vietnamese grilled chicken with ginger lime noodle salad
Vietnamese grilled chicken is a great change to the usual suspects when grilling chicken. Leaving the skin on the chicken adds that extra kick of flavour.
Prep Time30mins
Cook Time40mins
Total Time1hr10mins
Course: Main
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Keyword: grilled chicken, vietnamese chicken
Servings: 4
Calories: 1084kcal
Author: romain | glebekitchen
Ingredients
14 lbchicken or 4 lbs chicken parts
Marinade
2large shallotsfinely diced
2stalks lemongrassfinely diced
3clovesgarliccrushed
2Tbspfish sauce
1Tbspsoy sauce
1tspsambal oelek - red chili paste
1/2tspcoarsely ground black pepper
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2cupvegetable oil
Ginger lime dipping sauce
2Tbspgingervery finely diced
2clovesgarlicvery finely diced
1/2green chiliseeded and diced
1tspsambal oelek
1/4cupfish sauce
1/4cupwater
juice of one lime
4Tbspsugar
Ginger lime noodles
8ozbroad rice noodles
2green onionsthinly sliced
1/4red pepperdiced
1-2green chiliesthinly sliced
1handfulcilantrotorn
1handful minttorn
chopped peanuts
3Tbspvegetable oil
1/3cupginger lime dipping sauce
Instructions
Marinate the chicken
Joint the chicken. Quarter the chicken, removing the back. Separate the thighs from the drumsticks. Remove the wings from the breasts. Cut each breast into 3 roughly equal pieces. You should have 12 pieces of chicken.
Combine the marinade ingredients. In a large bowl, toss the chicken in the marinade. Marinate for no more than 2 hours. Lemon is an acid. It "cooks" the chicken and can result in a mushy texture.
Make the dipping sauce
Chop the ginger, green chili and garlic as finely as you can. If you have a morter and pestle, grind them together.
Add the remaining dipping sauce ingredients and stir thoroughly to dissolve the sugar. Let stand about 1 hour before using.
Grill the chicken
Remove the chicken from marinade.
If using a gas grill, set it up for high indirect heat. Place a drip pan under the grill on the cool side. Grill the chicken over the dripping pan for about 25 minutes. Move the chicken over high heat briefly to add grill marks if desired.
If using a charcoal grill, bank the charcoal on both sides and place a drip pan in the middle. Grill the chicken over the drip pan for about 25 minutes. Move it over the charcoal carefully to add grill marks.
The noodles
Soak the noodles in hot water for 40-45 minutes to soften. Do not boil them. Please.
Heat the oil in a wok or large pan. Add the noodles and stir fry until they soften. Remove the pan from heat. Add 1/3 cup ginger lime dipping sauce. Stir briefly and add the green onion, red pepper and green chili.
Alternately you can serve this with a cool noodle salad. You need to cook the noodles first. A soak won't quite do it. Then toss the noodles with the green onion and the peppers. Drizzle with the dipping sauce and a bit of the herbs and peanuts. Works great either way. Mix it up. It will be fine.
To serve
Spread the noodle mixture on a plate. Sprinkle with cilantro, mint and peanuts - or whatever you feel like. Top with the grilled chicken and drizzle the ginger lime sauce overtop. Serve additional dipping sauce on the side.
Notes
The dipping sauce will keep in the fridge for a week or two.