Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, roasted lemongrass chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Roasted Lemongrass Chicken is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Roasted Lemongrass Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook roasted lemongrass chicken using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Roasted Lemongrass Chicken:
- Make ready 1 kg (about 2 lbs) chicken thigh and drumstick
- Take 2 lemongrass (white part), bruised
- Get 4 kaffir lime leaves
- Make ready 2 bay leaves
- Get 4 cloves
- Take 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Make ready 1 tbsp salt
- Make ready 2 tsp coconut/brown sugar
- Prepare 100 ml water
- Take 1/2 tsp ground white/black pepper
- Prepare Grind the following into spice paste :
- Make ready 10 shallots
- Prepare 6 garlic cloves
- Get 5 red/fresno pepper, seeded
- Get 2 cm ginger
- Prepare 1 cm galangal (in USA only dried one available)
- Get 2 cm kaempferia galanga (in USA only dried one available)
- Make ready 15 candle nuts
- Make ready 1 tsp shrimp paste
The chicken is done when its juices run clear. Heat a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat; swirl in oil. Combine the lime juice, fish sauce, maple syrup, oil, soy sauce, black pepper, garlic, lemongrass and shallot in a blender or food processor. Combine the chicken and marinade in a large bowl.
Instructions to make Roasted Lemongrass Chicken:
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Heat about 3 tablespoons of oil. Sauté spice paste, lemon grass, lime leaves, bay leaves, cloves and nutmeg until they get darker color and cooked. Add chicken, water, salt, sugar and pepper. Stir well. Turn the heat off.
- Prepare a baking dish, lined with aluminum foil. Put the chicken (make sure the skin is facing up) and the spice into the aluminum foil. Wrap tight.
- Put the baking dish into the oven. Bake for an hour.
- Take the baking dish out, open the aluminum foil wrap. Taste the sauce, add salt/sugar if necessary, do not forget to stir evenly if there is addition of salt/sugar. Put the baking dish back into the oven. Bake for another 15-20 minutes (until the chicken/sauce surface looks roasted).
Toss until the chicken is evenly coated. Lemongrass Chicken is divine just with a hot side of rice, zoodles or cauliflower rice and some stir fried or fresh veggies. It would also be delicious in a wrap, or on top of a salad. You can also make a Lemongrass Chicken Stir Fry by slicing your chicken before you marinate it. Chicken Roasted with Lemongrass and Garlic Lemongrass lends a delicate flavor to this simple roast chicken from Market.
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