Lemongrass Chicken Satay
Ready In: 35 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 500 g chicken thighs
- 3 spring onions
- 3 red chilies
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 eggs
- 2 limes, juiced
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 10 stalks lemongrass, about 12 cm long
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- sweet chili sauce, to serve
Directions
- Mince chicken thigh with cleaver, and set aside.
- Using pestle and mortar, grind spring onions, chillies and garlic till very fine.
- Add minced chicken and continue to grind till mixtures resembles pate.
- Transfer mince to a mixing bowl, add egg, lime juice, fish sauce, cornflour, pepper and sugar.
- Mix well, kneading till the mixture is thick and dough-like in consistency.
- Leave mixture to firm up in the fridge.
- (about an hour).
- Take about 2 tablespoon of mixture and shape it around a lemongrass stalk.
- Repeat with remaining mixture till all are used up.
- Brush lightly with canola oil.
- Heat grill and cook the satays for 5-8 minutes, turning frequently till the chicken mixture is slightly charred.
- Serve warm with sweet chilli sauce.
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