Roasted Lemongrass Chicken. Roasted lemongrass chicken thighs are one of my all-time favorite easy one-pan chicken dishes. This is one of my favourite Thai inspired roasted chicken recipe. This is really flavorful and juicy roast chicken.

Roast chicken with a Thai twist! Lemongrass chicken is a famous dish throughout much of Southeast-Asia, and my Thai roasted lemongrass chicken recipe is particularly fragrant and moist. Lemongrass gives poultry a bright, zesty flavor. You can have Roasted Lemongrass Chicken using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Roasted Lemongrass Chicken

You need 1 kg of (about 2 lbs) chicken thigh and drumstick.
Prepare 2 of lemongrass (white part), bruised.
Prepare 4 of kaffir lime leaves.
You need 2 of bay leaves.
It's 4 of cloves.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg.
Prepare 1 tbsp of salt.
You need 2 tsp of coconut/brown sugar.
Prepare 100 ml of water.
It's 1/2 tsp of ground white/black pepper.
You need of Grind the following into spice paste :.
Prepare 10 of shallots.
It's 6 of garlic cloves.
Prepare 5 of red/fresno pepper, seeded.
Prepare 2 cm of ginger.
Prepare 1 cm of galangal (in USA only dried one available).
It's 2 cm of kaempferia galanga (in USA only dried one available).
You need 15 of candle nuts.
It's 1 tsp of shrimp paste.

Transfer chicken to a roasting pan. Lemongrass Roasted Chicken that's juicy, tender and beautifully fragrant with South East Asian flavours of lemongrass, chilli and lime. Tropical lemongrass lends its citrusy, fragrant character to many Southeast Asian dishes. Here, we're using the tender core of a fresh stalk to brighten up our Thai-inspired chicken burgers.

Roasted Lemongrass Chicken step by step

Preheat oven to 350° F..
Heat about 3 tablespoons of oil. Sauté spice paste, lemon grass, lime leaves, bay leaves, cloves and nutmeg until they get darker color and cooked. Add chicken, water, salt, sugar and pepper. Stir well. Turn the heat off..
Prepare a baking dish, lined with aluminum foil. Put the chicken (make sure the skin is facing up) and the spice into the aluminum foil. Wrap tight..
Put the baking dish into the oven. Bake for an hour..
Take the baking dish out, open the aluminum foil wrap. Taste the sauce, add salt/sugar if necessary, do not forget to stir evenly if there is addition of salt/sugar. Put the baking dish back into the oven. Bake for another 15-20 minutes (until the chicken/sauce surface looks roasted)..

Put chicken carcass into a Dutch oven and add water to cover. Let me start listing the ingredients for the marinating sauce. Lemongrass roasted chicken is a delicious Asian recipe usually served as a main dish. Ten minutes before the chicken is done roasting, combine the lemongrass, cilantro and vegetable oil together and pour this mixture over the chicken. Baste a chicken with our fish sauce marinade and you'll end up with a gorgeous, Asian-inspired roast for Sunday lunch.