Hot Chicken Dish

Notes, Tips & Tricks It's HOT but DELICIOUS, especially for chilli fans ;-) Ingredients Ingredients for 6-8 persons: 1 kg/2.5 lb chicken, cut in pieces, washed juice of 4 limes or lemon 4 tomatoes, quartered 10 kaffir lime leaves, finely sliced 4 stems lemon grass, outer leaves discarded, finely chopped 5 scallions or spring onions, in 1 cm long chopped 20 small red chillies / bird chillies 2 tsp sugar 2 tsp salt 250 ml/8 fl.oz/1 cup water 2 bunch or a handfull of basil leaves Spice for the paste: 10 shalllots, chopped 7 large red chillies, de-seeded, chopped 5 cloves garlic, chopped 3 cm ginger, peeled Step-by-Step Instructions: 1 Put the chicken in a bowl and mix with lime or lemon juice. Keep aside for 30 minutes. 2 Blend all ingredients for the spice paste in a blender or food processor until smooth. 3 Transfer the paste into a large saucepan or a wok. Add tomato, kaffir lime leaves, lemon grass, spring onion, small red chilli, sugar then pour in the water. 4 Cook with maximum heat until the chicken's colour turn to white. 5 Turn the heat into medium, cover the wok, simmer untill the chicken well cooked. 6 Adjust the seasoning. Add in basil leaves, stir and lift. Serve right away.

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet