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Thai kebabs on lemongrass
What is better than classic skewers? Skewers that also add flavour to the meat!
Cooking time: 1 hour
Ingredients
| Ingredients (4 servings) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 lemongrass sticks or 8 skewers | |
| 50 | g | Lemongrass (from the inside of the stalks) |
| 1 | tablespoon(s) | Chopped ginger |
| 2 | Limes | |
| 4 | Garlic cloves | |
| 2 | teaspoon(s) | Soy sauce |
| 2 | tablespoon(s) | Fish sauce |
| 2 | tablespoon(s) | Extra virgin olive oil (+ a little more for brushing) |
| 1 | handful | Chopped coriander leaves and stems |
| 700 | g | Chicken mince |
Ingredients for the Thai dip
| Ingredients (4 servings) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chilli dipping sauce (can also be served with sweet chili sauce) | ||
| 2 | Red Bird's Eye chillies, thinly sliced | |
| 2 | tablespoon(s) | Brown sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon(s) | Fish sauce |
| 1 | teaspoon(s) | Soy sauce |
| 1 | tablespoon(s) | Water |
| 1 | tablespoon(s) | Lime juice |
Preparation
- Preheat the grill. Cut the lemongrass stalks in half lengthwise and cut them in half again lengthwise to make skewers for the chicken.
- Finely chop the soft inner part of another lemongrass stalk.
- Mix 50 grams of chopped lemongrass, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, fish sauce and olive oil in a blender to a paste and reserve in a bowl.
- Mix the chicken well with the paste in the bowl.
- Divide the mixture into 12 portions with wet hands and press around the end of a lemongrass skewer.
- Brush the meat lightly with oil and grill in batches for 8 minutes on all sides until cooked through.
- For the Thai dip, mix the chillies, sugar, fish sauce, soy sauce, water and lime juice in a bowl until the sugar has dissolved. Serve the skewers with the dipping sauce.
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