Transfer to a bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Heat a wok over high heat. Add the oil and heat until shimmering. Add the lemongrass, shallot, and chilies and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the chicken and caramel and stir-fry until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce is slightly thickened. Transfer to a bowl and top with the scallion. Serve with steamed white rice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lemongrass-chicken-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lemongrass-chicken-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lemongrass chicken (2)\" width=\"360\" height=\"273\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lemongrass-chicken-2.jpg 360w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lemongrass-chicken-2-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2976\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lemongrass-chicken-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/199.96.156.76\/~binghuan\/seattletimes_6eptember\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lemongrass-chicken-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lemongrass chicken (3)\" width=\"360\" height=\"295\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lemongrass-chicken-3.jpg 360w, https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lemongrass-chicken-3-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our dinner ~~ Lemongrass chicken, Chap Chype and rice topped with egg!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It so happen that I had some lemongrass left from making &#8216;Lemak&#8217; aka &#8216;Vege curry&#8217; aka Sayur Lodeh (which I haven&#8217;t blogged about yet :X) After chatting with my mum, she suggested that I make Lemongrass chicken! and so&#8230; I did! This simple dish is now OUR FAVOURITE chicken dish \ud83d\ude42 Lemongrass mks the dish &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/?p=2973\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lemongrass Chicken&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seattletimes.6eptember.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}