Name: Barbecued chicken strips with nuoc cham
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Nuoc cham dressing; 4 clove garlic, finely chopped then lightly crushed; 1 1/2 medium-hot red chillies, deseeded and very finely chopped; juice of 1 lemon; 2 tablespoon water; 1/2 teaspoon fish sauce; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar; 12 sturdy bamboo skewers, soaked in cold water for 30 minutes; oil, for drizzling; 3 skinned and boned chicken breasts, fat trimmed away and sliced into thinnish strips; iceberg lettuce leaves, to serve; 1/2 cup chopped coriander, to serve

Barbecued chicken strips with nuoc cham

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Serves 12

Prep

30M

Cook

10M

Total

40M

Ingredients

Nuoc cham dressing

4 clove garlic, finely chopped then lightly crushed

1 1/2 medium-hot red chillies, deseeded and very finely chopped

juice of 1 lemon

2 tablespoon water

1/2 teaspoon fish sauce

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoon sugar

12 sturdy bamboo skewers, soaked in cold water for 30 minutes

oil, for drizzling

3 skinned and boned chicken breasts, fat trimmed away and sliced into thinnish strips

iceberg lettuce leaves, to serve

1/2 cup chopped coriander, to serve

Method

1.Mix all dressing ingredients together, taste and adjust sourness, saltiness and pungency. The dressing will keep for 3-4 days in the fridge in a covered glass bowl or jar.

2.Dry bamboo skewers then rub them lightly with oil. Thread chicken strips onto skewers, caterpillar-fashion. Press meat flat after threading, so that it will touch the hotplate evenly. Put skewers in a dish and drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil.

3.Preheat a barbecue hotplate on medium heat. Lightly oil hotplate and put on the skewers. Cook chicken reasonably quickly without letting it burn and making sure it cooks through; take care not to overcook it or it will become dry.

4.Towards the end, douse with a little of the dressing, let it sizzle briefly, then serve skewers immediately on lettuce leaves with more dressing and scattered with coriander.

Check label of fish sauce if eating gluten-free.
Note

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