Chicken skewers in lemon leaves. Photo courtesy by Nguyễn Thị Hà
Time: 2hr
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
- Chicken legs: 1.2kg
- Shallots: 150g
- Lime leaves: 50 leaves
- Fish sauce: 4tsp
- Fresh turmeric root: 30g
- Lime juice: 30ml
- Salt & pepper to taste
Chef Nguyễn Thị Hà from the Metropole in Hà Nội. Photo courtesy of Chef Hà
Method:
- Remove bones from chicken legs and cut into bite-size pieces
- Finely chop the shallots, and julienne the 12 lime leaves
- Peel the turmeric, coarsely cut them into pieces, blend it with some water and lime juice, strain through a sieve to keep the liquid
- Marinate the chicken with fish sauce, pepper, turmeric juice, shallots and julienne lime leaves for 15 minutes then add a tablespoon of cooking oil, marinate for at least 30min more
- Roll one piece of chicken in one lime leaf, skewer on a bamboo stick then grill on charcoal
- Serve hot with steamed rice, with a dipping sauce of fish sauce and lime juice. VNS
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