Hanoi Grilled Chicken
Here’s a delicious and nutritious Vietnamese recipe from “The Banh Mi Handbook” by Andrea Nguyen!
Yield: Makes enough for 6 banh mi; takes 1 hour.
Hanoi Grilled Chicken
Ingredients:
- 1 1⁄2 lbs. (675 g) boneless, skinless chicken thigh
- 1⁄4 teaspoon sugar
- Brimming 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons black pepper
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- Roughly 1 1⁄2 tablespoons canola oil
Instructions:
- Trim and discard big fat pads from the chicken thighs.
- If the thighs are large and/or super uneven in thickness, butterfly them.
- Set aside.
- In a bowl, stir together the sugar, salt, pepper, fish sauce, and lime juice.
- If needed, tweak the flavor to get a slightly tart-sweet, salty finish.
- Add the oil, then the chicken coating the pieces as well.
- Cover with plastic wrap and marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- To grill the chicken, preheat a gas grill to medium or prepare a medium-hot fire, or use a stove-top grill pan heated over medium-high heat with a little oil brushed on.
- Cook the chicken for 6-10 minutes, turning several times, until clear juices flow out when you pierce the flesh with the tip of the knife.
- After putting a chicken thigh on a hot grill or pan, let it sear undisturbed.
- When there is an opaque border of about 1/3 inch (6mm), flip the chicken.
- It should release easily and have nice browning on the underside.
- The second side will cook in less time, and you can turn it as you like.
- Cool for 0 minutes before cuttingacross the grain.
- Tumble in the cooking juices to include extra flavor in the sandwich.
NOTE: For a Hanoi grilled chicken banh mi, use any of the accouterments. Keep leftovers for up to 3 days, warming the chicken in the microwave, oven or skillet over medium heat, adding any cooking juices for depth.
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