Recipe: Perfect Vietnamese Spicy Lemongrass Chicken

Vietnamese Spicy Lemongrass Chicken.

You can cook Vietnamese Spicy Lemongrass Chicken using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Vietnamese Spicy Lemongrass Chicken

1. It's 1/4 cup of plus 2 tablespoons canola oil.
2. It's 1 1/2 lb of skinless, boneless chicken thighs, fat trimmed, meat cut into 3/4-inch pieces.
3. You need 2 of stalks lemongrass minced.
4. It's 1 of red onion julienned.
5. You need 2 tsp of minced garlic.
6. It's 1/4 cup of sake or water.
7. It's 1 tbsp of oyster sauce.
8. You need 1 tsp of chilli paste.
9. It's 4 of scallions julienned.
10. You need 5 of small dried chillis.
11. You need 1 of jalapeño seeded and finely chopped.
12. You need of kosher salt and black pepper.

Vietnamese Spicy Lemongrass Chicken instructions

1. In a medium to large bowl, toss the chicken pieces with 2 tablespoons of the canola oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons of kosher salt and 3/4 teaspoon of pepper..
2. In a wok, heat 2 tablespoons of the canola oil. Add half of the chicken and stir-fry over high heat until browned, about 3 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a plate. Repeat with the remaining chicken..
3. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in the skillet. Add the lemongrass, onion and garlic and cook over high heat, stirring, until fragrant, 2 minutes. Add the sake and cook until slightly reduced, about 1 minute. Add the oyster sauce, chili paste, scallions, dried chiles and jalapeño; bring to a boil. Add the chicken to the sauce and simmer until heated through, then serve..