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Saigon Chicken
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 0 Minutes
Ready In: 15 Minutes
Servings: 4
Originally from the Lemon Grass Restaurant's cookbook The Best of Vietnamese & Thai Cooking . Have made a few changes. Use as a chicken marinade for the grill, or for oven roasted chicken and Cornish game hens.
Ingredients:
1/2 lime, juice of
1/2 lemon, juice of
2 shallots
6 garlic cloves
1/4 cup lemongrass
2 tablespoons fish sauce
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 -2 teaspoon hot ground chili paste
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup vegetable oil (peanut preferred)
1 (4 lb) chicken, butterflied for roasting or 4 lbs chicken parts, for bbq or 2 cornish hens
to make marinade spicier add thai bird chile (or more)
Directions:
1. Mince marinade ingredients by hand or process in food processor.
2. Marinate chicken at least 2 hours, or overnight in the refrigerator.
3. If roasting entire chicken, can put an onion and a lemon inside chicken. Roast at 350 approximately 1 hour with occasional basting.
4. If barbecuing pieces, baste with marinade and cook until it is as you like. I tend to cook long over medium-low coals with mesquite chips.
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