Saigon Chicken

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 lime, juice of
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 2 shallots
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup lemongrass
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 -2 teaspoon hot ground chili paste
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil (peanut preferred)
• 1 (4 lb) chicken, butterflied for roasting or 4 lbs chicken parts, for bbq or 2 cornish hens
• to make marinade spicier add thai bird chile (or more)

Recipe

• 1 mince marinade ingredients by hand or process in food processor.
• 2 marinate chicken at least 2 hours, or overnight in the refrigerator.
• 3 if roasting entire chicken, can put an onion and a lemon inside chicken. roast at 350 approximately 1 hour with occasional basting.
• 4 if barbecuing pieces, baste with marinade and cook until it is as you like. i tend to cook long over medium-low coals with mesquite chips.