Takrai Lemon Grass Chicken & Mushroom

Takrai Lemon Grass Chicken & Mushroom

 

You will love these easy and tasty Takrai Lemon Grass Chicken and Mushroom ready in less than 30 minutes with just a few ingredients, this recipe is great for quick and healthy weeknight dinners.

 

Prep Timm: 10 mins

Cook Time” 10 mins

Course Main

CuisineThai

Servings: 4

 

Ingredients

·          

·         800 grams chicken thighs

·         Half cup sliced mushrooms

·         2 stalks lemongrass

·         3 shallots sliced

·         6 garlic cloves sliced

·         3 kaffir lime leaves

·         2 tbsp oyster sauce

·         1 tbsp fish sauce

·         Salt, Black pepper, sugar, Thai chili pepper optional as per taste

·         Cilantro leaves for garnish

 

Instructions

 

Combine oyster sauce, fish sauce, black pepper, and sugar in a bowl. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and place them in the sauce. Toss to combine.

While the chicken marinates, prep the aromatics:

Slice the lemongrass. First peel off and toss the outer layer as well as the top green part of the lemongrass stalks. Thinly slice the white and light green part of the stalks.

Slice the shallots. thinly slice

Dice the garlic.

As for the kaffir lime leaves, you can remove the stem and then slice the leaves finely. Or you can just add them in as is. Pick them out in the end.

Heat oil and saute the chicken.  Remove the chicken from the pan.

 

Heat a little more oil in the same pan, Saute the mushroom

until they brown. Melt the butter in the pan and mix in the garlic together to coat the mushrooms.

 

Add the garlic and once is fragrant, add the juicy chicken back to the pan and combine with the mushrooms.

Top with fresh parsley, then serve the chicken with the mushrooms spooned over the top. Heat a wok or skillet and add around a tablespoon of oil. Toss in all the aromatics -shallots, lemongrass, garlic, and the kaffir lime leaves. Let these get nice and fragrant for just 3 to 4 minutes and then add in the chicken and mushrooms.

Stir through to mix and continue to stir fry for until the chicken is cooked through (around 10 to 14 minutes).

Serve immediately with steamed rice.

 

Enjoy!