Vietnamese Chicken Skewers Recipe
These chicken skewers are great for BBQ season.
This BBQ chicken recipe from Waitoa chicken, takes just 15 minutes to prepare & is a delicious alternative to the plain kebab.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup fish sauce
- 1 small brown onion, finely chopped
- 1 stalk of lemongrass, white part only, finely chopped
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- salt and white pepper, to season
- 650g Waitoa Free Range chicken thigh fillets,
- cut into 3cm cubes
- 24 kaffir lime leaves
- 250g snow peas, trimmed
- 500g fresh rice noodles
- ¼ cup salted roasted peanuts, finely chopped (optional)
Method
- Combine fish sauce, onion, lemongrass, lemon juice, oil, turmeric, salt and pepper in a bowl.
- Add chicken and toss until combined. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour if time permits.
- Thread chicken, lime leaf, chicken, lime leaf and chicken onto each skewer.
- Transfer to a large plate. Heat a char-grill over a medium heat.
- Cook skewers for 3 minutes on each side or until cooked through.
- Transfer to a serving platter. Cover to keep warm.
- Bring a saucepan of water to the boil. Add snow peas and cook for 1 minute or until tender. Drain.
- Put rice noodles into a bowl and cover with boiling water. Stand for 1 minute then drain.
- Serve skewers with rice noodle and snow peas.
- Sprinkle with chopped peanuts.
