Spicy Lemongrass Chicken

Ingredients:

500g chicken fillet (breast or thighs), cut into bite size pieces

3 large cloves of garlic, mince 1 clove of garlic and bruised 2 cloves of garlic

3 tbs fish sauce

3/4 tsp chicken stock powder

4 tsp sugar

2 red chillies or Thai chili, sliced

3 stalks lemon grass, white parts, sliced

salt and white pepper to taste

Cooking oil

• In a bowl, add chicken, minced garlic, fish sauce, chicken stock powder, sugar, mix them until well combined and marinate for at least an hour.
• In a food processor, add lemon grass, the 2 cloves of garlic, chillies, a little bit of salt, white pepper and about 3 tbs of cooking oil. Process just until it's finely chopped. 
• In a cooking pan, fry the finely chopped ingredients until crispy and golden brown, remove from heat, place fried ingredients on a plate lined with paper towel. Set aside.
• On the same cooking pan preheat 2 tbs cooking oil over medium high heat, stir fry the chicken until golden brown. Make sure that the chicken is cooked through.
• Place the cooked chicken on a serving plate, garnish with fried lemongrass, garlic and chili. Enjoy over steamed rice or vermicelli.

Note: If you are going to use chicken breast, do not overcook it or it will end up being tough and dry.