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Chicken Recipes

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Vietnamese Lemon Chicken

Recipe from: mamabear
Servings: 4

1 pound boneless chicken, cut into large cubes
2 teaspoons honey
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon sugar
2 garlic cloves, finely minced
1 teaspoon oil
½ teaspoon cornstarch
2 scallions, finely sliced
3 tablespoons lemon or lime juice
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
2 tablespoons lemon or lime zest, grated
12 bamboo skewers, soaked in water for at least 10 minutes
Sweet and Sour fish sauce (recipe below)

Garnish:
bean sprouts
basil sprigs
mint sprigs

Marinate chicken in a mixture of honey, salt, pepper, sugar, garlic, oil, cornstarch, scallions, lemon or lime juice, fish sauce and oyster sauce. Set aside for 15 minutes. Add grated lemon or lime zest.

Thread marinated chicken onto skewers, leaving two inches free at each end and place on a baking sheet. Heat oven to 375°F and bake about 20 minutes until chicken is medium-rare. Turn oven to broil and broil chicken until brown. Do not overcook.

Serve with rice vermicelli and Sweet and Sour fish sauce. Can also be served with rice. Garnish with bean sprouts, basil, and mint.

Sweet and Sour fish sauce

2 garlic cloves, finely minced
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons lime or lemon juice
½ cup warm water
6 tablespoons fish sauce
½ teaspoon ground red chili pepper, optional

In a small bowl, mix garlic, sugar, citrus juice, water and fish sauce until the sugar is completely dissolved. Stir in ground red chile pepper, if you like a little "hot."


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