Chicken With Lemongrass

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 large boneless chicken breasts, sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 stalks lemongrass, smashed
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon curry paste or 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 red chile, seeded and chopped
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/2 cup coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons peanuts, chopped
• 1/4 cup cilantro leaf, chopped

Recipe

• 1 heat oil and fry onion with garlic for 1 minute. add chicken, black pepper, lemon grass, fish sauce, sugar, curry and chili and stir fry for 4 minutes.
• 2 add chicken, black pepper, lemon grass, fish sauce, sugar, curry and chili pepper and stir fry 5 minutes.
• 3 add water and continue to stir fry an additional 8 to 10 minutes, or until chicken is just about cooked through.
• 4 remove smashed lemongrass.
• 5 add the coconut milk and simmer, stirring, until sauce it thickened.
• 6 serve over asian noodles or steamed rice.
• 7 garnish with sprinkled chopped nuts and the freshly chopped cilantro.