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       Title: VIETNAMESE STIR FRIED CHICKEN WITH LEMON GRASS
  Categories: Main dish, Chicken, Vietnamese
       Yield: 4 servings
  
 ------------------------------FOR THE MARINADE------------------------------
       1    Stick fresh or 2tb dried
            Slices lemon grass
       2 lb Chicken pieces, cut into
            Small pieces
       1    Garlic clove, large
            0.5″ cube fresh ginger
       1 tb Sugar
   1 1/2 tb Tomato paste
     1/2 ts Salt
     1/4 ts Chilli powder
     1/4 ts Ground turmuric
 
 -------------------------------YOU ALSO NEED-------------------------------
       2    Cloves garlic
       3 tb Vegetable oil
       1 tb Fish sauce OR salt to taste
            4-8 tb chicken stock
   3 1/2 oz Onions
  
   First prepare the marinade. If you are using fresh lemon grass, cut it
   crossways into very thin slices, starting at the bulbous bottom end and
   going up around 6". Discard the strawlike top. If you are using dried lemon
   grass, soak it in 4 tb of hot water for an hour. Put the chicken pieces in
   a bowl, add the fresh lemon grass or the drained soaked dried lemon grass
   (save the soaking liquid). Peel and crush the large garlic clove, peel the
   ginger and grate it finely. Add the garlic, ginger, sugar, tomato paste,
   salt, chilli powder and turmeric to the chicken. Mix, cover and set aside
   for 1-24 hours, refrigerating if necessary. Peel and finely chop the two
   garlic cloves. Put the oil in a wok or large, lidded frying pan and set
   over a high heat. When it is hot, put in the garlic. Stir and fry for 30
   secs or until the garlic is golden. Add the chicken along with its
   marinade. Stir and fry for 5-6 mins or until the chicken browns a little.
   Add the fish sauce and either the lemon grass soaking liquid or 4 tb stock.
   Stir once and cover. Cook on a high heat for 5 mins. Lift the lid and stir,
   adding another 4 tb of stock. Cover, turn the heat to low and cook for
   another 5 mins. While the chicken cooks, peel the onions and cut them into
   0.75″ dice. Separate the onion layers within the diced pieces. Turn the
   heat under the chicken to high, remove the wok lid, add the onion and fry
   for 1 minute. Lift the chicken out its oiul and serve.
  
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